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Letters on the Improvement of the Mind: Addressed to a Lady - Page 163
by Mrs. Chapone (Hester) - 1810 - 170 pages
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The Weekly entertainer; or agreeable and instructive repository ..., Volumes 3-4

1784 - 1282 pages
...members of fociety. I fee other women, in the fame fhuation, gentle, mod eft, bleffed with fenfe, tafte, delicacy, and every milder feminine virtue of the heart ; but of weak fpirits, bafhful, and timid : • I fee fuc:i women finking into obfcurity and insignificance, and...
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Angelica's Ladies Library; Or, Parents and Guardians Present. With Eight ...

1794 - 470 pages
...members of fociety. I fee other women, in the feme fituation, gentle, modelf, bleffed with fenfe, taftc, delicacy, and every milder feminine virtue of the heart, but of weak fpirits, bafhful, and timid : I fee jfuch women finking into obfcurity and infignificance; »w! gradually...
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A father's legacy to his daughers

John Gregory - 1805 - 80 pages
...members of fociety. I fee other women, in the fame fituation, gentle, modeft, blefled with fenfe, taftc, delicacy, and every milder feminine virtue of the heart, but of weak fpirits, bafhful, and timid : I fee fuch women finking into obfcurity and infignificance, and gradually...
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Parental Legacies: Consisting of Advice from a Lady of Quality to Her ...

John Gregory - Conduct of life - 1808 - 412 pages
...found employment at home, would have rendered them respectable and useful members of society. • I see other women, in the same situation, gentle, modest,...united to a partner who has sense, and worth, and taste, to know, their value ; one who is able to draw forth their concealed qualities, and shew them...
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The Lady's Pocket Library

Conduct of life - 1809 - 344 pages
...found employment at home, would have rendered them respectable and useful members of society. I see other women, in the same situation, gentle, modest,...insignificance, and gradually losing every elegant accomplish ment ; for this evident reason, that they are not united to a partner who has sense, and...
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Letters on the improvement of the mind, by mrs. Chapone. A father's legacy ...

Hester Chapone - 1821 - 358 pages
...found employment at home, would have rendered them respectable and useful members of society. I see other women, in the same situation, gentle, modest,...united to a partner who has sense, and worth, and taste, to know their value ; one who is able to draw forth their concealed qualities, and shew them...
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The Letter Writer: Containing a Great Variety of Letters on the Following ...

Letter writing - 1827 - 292 pages
...found .employment at home, would have rendered them respectable and useful members of society. I see other women in the same situation, gentle, modest,...accomplishment, for this evident reason, that they are not with a partner who has sense, worth, and taste, to know their value; one who is able to draw forth...
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The Fashionable American Letter Writer, Or, The Art of Polite Correspondence ...

Letter writing - 1828 - 200 pages
...found employment at home, would have rendered them respectable and useful members »f society. I see other women in the same situation, gentle, modest, blessed with sense, taste, delicacy, and every Kilder feminine virtue of the heart, but of weak Spirits, bashful and timid; I see such women sinking...
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The Fashionable American Letter Writer, Or, The Art of Polite Correspondence ...

English language - 1834 - 192 pages
...see other women in the same situation, geatle, modest, blessed with sense, taste, delicacy and everv milder feminine virtue of the heart, but of weak spirits,...that they are not united to a partner, who has sense, worth, and taste, to know their value; one who is able to draw forth their concealed qualities, and...
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A Father's Legacy to His Daughters: With a Biographical Sketch of the Author

John Gregory - Conduct of life - 1834 - 156 pages
...members of society. I see other women, in the same situation, gentle, modest, blessed with se.rise, taste, delicacy, and every milder feminine virtue...the heart, but of weak spirits, bashful, and timid: f see such women sinking into obscurity and insiguificauce. and gradually losing every elegant accotnplisbment;...
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