 A woman well bred and well taught, furnished with the additional accomplishments of knowledge and behaviour, is a creature without comparison ; her society is the emblem of sublimer enjoyments ; her person is angelic and her conversation heavenly ; she...  The American Journal of Education - Page 427edited by - 1876Full view - About this book
 | Socialism - 1839 - 416 pages
...man, to whom he gave the best gift either God could bestow or man receive ; and it is the sordidcst piece of folly and ingratitude in the world to withhold from the sex, the due lustre which an equal education with man would give to the natural beauty of their minds. A woman, well-bred and... | |
 | English literature - 1845 - 562 pages
...well-bred and well taught, furnished with the additional accom' plishments of knowledge and behaviour, is a creature without '.comparison. Her society is...all softness and sweetness, love, wit, and delight.' The passage reminds us of the best writings of Steele. His Bristol exile was now closed, by the desired... | |
 | 1845 - 532 pages
...made them so delicate, so glorious creatures, to be only stewards of our houses, cooks, and slaves. " A woman well-bred and well-taught, furnished with the additional accomplishments of knowledge and behaviour, is a creature without comparison. Her society is the emblem of sublimer enjoyments; she... | |
 | Freemasonry - 1845 - 530 pages
...made them so delicate, BO glorious creatures, to be only stewards of our houses, cooks, and slaves. " A woman well-bred and well-taught, furnished with the additional accomplishments of knowledge and behaviour, is a creature without comparison. Her society is the emblem of sublimer enjoyments; she... | |
 | Edwin Owen Jones - 1853 - 258 pages
...of the essay which the Edinburgh Keviewer* has compared to the best writings of Steele, he says: — "A woman well-bred and welltaught, furnished with the .additional accomplishments of knowledge and behaviour, is a creature * Vol. kxxii. p. 493. without comparison. Her society is the emblem of subtimer... | |
 | John Forster - 1855 - 286 pages
...made them so delicate, so glorious creatures, to be only stewards of our houses, cooks, and slaves. " A woman, well-bred and well-taught, furnished with the additional accomplishments of knowledge and behaviour, is a creature without comparison. Her society is the emblem of sublimer enjoyments ; she... | |
 | 1856 - 606 pages
...made women so delicate, and so glorious creatures to be only stewards of our houses, cooks and slaves. A woman well-bred and well-taught, furnished with the additional accomplishments of knowledge and behaviour, is a creature without comparison. Her society is an emblem of sublimer enjoyments. She is... | |
 | Agriculture - 1858 - 588 pages
...drudges and slaves. A woman well-bred and well-taught, furnished with all the additional accompaniments of knowledge and behavior, is a creature without comparison...all softness and sweetness, love, wit and delight." In the eighteenth century women were the toasts of convivial hours, the toys of passionate moments,... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1859 - 636 pages
...man, to whom he gave the best gift either God could bestow or man receive : and it is the sordidest piece of folly and ingratitude in the world to withhold...natural beauty of their minds. A woman, well-bred and well taught, furnished with the additional accomplishments of knowledge and behaviour, is a creature... | |
 | William Chambers - Biography - 1859 - 600 pages
...man, to whom he gave the best gift either God could bestow or man receive : and it is the sordidest piece of folly and ingratitude in the world to withhold...natural beauty of their minds. A woman, well-bred and well taught, furnished with the additional accomplishments of knowledge and behaviour, is a creature... | |
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