 | 1832 - 316 pages
...is no less beautiful than just. " 1 have always remarked," said this careful observer of manners, " that women in all countries are civil, obliging, tender, and humane ; that they are inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest; and that they do not hesitate, like men, to perform... | |
 | 1832 - 296 pages
...is no less beautiful than just. " I have always remarked," said this careful observer of manners, " that women in all countries are civil, obliging, tender, and humane ; that they are inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest; and that they do not hesitate, like men, to perform... | |
 | James Augustus St. John - 1832 - 446 pages
...than the men ; that, wherever found, they are the same kind, civil, obliging, humane, tender beings ; that they are ever inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest. They do not hesitate, like man, to perform a hospitable or generous action ; not haughty, nor... | |
 | 1817 - 626 pages
...too often repeated. . ' I have always remarked,' says he, ' that women in all countries are civil and obliging, tender and humane; that they are ever inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest ; and that they do not hesitate, like men, to perform a generous action. Not haughty, not arrogant,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1834 - 680 pages
...than the men ; that whereever found, they are the same kind, civil, obliging, humane, tender beings ; that they are ever inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest. They do not hesitate, like men, to perform a hospitable or generous action ; not haughty, nor... | |
 | John Warner Barber - 1836 - 598 pages
...honorable to the sex. ' I have always remarked,' said he, ' that women in all countries are civil and obliging, tender and humane ; that they are ever inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest; and that they do not hesitate like men, to perform a generous action. Not haughty, not arrogant,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1837 - 338 pages
...observation and experience. He says — I have always remarked that women in alt countries are civil and obliging, tender and humane ; that they are ever inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest ; and that they do not hesitate like men, to perform a generous action. Not haughty, not arrogant,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1837 - 342 pages
...observation and experience. He says — I have always remarked that women in all countries are civil and obliging, tender and humane ; that they are ever inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest ; and that they do not hesitate like men, to perform a generous action. Nothaaghty, not arrogant,... | |
 | Thomas Branagan, Julius Rubens Ames - 1839 - 404 pages
...vain to the sympathies of the female heart. In his account of his Siberian pilgrimage, he observes ; " I have always remarked, that women, in all countries,...ever inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest ; and that they do not hesitate, like men, to per. form a generous action. Not haughty, not... | |
 | 1839 - 428 pages
...and forward, in spite of a natural disposition to gentleness—Collingwood. FEMALE BENEVOLENCE—I have always remarked that women, in all countries,...ever inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest. They do not hesitate, like man, to perform a hospitable or generous action; not haughty, nor... | |
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I have observed among all nations, that the women ornament themselves more than the men ; that, wherever found, they are the same kind, civil, obliging, humane, tender beings; that they are ever inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest. 
