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... woman ; he has exercised his powers of wit and sarcasm to the utmost , without ever sullying his pages with impurities , or degrading his talent and profes- sion by irreligion ; and this , I believe , can , in very few instances , be ...
... woman ; he has exercised his powers of wit and sarcasm to the utmost , without ever sullying his pages with impurities , or degrading his talent and profes- sion by irreligion ; and this , I believe , can , in very few instances , be ...
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... Woman is a better judge of mouldy commodities than the illiberal part of his Majesty's Ministers . The potting lady goes sniffing about and admitting light and air to prevent the progress of decay ; while to him of the Woolsack all ...
... Woman is a better judge of mouldy commodities than the illiberal part of his Majesty's Ministers . The potting lady goes sniffing about and admitting light and air to prevent the progress of decay ; while to him of the Woolsack all ...
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... Woman is a better judge of mouldy commodities than the illiberal part of his Majesty's Ministers . The potting lady goes sniffing about and admitting light and air to prevent the progress of decay ; while to him of the Woolsack all ...
... Woman is a better judge of mouldy commodities than the illiberal part of his Majesty's Ministers . The potting lady goes sniffing about and admitting light and air to prevent the progress of decay ; while to him of the Woolsack all ...
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... women ; as if women were more quick , and men more judicious - as if women were more remarkable for delicacy of association , and men for stronger powers of attention . All this , we confess , appears to us very fanciful . That there is ...
... women ; as if women were more quick , and men more judicious - as if women were more remarkable for delicacy of association , and men for stronger powers of attention . All this , we confess , appears to us very fanciful . That there is ...
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... women than commonly falls to their lot at present for though it may be doubted whether women should learn all that men learn , the immense disparity which now exists between their knowledge we should hardly think could admit of any ...
... women than commonly falls to their lot at present for though it may be doubted whether women should learn all that men learn , the immense disparity which now exists between their knowledge we should hardly think could admit of any ...
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