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" ... foolish women think they have any distinction, they are apt to be proud of it ; so are foolish men. But we appeal to any one who has lived with cultivated persons of either sex, whether he has not witnessed as much pedantry, as much wrongheadedness,... "
The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 281
1810
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Select Reviews, and Spirit of the Foreign Magazines, Volume 4

Enos Bronson - 1810 - 462 pages
...witpessed as much pedantry, as much wrongheadedness, as much arrogance, and certainly a great deal more rudeness, produced by learning in men, than in women;...learned are certainly a little unfortunate, that so very emphatick a word, which is occasionally applicable to all men embarked eagerly in any pursuit, should...
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The Enquirer: Or, Literary, Mathematical, and Philosophical ..., Volume 2

William Marrat, Pishey Thompson - 1812 - 488 pages
...witnessed as much pedantry, as much wrongheadedness, as much arrogance, and certainly a great deal more rudeness, produced by learning in men than in women ; therefore, we should make the accusation generator dismiss it altogether; though, with respect to pedantry, the learned are certainly a little...
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Essays on School Keeping: Comprising Observations on the Qualifications of ...

Allison Wrifford - 1831 - 198 pages
...witnessed as much pedantry, as much wrong-headodness, as much arrogance, and certainly a great deal more rudeness, produced by learning in men, than in women: therefore, we should make the accusation general—or dismiss it altogether; though, with respect to pedantry, the learned are certainly a little...
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Selections from the Edinburgh Review ...

Maurice Cross - 1835 - 520 pages
...witnessed as much pedantry, as much wrongheadedness, as much arrogance, and certainly a great deal more rudeness, produced by learning in men than in women...the accusation general — or dismiss it altogether ; (hough, with respect to pedantry, the learned are certainly a little unfortunate, that so very emphatic...
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The Works of Sydney Smith

Sydney Smith - 1844 - 348 pages
...witnessed a» much pedantry, as much wrongheadcdness, as much arrogance, and certainly a great deal more rudeness, produced by learning in men, than in women;...that so very emphatic a word, which is occasionally applied to all men embarked eagerly in any pursuit, should be reserved exclusively for them : for,...
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The Works of Sydney Smith

Sydney Smith - 1844 - 348 pages
...wrongheadedness, as much arrogance, and certainly a great deal more rudeness, produced by learning in nit:,, ;han in women; therefore, we should make the accusation...that so very emphatic a word, which is occasionally applied to all men embarked eagerly in any pursuit, should be reserved exclusively for them : for,...
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The Works of the Rev. Sydney Smith

Sydney Smith - 1846 - 368 pages
...witnessed as much pedantry, as much wrongheadedness, as much arrogance, and certainly a great deal more rudeness, produced by learning in men, than in women...that so very emphatic a word, which is occasionally applied to all men embarked eagerly in any pursuit, should be reserved exclusively for them : for,...
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English Literature of the Nineteenth Century ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 780 pages
...witnessed as much pedantry, as much wrongheadedncss, as much arrogance, and certainly a great deal more rudeness, produced by learning in men, than in women...the accusation general — or dismiss it altogether. We must in candor allow that those women who begin will have something more to overcome than may probably...
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English Literature of the Nineteenth Century ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 768 pages
...witnessed as much pedantry, as much wrongheadedness, as much arroganee, and certainly a great deal more rudeness, produced by learning in men, than in women ; therefore, we should make the aecusation general — or dismiss it altogether. and foolish men respecting the education of women....
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The Modern British Essayists: Smith, Sydney. Works

1852 - 498 pages
...witnessed as much pedantry, as much wrongheadedncss, as much arrogance, and certainly a great deal more rudeness, produced by learning in men, than in women;...general — or dismiss it altogether ; though, with respaet to pedantry, the learned are certainly a little unfortunate, that so very emphatic a word,...
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