The first and most important quality of a woman is gentleness. Made to obey a being as imperfect as man, often so full of vices, and always so full of faults, she ought early to learn to suffer even injustice, and to endure the wrongs of a husband without... The Englishman: A Novel. In Six Volumes - Page 193by Medora Gordon Byron - 1812Full view - About this book
| 1843 - 450 pages
...a Saviour rcigneth." HT WOMAN The first, the most important qualitj of a woman is good-nature. Made to obey a being so imperfect as man, often so full of vice, and alwayi so full of defects, she ought to learn betimes to suffi i even injustice ; it is not... | |
| Jean-Jacques Rousseau - 1892 - 424 pages
...these judgments. The first and most important quality of a woman is gentleness. Made to obey a being as imperfect as man, often so full of vices, and always so full of faults, she ought early to learn to suffer even injustice, and to endure the wrongs of a husband without complaint ;... | |
| Jean-Jacques Rousseau - 1892 - 424 pages
...these judgments. The first and most important quality of a woman is gentleness. Made to obey a being as imperfect as man, often so full of vices, and always so full of faults, she ought early to learn to suffer even injustice, and to endure the wrongs of a husband without complaint; and... | |
| Thomas Davidson - 1900 - 312 pages
...first and most important attribute of a woman is sweetness. Being made to obey an imperfect being like man, often so full of vices, and always so full of faults, she must early learn to submit even to injustice, and to bear the misdeeds of a husband without complaining.... | |
| William T. Harris, A. M., LL. D. - 1902 - 420 pages
...these judgments. The first and most important quality of a woman is gentleness. Made to obey a being as imperfect as man, often so full of vices, and always so full of faults, she ought early to learn to suffer even injustice, and to endure the wrongs of a husband without complaint; and... | |
| Frank Pierrepont Graves - 1912 - 314 pages
..."girls ought to be obedient and industrious, and they ought early to be brought under restraint. Made to obey a being so imperfect as man, often so full of vices, and always so full of faults, they ought early to learn to suffer even injustice, and endure the wrongs of a husband without complaint."... | |
| Frank Pierrepont Graves - 1913 - 440 pages
..."girls ought to be obedient and industrious, and they ought early to be brought under restraint. ( Made to obey a being so imperfect as man, often so full of vices, and always so full of faults, they ought early to learn to suffer even injustice, and endure the wrongs of a husband without complaint."... | |
| Frank Pierrepont Graves - 1913 - 442 pages
..."girls ought to be obedient and industrious, and they ought early to be brought under restraint. Made to obey a being so imperfect as man, often so full of vices, and always so full of faults, they ought early to learn to suffer even injustice, and endure the wrongs of a husband without complaint."... | |
| Albert Benedict Wolfe - 1916 - 826 pages
...adorning them. The first and most important quality of a woman is gentleness. Made to obey a being as imperfect as man, often so full of vices, and always so full of faults, she ought early to learn to suffer even injustice, and to endure the wrongs of a husband without complaint ;... | |
| Jessie Edith Gibson - 1927 - 360 pages
...please man. . . . The first and most important quality of a woman is gentleness. Made to obey a being as imperfect as man, often so full of vices, and always so full of faults, she ought early to learn to suffer even injustice, and to endure the wrongs of a husband without complaint. .... | |
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