 | John Brewer, Susan Staves - 1996 - 599 pages
...Religion, but as it puts hoth the Sexes upon appearing in their most agreeable Forms, and exerting all such Qualities as are apt to give them a Figure in the Eye of the Village.42 Sermons were not, on the whole, a polite idiom; but other aspects of this scene are significant.... | |
 | Official Fellow and Tutor in English Literature David Womersley - 2005 - 370 pages
...Religion, but as it puts both the Sexes upon appearing in their most agreeable Forms, and exerting all such Qualities as are apt to give them a Figure in the Eye of the Village. 23 The account acknowledges that worship is a "divine institution" and that it is a vehicle through... | |
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... explained to them, and join together in adoration of the Supreme Being. Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week, not only as it refreshes in their minds the notions of religion, but as it puts both the sexes upon appearing in their most agreeable... 
