 | 1821 - 588 pages
...been justly remarked by the celebrated Lcdyard, that women, in all countries, are civil and obliging; that they are ever inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest. They do not hesitate, like men, to perform a generous action. " To a woman, (he observes,) whether... | |
 | John Platts - 1822 - 844 pages
...we. Ledyard, the famous traveller, gives the following just character of the fair sex : — " I have always remarked, that women, in all countries, are...that they do not hesitate, like men, to perform a generous action. Not haughty, not arrogant nor supercilious, they are full of courtesy, and fond of... | |
 | 206 pages
...doubly c&tcfm for his sensibility, *' that women In all ronntries arc civil and obliging, tender ami humane ; that they are ever inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest ; and that they do uoi hoitate, like men, (o perform a cencroti* action. Not haughty, not arrogant, uot supercilious,... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - 1823 - 512 pages
...female character : — " 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 apd cheerful, timorous and modest; and that they do not hesitate, like men, to perform a generous action.... | |
 | Elizabeth Hamilton - 1825 - 248 pages
...remarked," says Ledyard, (whose words are repeated by Mr. Park) " that women in all countries are civil and obliging, tender and humane ; that they are ever inclined...that they do not hesitate, like men, to perform a generous action. Not haughty, not arrogant, not supercilious ; they are full of courtesy, and fond... | |
 | Thomas Williams (Calvinist preacher) - 1825 - 972 pages
...the daily comfort and enjoyment of their lives." l,eiy ard, the celebrated American traveller, has illiams In wandering over the barren plains of Denmark ; through honest Sweden, and/rozen Lapland ; rude and... | |
 | William Brittainham Lacey - 1828 - 308 pages
...always observed, that women, in all countries, arc civil, obliging, tender and humane; that they are inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest, and that they do not, like man, hesitate to perform a generous action. Not haughty, arrogant, or supercilious, they are full... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1828 - 646 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 an hospitable or generous action ; not haughty, nor arrogant,... | |
 | 1828 - 638 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 arrogant,... | |
 | Jared Sparks - 1828 - 350 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 arrogant,... | |
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... more liable in general to err than man, but in general, also, more virtuous, and performing more good... 
