 ... durable, because more natural, and which, according to the different views in which we survey her, is capable either of exalting beyond measure, or diminishing the lustre of her character. This prejudice is founded on the consideration of her sex....  Ladies' Magazine - Page 1941828Full view - About this book
 | Historical miscellany - 1774 - 352 pages
...diminifhing the luftre of her character. This prejudice is founded on the confideration of her fex. When we contemplate her as a woman, we are apt to be ft ruck with the higheft admiration of her qualities and extenfive capacity ; but we are alfo apt to... | |
 | David Hume - 1775 - 446 pages
...diminifhing the luftre of her character. This prejudice is founded on the confideration of her fex. When we contemplate her as a woman, we are apt to be ftruck with the higheft admiration of her great qualities and extenfive capacity ; but we are alfo... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1797 - 516 pages
...or diminiihing the luflre of her character. This prejudice is founded in confideration of her fex. When we contemplate her as a woman, we are apt to be ftruck with the higheft admiration of her great qualities and extenfive capacity; but we are apt alfo... | |
 | 1797 - 522 pages
...meafure, or diminifhing the ludre of her character. This prejudice is founded in confideration of her fex. When we contemplate her as a woman, we are apt to be (truck with the bigheft admiration of her great qualities and extenfive capacity; but we are apt alfo... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1799 - 408 pages
...diminifliing, the luftre of her character. This prejudice is founded on the confideration of her fex. When we contemplate her as a woman, we are apt to be ftruck with the higheft admiration of her qualities and extenfive capacity ; but we are alfo apt to... | |
 | David Hume - 1807 - 552 pages
...diminishing the lustre of her character. This prejudice is founded on the consideration of her sex. When we contemplate her as a woman, we are apt to be struck with the highest admiration of her great qualities and extensive capacity ; but we are also apt to require some more softness of disposition,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1810 - 262 pages
...lustre of her character. This prejudice is founded on the consideration of her sex. When we eontemplate her as a woman, we are apt to be struck with the highest...but we are also apt to require some more softness of disposl* lion, some greater lenity of temper, some of those amiable weaknesses by which her sex is... | |
 | Charles Peirce - 1811 - 266 pages
...diminishing, the lustre of her character. This prejudice is founded on the consideration of her sex. When we contemplate her as a woman, we are apt to...some of those amiable weaknesses by which her sex ii distinguished. But the tr ue method of esti.nating her merit, is, to lay aside all these considerations,... | |
 | Nicolas Gouin Dufief - 1811 - 606 pages
...diminishing the lustre of her character. This prejudice is founded on the consideration of her sex. When we contemplate her as a woman, we are apt to...capacity ; but we are also apt to require some more sofiness of disposition, some greater lenity of. temper, some of those amiable weaknesses by which... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1811 - 286 pages
...diminifhing, the luftre of her character, This prejudice is founded on the confideration of her fex. When we contemplate her as a woman, we are apt to be (truck with .the higheft admiration of her qualities and extcnlive capacity ; but we are alfo apt to... | |
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