A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects. With a Biographical Sketch of the AuthorA. J. Matsell, 1833 - 214 páginas |
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... vice skulks , with all its native deformity , from close investigation ; but a set of shallow reasoners are always exclaiming that these argu- ments prove too much , and that a measure rotten at the core may be expedient . Thus ...
... vice skulks , with all its native deformity , from close investigation ; but a set of shallow reasoners are always exclaiming that these argu- ments prove too much , and that a measure rotten at the core may be expedient . Thus ...
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... vice trampling on virtue , and the semblance of goodness taking place of the reality ; he saw talents bent by power to sinister purposes , and never thought of tracing the gigantic mischief up to arbitrary power , up to the hereditary ...
... vice trampling on virtue , and the semblance of goodness taking place of the reality ; he saw talents bent by power to sinister purposes , and never thought of tracing the gigantic mischief up to arbitrary power , up to the hereditary ...
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... vice more dangerous , by concealing its deformity under gay orna- menta ! drapery . An air of fashion , which is but a badge of slavery , and proves that the soul has not a strong individual character , awes simple country people into ...
... vice more dangerous , by concealing its deformity under gay orna- menta ! drapery . An air of fashion , which is but a badge of slavery , and proves that the soul has not a strong individual character , awes simple country people into ...
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... vice reigns in the heart . Women ought to endeavour to purify their hearts ; but can they do so when their uncultivated understandings make them entirely dependent on their senses for employment and amusement , when no noble pursuit ...
... vice reigns in the heart . Women ought to endeavour to purify their hearts ; but can they do so when their uncultivated understandings make them entirely dependent on their senses for employment and amusement , when no noble pursuit ...
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... vice ? Such a woman is not a more irrational monster than some of the Roman emperors , who were depraved by lawless power . Yet , since kings have been more under the re- straint of law , and the curb , however weak , of honour , the ...
... vice ? Such a woman is not a more irrational monster than some of the Roman emperors , who were depraved by lawless power . Yet , since kings have been more under the re- straint of law , and the curb , however weak , of honour , the ...
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Pasajes populares
Página 21 - They that deny a God destroy man's nobility, for certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body, and, if he be not of kin to God by his spirit, he is a base and ignoble creature.
Página 64 - O'er other creatures. Yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems And in herself complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best. All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded : wisdom in discourse with her Loses discountenanced, and like folly shows.
Página 68 - HE that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men; which, both in affection and means, have married and endowed the public.
Página 107 - Be even cautious in displaying your good sense. It will be thought you assume a superiority over the rest of the company. — But if you happen to have any learning, keep it a profound secret, especially from the men, who generally look with a jealous and malignant eye on a woman of great parts, and a cultivated understanding.
Página 22 - Hast thou not made me here thy substitute, And these inferior far beneath me set? Among unequals what society Can sort, what harmony, or true delight ? Which must be mutual, in proportion due...
Página 22 - Unargued I obey: So God ordains: God is thy law, thou mine: To know no more Is woman's happiest knowledge, and her praise.
Página 38 - So far from it, that, after surveying the history of woman, I cannot help, agreeing with the severest satirist, considering the sex as the weakest as well as the most oppressed half of the species. What does history disclose but marks of inferiority, and how few women have emancipated themselves from the galling yoke of sovereign man? - So few, that the exceptions remind me of an ingenious conjecture respecting Newton: that he was probably a being of a superior order, accidentally caged in a human...
Página 9 - In the government of the physical world it is observable that the female in point of strength is, in general, inferior to the male. This is the law of nature; and it does not appear to be suspended or abrogated in favour of woman.
Página 10 - My own sex, I hope, will excuse me, if I treat them like rational creatures, instead of flattering their fascinating graces, and viewing them as if they were in a state of perpetual childhood, unable to stand alone. I earnestly wish to point out in what true dignity and human happiness consists. I wish to persuade women to endeavour to acquire strength, both of mind and body...
Página 4 - And how can woman be expected to co-operate, unless she know why she ought to be virtuous? — unless freedom strengthen her reason till she comprehend her duty, and see in what manner it is connected with her real good. If children are to be educated to understand the true principle of patriotism, their mother must be a patriot...