 | Several Hands - 1774 - 642 oldal
...very uieful fer you to know, but which yon rriuft, with the útmoft care, conceal ; and never feem to know. Women, then, are only children of a larger growth ; they have an entertaining tattle, and fometimes wit ; but for Ibiid reafoning, good fen/e, I- never in my life knew one that had.it, or who... | |
 | 1796 - 580 oldal
...the exigence of any reafonable woman : and, in one of his letters, is the following palfage : " Women are only children of a larger growth ; they have an entertaining tattle, and fometimes wit ; but for folk!, reafoning, good fenle, I never in my life knew one that had it, or who... | |
 | Stéphanie Félicité comtesse de Genlis - 1796 - 324 oldal
...fee whether you could know yourfelf in this gallant picture, which- 1 tnui'late literally : " Women are " only children of a larger growth, they have an " entertaining tattle, fometimes wit ; but for folid " reafoning, or good fenfe, I never in my life * She means that fhe does... | |
 | 1790 - 820 oldal
...following piclure to be found in the polite and gallant Cheiler field. * Women," fays his lordillip, " are only children of a larger growth. They have an entertaining; tattle, fometimes wit, but for folld rcafonini{, and good fenfe, I never in my life knew »>ne that had it,... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope - 1810 - 468 oldal
...know, hnt which you must with the ntmost care conceal, and never seem to know. Women, then, are ouly children of a larger growth ; they have an entertaining tattle, and sometimes wit ; hnt lor solid, reasoning good seuse, I never knew in my life one that had it, or who reasoued or... | |
 | 1819 - 780 oldal
...married to the elm, like other wives, she is fond of gadding abroad and seeking a new associate." " Women are only children of a larger growth ; they have an...sometimes wit ; but for solid, reasoning, good sense, 1 never in my life knew one that tiad it, or who reasoned or acted consequentially for four and twenty... | |
 | Woman - 1835 - 758 oldal
...who passed a life in the polite world, and studied human nature, not without some success : " Women are only children of a larger growth ; they have an...tattle, and sometimes wit ; but for solid reasoning and sound sense, I never in my life knew one that had it; or who reasoned or acted consequentially... | |
 | 1843 - 644 oldal
...own short-lived sway, and the indifferent figure he made in his decline ! Of women he says : " Women are only children of a larger growth ; they have an...wit, but for solid reasoning, good sense, I never knew in my life one that had it, or that reasoned or acted consequentially for four and twenty hours... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1847 - 492 oldal
...must, with the utmost care, conceal, and never seem to know. Women, then, are only children of a krger growth ; they have an entertaining tattle, and sometimes wit ; but for solid, reasoning good-sense, I never in my life knew one that had it, or who reasoned or acted consequentially for four-and-twenty... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1853 - 764 oldal
...importance to the fortune and figure he proposes to make in it,) it is necessary to please them. 1 will therefore, upon this subject, let you into certain...they have an entertaining tattle, and sometimes wit; hud for solid reasoning, good sense, I never knew in my life one that had it, on who reasoned or acted... | |
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Women, then, are only children of a larger growth; they have an entertaining tattle and sometimes wit; but for solid, reasoning good sense, I never knew in my life one that had it, or who reasoned or acted consequentially for fourand-twenty hours together. 
