 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1855 - 398 oldal
...says, " I am ignorant of any one quality that is amiable in a woman which is not equally so in a man. I do not except even modesty and gentleness of nature;...or folly which is not equally detestable in both." Then, remarking that cowardice is an infirmity generally allowed to women, he wonders that they should... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1857 - 432 oldal
...conversation. I am ignorant of any one quality that is amiable in a man which is not equally so in a woman : I do not except even modesty and gentleness of nature....detestable in both. There is indeed one infirmity which is generally allowed you, I mean that of cowardice; yet there should seem to be something very capricious,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Thomas Roscoe - 1859 - 686 oldal
...conversation. I am ignorant of any one quality that is amiable in a man which is not equally so in a woman : I do not except even modesty and gentleness of nature....detestable in both. There is indeed one infirmity which is generally allowed you, I mean that of cowardice ; yet there should seem to be something very capricious,... | |
 | 1867 - 230 oldal
...conversation. I am ignorant of any one quality that is amiable in a man which is not equally so in a woman ; I do not except even modesty and gentleness of nature....infirmity which seems to be generally allowed you ; I mean mat of coward.ce. Yet there should seem to be something very capricious, that when women profess their... | |
 | Mother Angela Gillespie - 1871 - 468 oldal
...conversation. I am ignorant of any one quality that is amiable in a man, which is not equally so in a woman ; I do not except even modesty and gentleness of nature. Nor do I know one vice or folly which is not equallj detestable in both. 7. There is, indeed, one infirmity which is generally allowed yon, I mean... | |
 | English authors - 1876 - 484 oldal
...conversation. I am ignorant of any one quality that is amiable in a man, which is not equally so in a woman: I do not except even modesty and gentleness of nature....detestable in both. There is indeed one infirmity which is generally allowed you, I mean that of cowardice; yet there should seem to be something very capricious,... | |
 | Anna Brownell Jameson - 1877 - 486 oldal
...says, " I am ignorant of any one quality that is amiable in a woman which is not equally so in a man. I do not except even modesty and gentleness of nature...or folly which is not equally detestable in both." Then, remarking that cowardice is an infirmity generally allowed to women, he wonders that they should... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1881 - 420 oldal
...— "I am ignorant of any one quality that is amiable in a woman, which is not equally so in a man. I do not except even modesty and gentleness of nature;...or folly which is not equally detestable in both." Mrs. Jameson, in her delightful " Commonplace Book," illustrates this admirably by one or two test... | |
 | Maturin Murray Ballou - 1882 - 448 oldal
...3403 I am ignorant of any one quality that is amiable in a woman which is not equally so in a man. I do not except even modesty and gentleness of nature...or folly which is not equally detestable in both. — Swift. 3404 Children are what the mothers are. — Landor. 3405 She hugged the offender, and forgave... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1881 - 420 oldal
..."I am Ignorant of any one quality that Is amlablo In а woman, which Is not equally to In a man. I do not except even modesty and gentleness of nature; nor do I know one Tico or folly which Is not equally detestable In both." Mrs. Jameson, in her delightful " Commonplace... | |
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I am ignorant of any one quality, that is amiable in a man, which is not equally so in a woman : I do not except even modesty and gentleness of nature. Nor do I know one vice or folly, which is not equally detestable in both. 
