To describe her body describes her mind ; one is the transcript of the other. Her understanding is not shown in the variety of matters it exerts itself on, but in the goodness of the choice she makes. " She does not display it so much in saying or doing... Life's Aftermath: A Story of a Quiet People - Seite 45von Emma Marshall - 1876 - 371 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1838 - 640 Seiten
...must come close to her to hear it. To describe her body describes her mind ; one is the tianscript of the other. Her understanding is not shown in the...as in avoiding such as she ought not to say or do. She discovers the right and wrong of things not by reasoning, but by sagacity ; most women, and many... | |
| sir James Prior - 1826 - 1108 Seiten
...but to charm those who can distinguish a company from a crowd ; it has this advantage, you must come close to her to hear it. " To describe her body describes...as in avoiding such as she ought not to say or do. " She discovers the right and wrong of things not by reasoning but sagacity : most women, and many... | |
| Woman - 1835 - 758 Seiten
...firmness that does not exclude delicacy ; she has all the softness that does not imply weakness. " Her understanding is not shown in the variety of matters...as in avoiding such as she ought not to say or do." — Prior's Life of Edmund Burke. i i2i There are many of these remarkable sayings by the women of... | |
| Sir James Prior - 1839 - 646 Seiten
...but to charm those who can distinguish a company from a crowd ; it has this advantage, you must come close to her to hear it. " To describe her body describes...as in avoiding such as she ought not to say or do. " She discovers the right and wrong of things not by reasoning but sagacity : most women, and many... | |
| 1839 - 430 Seiten
...transcript of the other. The understand ing is not shown in the variety of matter it ex erts itself upon, but in the goodness of the choice she makes. She does...so much in saying or doing striking things, as in avoidinj such as she ought not to say or do. She discovers the right or wrong of thing not by reasoning,... | |
| 1842 - 284 Seiten
...: it has this advantage, you must come close to her to hear it. To describe her body is to describe her mind ; one is the transcript of the other. Her...as in avoiding such as she ought not to say or do. She discovers the right and wrong of things not by reasoning, but sagacity. Most women, and many good... | |
| 1841 - 450 Seiten
...crowd; it has this advantage, you must come close to her to hear it. To describe her body is to describe her mind ; one is the transcript of the other. Her...as in avoiding such as she ought not to say or do. She disco3 vers the right and wrong of things not by reasoning, but sagacity ; most women, and many... | |
| William Draper Swan - 1845 - 482 Seiten
...to charm those who can distinguish a company from a crowd. It has this advantage — you must come close to her to hear it. To describe her body describes...as in avoiding such as she ought not to say or do. She discovers the right and wrong of things, not by reasoning, but sagacity. Most women, and many good... | |
| Sir James Prior - 1854 - 838 Seiten
...but to charm those who can distinguish a company from a crowd ; it has this advantage, you must come close to her to hear it. " To describe her body describes...as in avoiding such as she ought not to say or do. " She discovers the right and wrong of things not by reasoning but sagacity : most women, and many... | |
| Mrs. S. C. Hall - 1854 - 608 Seiten
...her body, describes her mind ; one is the transcript of the other ; her understanding is not eliown in the variety of matters it exerts itself on, but...of the choice she makes. ' She does not display it to much in saying or doing striking things, as in avoiding such as she ought not to say or do.' ******... | |
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