 | Elegant epistles - 1812 - 320 páginas
...not approve of great learning in women. I believe it rarely turns out to their advantage. No further would I have them to advance, than to what would enable...weary of the petticoat, and talking over a bottle. Yon say, " the men are hastening apace into dictionary learning." The less occasion still for the ladies... | |
 | Samuel Richardson - 1902 - 444 páginas
...Lady VOL. 1—3. Bradshaigh, in her charming correspondence with him, said she disliked learned women. "I hate to hear Latin out of a woman's mouth. There is something in it to me, masculine." In a half bantering way, Eichardson gently rebuked her for this utterance, but it is evident that he... | |
 | Samuel Richardson - 1902 - 416 páginas
...Eichardson would Bradshaigh, in her charming correspondence with him, said she disliked learned women. "I hate to hear Latin out of a woman's mouth. There is something in it to me, masculine." In a half bantering way, Eichardson gently rebuked her for this utterance, but it is evident that he... | |
 | Walter Lyon Blease - 1910 - 302 páginas
...habitually aims at nothing higher than an exemption from blame." " I hate," said Lady Bradshaigh, " to hear Latin out of a woman's mouth. There is something in it, to me, masculine. I could fancy such a one weary of the petticoat, and talking over a bottle."1 Mrs. Hannah More, herself a woman of no... | |
 | William Lyon Phelps - 1914 - 344 páginas
..."Daughters." Lady Bradshaigh, in her charming correspondence with him, said she disliked learned women. "I hate to hear Latin out of a woman's mouth. There is something in it to me, masculine." In a half -bantering way, Richardson gently rebuked her for this utterance, but it is evident that... | |
 | Myra Reynolds - 1920 - 546 páginas
...No farther would I have them to advance, than to what would enable them to write and converse with propriety, and make themselves useful in every stage...something in it, to me, masculine. I could fancy such a one weary of the petticoat, and talking over the bottle. You say "the men are hastening apace into... | |
 | Elaine Forman Crane - 1998 - 350 páginas
...whatever English-language editions were available. As one Englishwoman explained to Samuel Richardson: "I hate to hear Latin out of a woman's mouth. There is something in it, to me masculine." Texts translated from Latin into the vernacular for the use of women could also be edited to serve... | |
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I hope to be favoured with it. I own I do not approve of great learning in women. I believe it rarely turns out to their advantage. No farther would I have them to advance than to what would enable them to write and converse with ease and propriety, and... 