Sketches of the History of Man, Volumen2A. Strahan and T. Cadell, London; and for William Creech, Edinburgh, 1788 |
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... France , was hanged for adultery ; and her lovers were fleaed alive . Such were the favage manners of those times . There is an old law in Wales , that , for defiling the Prince's bed , the offender must pay a rod of pure gold , of the ...
... France , was hanged for adultery ; and her lovers were fleaed alive . Such were the favage manners of those times . There is an old law in Wales , that , for defiling the Prince's bed , the offender must pay a rod of pure gold , of the ...
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... France , that no married woman ought to admit a man to vifit her in absence of her husband . Female chastity must at that time have been extremely feeble , when fo little truft was repofed in the fair sex . To treat women in that manner ...
... France , that no married woman ought to admit a man to vifit her in absence of her husband . Female chastity must at that time have been extremely feeble , when fo little truft was repofed in the fair sex . To treat women in that manner ...
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... France , in- troduced the fashion of ladies appearing publicly at court . This fashion was in- troduced much later in England : even down to the Revolution , women of rank never appeared in the ftreets without a mask . In Scotland , the ...
... France , in- troduced the fashion of ladies appearing publicly at court . This fashion was in- troduced much later in England : even down to the Revolution , women of rank never appeared in the ftreets without a mask . In Scotland , the ...
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Lord Henry Home Kames. taly , women were much longer confined than in France ; and in Spain the indul- ging them with fome liberty is but creep- ing into fashion . In Abyffinia , polygamy is prohibited ; and married women of fashion have ...
Lord Henry Home Kames. taly , women were much longer confined than in France ; and in Spain the indul- ging them with fome liberty is but creep- ing into fashion . In Abyffinia , polygamy is prohibited ; and married women of fashion have ...
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... France , at prefent , chastity , far from being practifed , is fcarce admitted to be a female virtue . But people who take much freedom in private , are extremely circumfpect in public : no indecent ex- preffion nor infinuation is ...
... France , at prefent , chastity , far from being practifed , is fcarce admitted to be a female virtue . But people who take much freedom in private , are extremely circumfpect in public : no indecent ex- preffion nor infinuation is ...
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