A Vindication Of The Rights Of Woman

132 A Vindication of the Rights of Woman at defi ance? With the same view she represents an accomplished young woman, as ready t ...

Chapter V 133 SECT. V. Taking a view of the different works which have been written on educa- tion, Lord Chesterfi eld’s Letters ...

134 A Vindication of the Rights of Woman A young man who has been bred up with domestic friends, and led to store his mind with ...

Chapter V 135 their fi ght. He who loves not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God? asked the wisest of men. It is ...

136 A Vindication of the Rights of Woman portion of happiness considering the whole of life, but knowledge beyond the convenienc ...

Chapter V 137 wisdom.— On the contrary, it should seem, that one reason why men have superiour judgment, and more fortitude than ...

138 A Vindication of the Rights of Woman veriest meteor, the wildest fi re that could lure a man to ruin.—What! re- nounce the m ...

Chapter V 139 Besides, it is not possible to give a young person a just view of life; he must have struggled with his own passio ...

140 A Vindication of the Rights of Woman I know that a kind of fashion now prevails of respecting prejudices; and when any one d ...

Chapter V 141 become the weakest men; because their instructors only instill certain no- tions into their minds, that have no ot ...

CHAP. VI. THE EFFECT WHICH AN EARLY ASSOCIATION OF IDEAS HAS UPON THE CHARACTER. Educated in the enervating style recommended by ...

Chapter VI 143 those instantaneous associations we have little power; for when the mind is once enlarged by excursive fl ights, ...

144 A Vindication of the Rights of Woman ought to leave the go-cart for ever, have not suffi cient strength of mind to efface th ...

Chapter VI 145 they then expect women, who are only taught to observe behaviour, and acquire manners rather than morals, to desp ...

146 A Vindication of the Rights of Woman for being rakes at heart, when it appears to be the inevitable consequence of their edu ...

Chapter VI 147 without love. But, when a sense of duty, or fear of shame, obliges them to restrain this pampered desire of pleas ...

148 A Vindication of the Rights of Woman If such be the force of habit; if such be the bondage of folly, how care- fully ought w ...

CHAP. VII. MODESTY.— COMPREHENSIVELY CONSIDERED, AND NOT AS A SEXUAL VIRTUE. Modesty! Sacred offspring of sensibility and reason ...

150 A Vindication of the Rights of Woman A modest man often conceives a great plan, and tenaciously adheres to it, conscious of ...

Chapter VII 151 Purity of mind, or that genuine delicacy, which is the only virtuous sup- port of chastity, is near akin to that ...