 | Mary Wollstonecraft - 1796 - 504 σελίδες
...characteriftics of the weaker vefTel, I wifh to fhew that elegance is inferior to virtue, that the firft object of laudable ambition is to obtain a character as a human being, regardlefs of the diftindtion of fex ; and that fecondary views fhould be brought to this fimple touchftone.... | |
 | Mary Wollstonecraft - 1833 - 234 σελίδες
...docility of manners, supposed to be the sexual characteristics of the weaker vessel, I wish to show that elegance is inferior to virtue, that the first object of laudable ambition is-to obtain a character as a human being, regardless ot' the distinction of sex; and that secondary... | |
 | Sidney H. Morse, Joseph B. Marvin - 1868 - 538 σελίδες
...docility of manners, supposed to be the sexual characteristics of the weaker vessel, I wish to show that elegance is inferior to virtue, that the first...views should be brought to this simple touch-stone. If, then, it can be fairly deduced from the present conduct of the sex, from the prevalent fondness... | |
 | Women - 1881 - 88 σελίδες
...placed on this earth to improve their faculties,' reminding her readers that ' the first object of a laudable ambition is to obtain a character as a human...being, regardless of the distinction of sex ; and all secondary views should be brought to this simple touchstone. . . . Reason is consequently the simple... | |
 | 1899 - 642 σελίδες
...kind of love, which „has been termed its sister, will soon become objects of contempt„Dismissing then those pretty feminine phrases, which the men...ambition is to obtain a „character as a human being, r.'-gardless of the distinction of sex; „and that secondary views should be brought to this simple... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1883 - 488 σελίδες
...docility of manners, supposed to be thf sexual characteristics of the weaker vessel, I wish to show that elegance is inferior to virtue, that the first...regardless of the distinction of sex ; and that secondary TJew» should be brought to this simple touchstone. This is a rough sketch of my plan ; and should... | |
 | Elizabeth Robins Pennell - 1884 - 382 σελίδες
...creatures, and not as beings doomed to perpetual childhood, she tells them : — "... I wish to show that elegance is inferior to virtue, that the first...views should be brought to this simple touchstone." The Introduction is important because, as she says, it is the "very essence of an introduction to give... | |
 | Elizabeth Robins Pennell - 1884 - 386 σελίδες
...perpetual childhood, she tells them : — "... I wish to show that elegance is inferior to vir-, tue, that the first object of laudable ambition is to obtain...of sex, and that secondary views should be brought N to this simple touchstone." The Introduction is important because, as she says, it is the "very essence... | |
 | G Fuldauer - 1899 - 640 σελίδες
...kind of love, which „has been termed its sister, will soon become objects of contempt„Dismissing then those pretty feminine phrases, which the men...ambition is to obtain a „character as a human being, rcgardless of the distinction of sex; „and that secondary views should be brought to this simple... | |
 | 1917 - 722 σελίδες
...erwiesen sehen, und sie nicht mehr nur wegen ihrer geschlechtlichen reize allein umworben wissen. ..." the first object of laudable ambition is to obtain...human being , regardless of the distinction of sex ') • • • To render women truly useful members of society, I argue that they should be led, by... | |
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I wish to shew that elegance is inferior to virtue, that the first object of laudable ambition is to obtain a character as a human being, regardless of the distinction of sex; and that secondary views should be brought to this simple touchstone. 
