 I HAVE often had occasion to remark the fortitude with which women sustain the most overwhelming reverses of fortune. Those disasters which break down the spirit of a man , and prostrate him in the dust, seem to call forth all the energies of the softer...  The English maiden, her moral and domestic duties - Page 9by Artemas Bowers Muzzey - 1841 - 80 pagesFull view - About this book
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...sustain the most overwhelming reverses of fortune. Those disasters which break down the spirit of a man, and prostrate him in the dust, seem to call forth...character, that at times it approaches to sublimity. Nothing can be more touching than to behold a soft and tender female, who had been all weakness and... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1820 - 364 pages
...sustain the most overwhelming reverses of fortune. Those disasters which break down the spirit of a man, and prostrate him in the dust, seem to call forth...character, that at times it approaches to sublimity. Nothing can be more touching than to behold a soft and tender female, who had been all weakness and... | |
 | Washington Irving - American essays - 1822 - 424 pages
...sustain the most overwhelming reverses of fortune. Those disasters which break down the spirit of a man, and prostrate him in the dust, seem to call forth...character, that at times it approaches to sublimity. Nothing can be more touching than to behold a soft and tender female, who had been all weakness and... | |
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...fortitude with which women sustain the most galling reverses of fortune. Those disasters which break down the spirit of man, and prostrate him in the dust,...character, that at times it approaches to sublimity. Nothing can be more touching than to behold a soft and tender female, who had been all weakness and... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pages
...sustain the most overwhelming reverses of fortune. Those disasters which break down the spirit of a man , and prostrate him in the dust, seem to call...character, that at times it approaches to sublimity. Nothing can be more touching than to behold a soft and tender female, who had been all weakness and... | |
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...him in the dust, seem to call forth all the energies of the softer sex, and give such intrepidities and elevation to their character, that at times it approaches to sublimity. Nothing can be more touching than to behold a soft and tender female, who had been all weakness and... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1829 - 522 pages
...him in the dust, seem to call forth all the energies of the softer sex, and give such ir.lv-pidity and elevation to their character, that at times it approaches to sublimity. Nothing can be more touching, than to behold a . soft and tender female, who had been all weakness... | |
 | Washington Irving - American essays - 1830 - 346 pages
...sustain the most overwhelming reverses of fortune. Those disasters which break down the spirit of a man, and prostrate him in the dust, seem to call forth...character, that at times it approaches to sublimity. Nothing can be more touching than to behold a soft and tender female, who had been all weakness and... | |
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...sustain the most overwhelming reverses of fortune. Those disasters, which break down the spirit of a man, and prostrate him in the dust, seem to call forth...character, that, at times, it approaches to sublimity. Nothing can be more touching, than to behold a soft and tender female, who had been all weakness and... | |
 | Anthologies - 1834 - 506 pages
...sustain the most overwhelming reverses of fortune. Those disasters which break down the spirit of a man, and prostrate him in the dust, seem to call forth...character, that at times it approaches to sublimity. Nothing can be more touching than to behold a soft and tender female, who had been all weakness and... | |
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