 | Mungo Park - Africa - 1799 - 524 pages
...slavish submission as their indispensable duty. The Moors have singular ideas of feminine perfection. The gracefulness of figure and motion, and a countenance...camel. In consequence of this prevalent taste for umvieldiness of bulk, the Moorish ladies take great pains to acqufre it early in life; and for this... | |
 | 1800 - 424 pages
...a countenance enlivened by expreflion, are „ by no means eflential points in their • ftandard : with them corpulence and : beauty appear to be terms nearly Synonymous A woman of even moderate claim to beauty, mufi be one -who cannot walk without a flave under each arm, to fupport her ; and... | |
 | Mungo Park - Africa, West - 1813 - 374 pages
...submission as their indispensible duty. The Moors have singular ideas of feminine perfection : The gracefulness of figure and motion, and a countenance...their standard ; with them, corpulence and beauty appealto be terms nearly synonymous. A woman of even moderate pretensions, must be one who cannot walk... | |
 | Reuben Percy - Anecdotes - 1826 - 440 pages
...MOORS. The Moors(says Muiigo Parke in his Travels) have singular ideas of feminine perfection. The gracefulness of figure and motion, and a countenance...slave under each arm to support her ; and a perfect beau ty is a load for a camel. In consequence of this prevalent taste for unwieldiness of bulk, the... | |
 | 1829 - 298 pages
...beauideal. " The Moors of Africa," says Mr. Park, " have singular ideas of feminine perfection : the gracefulness of figure and motion, and a countenance...them corpulence and beauty appear to be terms nearly synonimous. A woman of even moderate pretensions, must bo one who cannot w;ilk a camel. In consequence... | |
 | Mungo Park - Africa - 1840 - 270 pages
...whiteness of his skin. * Wilh the Moors " corpulence and beauty appear to be nearly synonymous terms. A woman of even moderate pretensions must be one who...her : and a perfect beauty is a load for a camel." 8(1 A SAND-WIND The weather had now become extremely sultry and Park suffered much from the heat and... | |
 | Mungo Park - Africa, West - 1840 - 262 pages
...the whiteness of his * With the Moors " corpulence and beauty appear to be nearly synonymous terms. A woman of even moderate pretensions must be one who...each arm to support her; and a perfect beauty is a toad for a camel." The weather had now become extremely sultry, and Park suffered much from the heat... | |
 | Alexander Walker - Beauty, Personal - 1840 - 434 pages
...round as possible. " The Moors of Africa," says Park, " have singular ideas of female perfection; the gracefulness of figure and motion, and a countenance enlivened by expression, are by no means operative points in their standard ; with them corpulency and beauty are terms nearly synonymous. Or... | |
 | Alexander Walker - Beauty, Personal - 1845 - 420 pages
...operative points in their standard ; with them corpulency and beauty are terms nearly synonymous. Or women of even moderate pretensions, must be one who cannot walk without a slave tinder each arm to support her, and a perfect beauty is a load for a camel. In consequence of this... | |
 | William Frederick Van Amringe - Anthropology - 1848 - 852 pages
...the standard of beauty among the Moors. " The Moors have singular ideas of feminine perfection. The gracefulness of figure and motion, and a countenance...them corpulence and beauty appear to be terms nearly synonimous. A woman of even moderate pretensions, must be one who cannot walk without a slave under... | |
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Moors have singular ideas of feminine perfection.' The gracefulness of figure and motion, and a countenance enlivened by expression, are by no means essential points in their standard ; with them, corpulence and beauty appear to be terms nearly synonymous.... 
