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1 1| augustly supported, the more understanding women acquire, the more 2 Int| rational mothers; and the understanding of the sex has been so bubbled 3 1| civilization a curse, and warps the understanding, till men of sensibility 4 2| to ferment, and set the understanding to work before the body 5 2| such an exercise of the understanding as is best calculated to 6 2| should rely entirely on his understanding; and the graceful ivy, clasping 7 2| This contempt of the understanding in early life has more baneful 8 2| the cultivation of the understanding is always subordinate to 9 2| And as for any depth of understanding, I will venture to affirm, 10 2| usurp the sceptre which the understanding should ever coolly wield, 11 2| scene, let her cultivate her understanding without stopping to consider 12 2| submit implicitly their understanding to the guidance of man. 13 3| natural exercise of the understanding, as little inventions to 14 3| the hour. But were their understanding once emancipated from the 15 3| enjoyment and narrowness of understanding can solve. Educated in slavish 16 3| a woman with a tolerable understanding, for I do not wish to leave 17 3| respectable, the exercise of their understanding is necessary, there is no 18 4| same sentiments.*(2) Thus understanding, strictly speaking, has 19 4| true cultivation of the understanding; and every thing conspires 20 4| render the cultivation of the understanding more difficult in the female 21 4| cultivation of the female understanding: - yet virtue can be built 22 4| woman; is the cause why the understanding is neglected, whilst accomplishments 23 4| for the exercise of the understanding, as life advances, is the 24 4| the employment of life, an understanding to improve. And when, to 25 4| the education of children, understanding, in an unsophisticated sense, 26 4| experience, if by neglecting the understanding they be as much, nay, more 27 4| a man from enlarging his understanding, and enervate all his powers 28 4| heart any more than the understanding, is jealous of the little 29 4| the heart, as well as the understanding, is opened by cultivation; 30 4| instruction as not to narrow the understanding, whilst the heart is warmed 31 4| A man of her own size of understanding would, probably, not agree 32 4| of precision unless the understanding has been strengthened by 33 4| at the expence of their understanding; for, unless there be a 34 4| unless there be a ballast of understanding, they will never become 35 4| notice a few.~ ~ The female understanding has often been spoken of 36 4| heart by exercising the understanding: for these paradisiacal 37 4| all spring from want of understanding. Whether this arise from 38 5| this matter in doubt. The understanding of women answers in this 39 5| they are hardly capable of understanding what is said to them, before 40 5| may call beautiful, the understanding is neglected, and girls 41 5| creation.~ ~ Not allowing them understanding, however, it was but consistent 42 5| nurtured at the expence of the understanding, such weak beings must be 43 5| innocent by the exercise of her understanding: excepting, indeed, during 44 5| interest, and all their understanding seems to lie in their fingers' 45 5| less true, that an improved understanding only can render society 46 5| companion; - what is her understanding sacrificed for? And why 47 5| instead of enlightening his understanding. Even his virtues also led 48 5| they imagine that their understanding is convinced when they only 49 5| wished to strengthen her understanding, by leading her to form 50 5| reason. It is respect for the understanding that keeps alive tenderness 51 5| taste, and enervate the understanding of many of my fellow-creatures, 52 5| wrong end. A cultivated understanding, and an affectionate heart, 53 5| the result; and, without understanding the behaviour here recommended, 54 5| parts, and a cultivated understanding.' If men of real merit, 55 5| anxious desire to improve the understanding. - 'Wisdom is the principal 56 5| with all thy gettings get understanding.' - 'How long, ye simple 57 5| that peace, 'which passeth understanding,' when she is merely made 58 5| pardon an affront to her understanding much sooner than one to 59 5| morality! But thus is the understanding of the whole sex affronted, 60 5| virtues or respect for her understanding.~ ~ Whilst women avow, and 61 5| not call hers a masculine understanding, because I admit not of 62 5| penetration than sagacity, more understanding than fancy, she writes with 63 5| he neither cultivated his understanding nor kept his heart pure. 64 5| questions it asked, when the understanding with feeble wing was fluttering 65 5| produce nothing great, and his understanding, prepared for this world, 66 5| heart and perplexes the understanding.~ ~ I may be told, that 67 5| have a high respect for the understanding of some relation or friend, 68 5| childhood and youth; and the understanding, as life advances, gives 69 6| arrange themselves. The understanding, it is true, may keep us 70 6| life. So ductile is the understanding, and yet so stubborn, that 71 6| other dry employments of the understanding, tend to deaden the feelings 72 6| heart by the way of the understanding, because they have few sentiments 73 6| should we be to cultivate the understanding, to save the poor wight 74 7| subjects that exercise the understanding, without heating the imagination, 75 7| allowed to acquire more understanding.~ ~ She who can discern 76 7| instruments to unfold the understanding, and form the moral character.~ ~ * 77 7| and modesty, by making the understanding damp the sensibility.~ ~ 78 7| be strengthened and their understanding enlarged by active exertions, 79 10| strengthening the female understanding, if it were properly considered.~ ~ 80 10| insist, that unless the understanding of woman be enlarged, and 81 11| the heart and enlarge the understanding of his child, has given 82 11| of cultivating the female understanding, it is but just to observe, 83 12| heart as it weakens the understanding.~ ~ I should, in fact, be 84 12| parade that insults the understanding without reaching the heart.~ ~ 85 12| make a shew of, without the understanding's acquiring any distinct 86 12| be allowed to debauch the understanding before it gained strength, 87 12| schools, the body, heart, and understanding, are equally stunted, for 88 12| brain, and sharpening the understanding before it gains proportionable 89 12| fashionable life? But, till more understanding preponderates in society 90 12| foundation of all taste. For the understanding, in spite of sensual cavillers, 91 12| is ever the work of the understanding employed in observing natural 92 12| and till women have more understanding, it is vain to expect them 93 12| a bottom, for unless the understanding be cultivated, superficial 94 12| fine senses and enlarged understanding of the artist selected the 95 12| plump and fair; but her understanding had not been led from female 96 12| a mistress.~ ~ Besides, understanding is necessary to give variety 97 12| from the exercise of the understanding and fancy, the legitimate 98 12| woman of a more cultivated understanding endeavour to give a rational 99 12| them to acquire sufficient understanding to know how even to nurse 100 12| there is no improving an understanding by halves, nor can any being 101 12| the progress of the human understanding in the improvement of the 102 13| duties. I do not mention the understanding, because never having been 103 13| would have effaced, if the understanding had been allowed to take 104 13| disquisitions addressed to the understanding intolerably tedious, and 105 13| works which exercise the understanding and regulate the imagination. - 106 13| heart would expand as the understanding gained strength, if women 107 13| their mothers had had more understanding.~ ~ One striking instance 108 13| cannot be said to improve the understanding, though it be erroneously 109 13| properly fulfilled unless the understanding enlarges the heart; and 110 13| of fancy when he despises understanding in woman - that the mind, 111 13| Be just then, O ye men of understanding! and mark not more severely 112 13| where nature has not given understanding!~ ~ THE END .~ ~