I say that of all forms of human life that which imbibes the varnish of good manners and good society, most rapidly and most conclusively, is the young female creature (shall we say girl ?), from the age of sixteen to that of twenty-seven. Casimir Maremma. [A Novel] - Стр. 215авторы: Sir Arthur Helps - 1870Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
| Maggie Symington - 1874 - Страниц: 492
...heed of observances which we rude men scarcely notice. Then, again, women take polish so easily ..... Of all forms of human life, that which imbibes the...from the age of sixteen to that of twenty-seven." Bulwe'r Lytton bears testimony to the same fact. Given a motive deep and pure, consonant with the impassioned... | |
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