 The love of becoming ornament is not perhaps to be regarded in the light of vanity ; it is rather an instinct which woman has received from nature to give effect to those charms that are her defence ; and when commerce began to minister more effectually...  Outlines of the world's history - Pagina 332door Edgar Sanderson - 1885 - 664 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Henry Hallam - 1818 - 670 pagina’s
...ambition. The love of becoming ornament is not perhaps to be regarded in the light of vanity ; it is rather an instinct which woman has received from nature to...over beauty which the choice and arrangement of dress is calculated to bestow. Courtesy had always been the proper attribute of knighthood ; protection of... | |
 | 1839 - 568 pagina’s
...ambition. The love of becoming ornaments is not to be regarded in the light of vanity; it is rather an instinct, which woman has received from Nature,...her defence ; and when commerce began to minister to the wants of luxury, the rich furs of the north, the gay silks of Asia, the wrought gold of domestic... | |
 | 1839 - 566 pagina’s
...ambition. The love of becoming ornaments is not to be regarded in the light of vanity ; it is rather an instinct, which woman has received from Nature,...her defence ; and when commerce began to minister to the wants of luxury, the rich furs of the north, the gay silks of Asia, the wrought gold of domestic... | |
 | Elizabeth Stone, Mary Margaret Stanley Egerton Countess of Wilton - 1841 - 424 pagina’s
...Europe in the Middle Ages,' — " is not, perhaps, to be regarded in the light of vanity ; it is rather an instinct which woman has received from Nature to give effect to those charms which are her defence." And if it be necessary to woman with her charms, is it not tenfold necessary... | |
 | Elizabeth Stone - 1841 - 446 pagina’s
...Europe in the Middle Ages,' — " is not, perhaps, to be regarded in the light of vanity; it is rather an instinct which woman has received from Nature to give effect to those charms which are her defence." And if it be necessary to woman with her charms, is it not tenfold necessary... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1846 - 582 pagina’s
...ambition. The love of becoming ornament is not perhaps to be regarded in the light of vanity ; it is rather an instinct which woman has received from nature to...over beauty which the choice and arrangement of dress is calculated to bestow. Courtesy had always been the proper attribute of knighthood ; protection of... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1856 - 534 pagina’s
...ambition. The love of becoming ornament is not perhaps to be regarded in the light of vanity ; it is rather an instinct which woman has received from nature to...gold of domestic manufacture, illumined the halls of chivalrj, and cast, as if by the spell of enchantment, that ineffable grace over beauty which the choice... | |
 | Graduated series - 1861 - 504 pagina’s
...ambition. The love of becoming ornament is not perhaps to be regarded in the light of vanity ; it is rather an instinct which woman has received from nature to...beauty, which the choice and arrangement of dress is calculated to bestow. Courtesy had always been thn proper attribute of knighthood ; protection of... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1861 - 500 pagina’s
...ambition. The love of becoming ornament is not perhaps to be regarded in the light of vanity ; it is rather an instinct which woman has received from nature to...began to minister more effectually to the wants of luxnry, the rich furs of the North, the gav silks of Asia, the wronght gold of domestic manufactnre,... | |
 | James Stuart Laurie - 1866 - 300 pagina’s
...ambition. The love of becoming ornament is not perhaps to be regarded in the light of vanity ; it is rather an instinct which woman has received from nature to...beauty, which the choice and arrangement of dress is calculated to bestow. Courtesy had always been She proper attribute of knighthood ; protection of... | |
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