...of its laws respecting the re. lation of husband and wife:—" Experience has proved, that sa. vages are the tyrants of the female sex, and that the condition of women is usually softened by the refinements of social life." His following pages point out the successive relaxations of the bonds...

...terrors of capital punishment.' Experience has proved, that savages are the Hu«bandt tyrants of tfce female sex, and that the condition of women is usually softened by the refinements of social life. In the hope of a robust progeny, I ..ycurgus had delayed the season of...

...rejected him in consequence of an unexpected acquisition of property. It has been proved by experience, that savages are the tyrants of the female sex, and...the condition of women is usually softened by the refinements of social life. The fit season of marriage has been varied by different legislators. Lycurgus...

...refinement of manners, and increasing civilization of human nature. And if it be true as Gibbon says, that " experience has proved, that savages are the tyrants...the female sex, and that the condition of women is mingled emotions of dejection and disquietude. We might safely assert that such natural reasonings,...

...note in Petersdorff's Abridgement it is said : "A aeries of ages have demonstrated that the suvages are the tyrants of the female sex ; and that the condition of woiuan w usually ameliorated by the refinements of civilized life. In the early stapes of society females...

...Empire, in the Augustan age — the most enlightened period in Roman history, vol. 4, pages 273, 274. "Experience has proved, that savages are the tyrants...the condition of women is usually softened by the refinements of social life. " By his ( husband's ) judgment or caprice, her behavior was approved,...

...Empire, in the Augustan age —• the most enlightened period in Roman history, vol. 4, pages 273, 274. "Experience has proved, that savages are the tyrants...the condition of "women is usually softened by the refinements of social life. " By his (husband's) judgment or caprice, her behavior was approved, or...

...instituted between the condition of females under Christian and under Pagan rule. Gibbon observes, that "savages are the tyrants of the female sex, and that the condition of woman is usually softened by the refinements of social life." Nevertheless, without referring in terms...

...till tboir gentle influence was fortified by the terrors of capital punishment. § 17. Experience lias proved that savages are the tyrants of the female...the condition of women is usually softened by the refinements of social life. The season of marriage was fixed by Nuina at the tender age of 12 years,...

...and Art in the Cure of Disease,' pp. 5 and 6. CHAPTER IX. THE POSITION OP WOMAN. GIBBON observes, " experience has proved that savages are the tyrants of the female sex," and if we accept as a fact the belief that society is on the whole progressing in civilization, we shall...