 It has been said in the praise of some men, that they could talk whole hours together upon any thing ; but it must be owned to the honour of the other sex, that there are many among them who can talk whole hours together upon nothing.  The Spectator - Page 275by Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1810Full view - About this book
 | 1786 - 694 pages
...branch cut into a long extempore diflertation upon the edging of a petticoat, and chide her fervant for breaking a china cup, in all the figures of rhetoric. Were women admitted to plead in «toxins of judicature, I am ptifuaded they would carry the eloquence of the bar to greater heights... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 402 pages
...it must be owned to the honour of the other sex, that there are many among them who can talk whole hours together upon nothing. I have known a woman...am persuaded they would carry the eloquence of the bur to greater heights than it has yet arrived at. If any one doubts this, let him but be present at... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 pages
...it must be owned, to the honour of the other sex, that there are many among them who can talk whole hours together upon nothing. I have known a woman...has yet arrived at. If any one doubts this, let him but be present at those debates which frequently arise among the ladies of the British fishery. The... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 294 pages
...it must he owned to the honour of the other sex, that there are many among them who can talk whole hours together upon nothing. I have known a woman...the eloquence of the bar to greater heights than it lias yet arrived at. If any one doubt this, let him but be present at those debates which frequently... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 340 pages
...it must be owned to the honour of the other sex, that there are many among them who can talk whole hours together upon nothing. I have known a woman...upon the edging of a petticoat, and chide her servant tor breaking a china cup, in all the figures of rhetoric. Were women admitted to plead in courts of... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 514 pages
...to the honour of the other sex, that there are many among them who can talk whole hours toge—4her upon nothing. I have known a woman branch out into...has yet arrived at. If any one doubts this, let him but be present at those debates which frequently arise among the ladies of the British fishery. The... | |
 | Spectator The - 1811 - 802 pages
...it must be owned to the honour of the other sex, that there are many among them who can talk whole hours together upon nothing. I have known a woman...china cup, in all the figures of rhetoric. Were women a,1,niUed to plead in courts of judicature, I am persuaded they would carry the eloquence of the bar... | |
 | Spectator The - 1816 - 372 pages
...it must be owned to the honour of the other sex , that there are many among them who can talk whole hours together upon nothing. I have known a woman...than it has yet arrived at. If any one doubts this y let him but be present at those debates which frequently arise among the ladies of the British: fishery.... | |
 | William Driverger - 1820 - 648 pages
...many among them, who can talk whole hours together upon nothing. I have known a woman branch out ii.to a long extempore dissertation upon the edging of a...breaking a china cup, in all the figures of rhetoric. An impertinent humour of diminishing every one who is produced in conversation to their advantage,... | |
 | Spectator (London, England : 1711) - 1822 - 788 pages
...sex, that there are many among them who can talk whole hours together upon nothing. I have known H at are come from ather to son, and are most in vogue among 1 am persuaded they would carry the eloquence of the bar to greater heights than it ha» yet arrived... | |
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