| Jehoshaphat Aspin - Clothing and dress - 1834 - 300 pages
...may be seen conversing with the unwashed blacksmith. The females of France take an active part in all the concerns of life : at court, they are politicians ; in the city, merchants and tradeswomen ; in the country, farmers and labourers, there being scarcely an operation... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1835 - 300 pages
...their example is followed as much as possible by their inferiors. Politeness and good manners may be traced through all ranks. The The women of France...protection of men, and the discretion and energy of charapter which they display under such circumstances, is surprising. The lower classes of women never... | |
| Samuel Augustus Mitchell - Geography - 1840 - 612 pages
...much as possible by their inferiors. The women take an active part in all the concerns and business of life : at court they are politicians; in the city they are merchants, accountants, and shopkeepers ; and in the country they labour on the farms with the men. The local... | |
| Samuel Augustus Mitchell - 1846 - 604 pages
...much as possible by their inferiors. The women take an active part in all the concerns and business of life : at court they are politicians; in the city they are merchants, accountants, and shopkeepers ; and in the country they labour on the farms with the men. The local... | |
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