| James Hardie - Biography - 1802 - 486 pages
...language of decorum or friendship, without receiving a df~ cent and friendly answer — with men, it hath been otherwise. " In wandering over the barren plains...honest Sweden,, and frozen* Lapland, rude and churlish Frisland, unprincipled Russia, and the wide-spreading region of the wanBering Tartar— if hungry,... | |
| 1801 - 432 pages
...more virtuous, and performing more good actions than he. Xo 9. woman, whether civilized^or savage, I never addressed myself in the language of decency...and churlish Finland, unprincipled Russia, and the wide-spread regions of the wandering Tartar; if hungry, dry, cold, wet, or sick, the women have tver... | |
| Charles Brockden Brown - American literature - 1806 - 500 pages
...addressed myself in the language of friendship and decency, without receiving a friendly and decent answer ; with man it has often been otherwise. " In...and churlish Finland, unprincipled Russia, and the widespread regions of the wandering Tartars ; if hungry, dry, cold, wet, or sick, the women have ever... | |
| John Evans - English prose literature - 1807 - 318 pages
...more virtuous, and performing more good actions than he I To a Woman, whether civilized or savage, 1 never addressed myself in the language of decency...friendly answer. With Man it has often been otherwise .'" Ledyard. THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE WORLD IS the object of fond contemplation to the wise and the good,... | |
| 1807 - 574 pages
...more virtuous, and performing more good actions than lie. J о a woman, whether civilized or suv.igc, I never addressed myself in the language of decency...without receiving a decent and friendly answer. With man ¡t has often been otherwise." ' With "many opportunities of judging in various countries, and in various... | |
| Mungo Park - Africa - 1807 - 594 pages
...and I can truly say, as my predecessor Mr. Ledyard, has eloquently said before me ; " To " a woman, I never addressed myself in " the language of decency...without receiving a decent and friendly " answer. If I was hungry or thirsty, wet, " or sick, they did not hesitate, like the " men, to perform a generous... | |
| Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1807 - 572 pages
...civili/.ed or savage, I never addressed mystlf in the language of decency and friendship, without tcceiving a decent and friendly answer With man it has often been otherwise." ' With many opportunities of judging in various countries, and in various situations, 1 warmly subscribe... | |
| John Stewart - Jamaica - 1808 - 330 pages
...more virtuous, and performing more good actions than he. To a wo.t man, whether civilized or savage, I never addressed myself in the language of decency...With man it has often been otherwise. In wandering through the barren plains of inhospitable Denmark, through honest Sweden, and frozen Lapland, rude... | |
| John Stewart - Jamaica - 1808 - 330 pages
...receiving a decent and friendly answer. With man it has often been otherwise. In wandering through the barren plains of inhospitable Denmark, through...and churlish Finland, unprincipled Russia, and the wide-spread regions of the wandering Tartar, if hungry, dry, cold, wet, or sick, the women have ever... | |
| George Crabbe - 1808 - 274 pages
...MY SAVIOUR, I REPENT I" Mr. LEDYARD, as quoted by M. PARKE, in his Travels into Africk. To a woman I never addressed myself, in the language of decency...friendship, without receiving a decent and friendly answer. If I was hungry or thirsty, wet or sick, they did not hesitate, like men, to perform a generous action... | |
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