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Page 149
... woman's care , as though he were an infant ( 640 ) ; his nurse , Zillah , thumps him , " knocks him about , " eats ... woman , and Caroline Helstone is a woman : they are two individuals of the same species - not much alike though ...
... woman's care , as though he were an infant ( 640 ) ; his nurse , Zillah , thumps him , " knocks him about , " eats ... woman , and Caroline Helstone is a woman : they are two individuals of the same species - not much alike though ...
Page 154
... woman for woman : of woman for herself and woman collectively for other women . Nunnwood serves as a place for strictly female conversation ; it celebrates the celibate and / or sexual caring of woman for one another . Shirley invites ...
... woman for woman : of woman for herself and woman collectively for other women . Nunnwood serves as a place for strictly female conversation ; it celebrates the celibate and / or sexual caring of woman for one another . Shirley invites ...
Page 155
... woman question . " She refused to discuss it ; she feared aloneness ; she desired to find that singleness a strength . To Miss Wooler , she wrote , - I have another very egotistical motive for being pleased — it seems that even “ a lone ...
... woman question . " She refused to discuss it ; she feared aloneness ; she desired to find that singleness a strength . To Miss Wooler , she wrote , - I have another very egotistical motive for being pleased — it seems that even “ a lone ...
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Authors of Being | 10 |
A Sort of Father | 65 |
Masters and Mastery | 119 |
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