 | John Angell James - 1862 - 486 pages
...situations; for though the arts which merely embellish life must claim admiration, yet when a man of sense comes to marry, it is a companion whom he wants, and not an artist. it is not merely a creature who can paint, and play, and dress, and dance ; it is a being who... | |
 | Helen Cross Knight - 1872 - 302 pages
...situations. For though the arts which merely embellish must claim admiration, yet when a man of sense comes to marry, it is a companion whom he wants, and not an artist. It is not merely a creature who can paint, and play, and sing, and draw, and dress, and dance... | |
 | William M. Thayer - Girls - 1895 - 192 pages
...claim admiration, yet when a man of sense comes to marry it is a companion he wants, and not an artist. It is not merely a creature who can paint, and play, and sing, and draw, and dress, and dance ; it is a being who can comfort and counsel him ; one who can... | |
 | Susan Kingsley Kent - History - 1999 - 380 pages
...the Modern System of Female Education (1799), "it is a companion whom he wants, and not an artist. It is not merely a creature who can paint, and play, and dress, and dance; it is a being who can comfort and counsel him; one who can reason, and reflect, and... | |
 | Jane Austen - Fiction - 2001 - 532 pages
...situations: for though the arts which merely embellish life must claim admiration; yet when a man of sense comes to marry, it is a companion whom he wants, and not an artist. It is not merely a creature who can paint, and play, and dress, and dance; it is a being who... | |
 | Sarah Jordan - History - 2003 - 308 pages
...in order to plead for improvements in women's education. Hannah More says that "when a man of sense comes to marry, it is a companion whom he wants, and not an artist," 25 Jane West that "we are designed to be the companions as well as the help-mates of man;... | |
 | Ethics - 1846 - 208 pages
...Pott. A WIFE. — When a man of sense comes to marry, it iss companion he wants, and not an artist. It is not merely a creature who can paint and play, and sing and dance. It is a being who can comfort and counsel him ; one who can reason and reflect, and... | |
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For though the arts which merely embellish life must claim admiration, yet, when a man of sense comes to marry, it is a companion whom he wants, and not an artist... 
