World was made for man, but the twelfth part of man for woman: Man is the whole World, and the Breath of GOD; Woman the Rib and crooked piece of man. Religio Medici - Page 130by Sir Thomas Browne - 1831 - 150 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Mudford - 1802 - 166 pages
...thus delivers himself on this delicate subject. " The w^ole world was made for man, but the twelfth part of man for woman : man is the whole world and the breath of God ; woman the rib and erooked piece of man. I could be content that we might procreate like trees without conjunction, or... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - English literature - 1807 - 606 pages
...resolutions, who never marry twice." — He calls woman " the rib, and crooked piece of man." He adds, " I could be content that we might procreate like trees,...without conjunction, or that there were any way to procreate the world without this trivial and vulgar way" — He means the union of sexes, which he... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - Literature - 1824 - 536 pages
...resolutions, who never marry twice." — He calls woman " the rib and crooked piece of man." He adds, " I could be content that we might procreate like trees,...without conjunction, or that there were any way to procreate the world without this trivial and vulgar way." He means the union of sexes, which he declares... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - English literature - 1834 - 344 pages
...resolutions, who never marry twice." He calls woman "the rib and crooked piece of man.'' He adds, " I could be content that we might procreate like trees,...without conjunction, or that there were any way to procreate the world without this trivial and vulgar way." He means the union of sexes, which he declares... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - Authors - 1835 - 474 pages
...rcsfiutions, who never marry twice.' He rails \vrman ' the rib, and crooked piece of man.' He adds, ' Ï could be content that we might procreate like trees, without conjunction, or thai there were any way to proerrate the world without this trivial and vulgar way.' He mrans !he union... | |
| Sir Thomas Browne - Christian ethics - 1841 - 346 pages
...number of both sexes, may be also necessary. (13!) The whole world was made for man, but the twelfth part of man for woman. Man is the whole world, and...perpetuate the world without this trivial and vulgar (I3i) The inequality of the sexes has been proved to be chiefly imaginary, and in many places the difference... | |
| American periodicals - 1897 - 918 pages
...in his scorn of women. "The whole world," says Sir Thomas Brown, "was made for man, but the twelfth part of man for woman. Man is the whole world and...breath of God: woman the rib and crooked piece of man." And George Herbert, genuine saint, high-bred gentleman and enchanting poet, includes, about the same... | |
| American literature - 1871 - 808 pages
...disparaging remarks upon marriage. " The whole world," he says, " was made for man ; but the twelfth part of man for woman. Man is the whole world and the breath of God ; woman the rib and crooked part of man." He wishes, after the fashion of Montaigne, that we might grow like the trees, and avoid... | |
| William Mudford - 1849 - 342 pages
...Medici,'} who says, ' the whole world was made for man, but the twelfth part of man for woman ; man being the whole world, and the breath of God ; woman, the rib, and crookedpart of man.' Like him, I was resolved ' never lo marry once,' and ' commended their resolutions... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - American literature - 1851 - 518 pages
...never marry twice,* He calls woman *tbf nb, and crooked piece of man.' He adds, ' I could be conies! that we might procreate like trees, without conjunction, or that there were any way to procreate the world withcul this trivial and vulgar way.* He means ihc union of »fm. wtiich he declares... | |
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