My own sex, I hope, will excuse me, if I treat them like rational creatures, instead of flattering their fascinating graces, and viewing them as if they were in a state of perpetual childhood, unable to stand alone.

“[I]f we revert to history, we shall find that the women who have distinguished …”

“My own sex, I hope, will excuse me, if I treat them like rational creatures, in…”

“A magic lamp now seemed to be suspended in Maria’s prison, and fairy landscapes…”

“... judicious books enlarge the mind and improve the heart ...”