A Woman of Wit And Wisdom a Memoir of Elizabeth Carter One of the Bas Bleu
A Woman of Wit And Wisdom a Memoir of Elizabeth Carter One of the Bas Bleu
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That self-advertisement and pose without which no one, though possessing the beauty of Venus herself, would fill the r61e of a profes- sional beauty she severely censured ; the very- term, which is supposed to have been invented towards the end of the nineteenth century, was applied by Mrs. Carter to the Miss Gunnings, of whom she wrote : ' Indeed a beauty by pro- fession is a kind of being much too hurrying and bruyant not to overset all the tranquil ideas of sequestered life, and is supportab...le only in its proper element — a crowded town assembly. ' She agreed that nothing makes people tired of a fine face but a want of something in the mind and character, and its being seen everywhere in that idle, fluttering way, that makes half the fine faces in England old and neglected in a twelvemonth.
She considered mere constitutional good humour and civility mighty pretty decorations for an afternoon visit, but at home, or in the important duties of life, they are of little avail, if the behaviour is regulated only by a system 156 A WOMAN OF of mere 'savoir vivre.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
That self-advertisement and pose without which no one, though possessing the beauty of Venus herself, would fill the r61e of a profes- sional beauty she severely censured ; the very- term, which is supposed to have been invented towards the end of the nineteenth century, was applied by Mrs. Carter to the Miss Gunnings, of whom she wrote : ' Indeed a beauty by pro- fession is a kind of being much too hurrying and bruyant not to overset all the tranquil ideas of sequestered life, and is supportab...le only in its proper element — a crowded town assembly. ' She agreed that nothing makes people tired of a fine face but a want of something in the mind and character, and its being seen everywhere in that idle, fluttering way, that makes half the fine faces in England old and neglected in a twelvemonth.
She considered mere constitutional good humour and civility mighty pretty decorations for an afternoon visit, but at home, or in the important duties of life, they are of little avail, if the behaviour is regulated only by a system 156 A WOMAN OF of mere 'savoir vivre.
What to read after A Woman of Wit And Wisdom a Memoir of Elizabeth Carter One of the Bas Bleu?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Alice C C Alice Cecilia Caroline Gaussen to read onlineMoreLess
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