I have been frequently surprised, and almost frightened, at the singular address and happy boldness with which young women in America contrive to manage their thoughts and their language, amidst all the difficulties of free conversation... Democracy in America - Stran 71avtor: Alexis de Tocqueville - 1840Celotni ogled - O knjigi
| Alexis de Tocqueville - 1980 - 402 strani
...bk. 3, chaps. 9 and 12. I have been frequently surprised and almost frightened at the singular skill and happy boldness with which young women in America...path which they trod without accidents and without effect. It is easy indeed to perceive that, even amidst the independence of early youth, an American... | |
| Robin May Schott - 1997 - 444 strani
...proper position of women are no improvement on Kant's. He writes that "I have frequently been surprised, and almost frightened, at the singular address and...manage their thoughts and their language . . . amidst the independence of early youth an American woman is always mistress of herself" (DA 2:238). Not for... | |
| Gwen Athene Tarbox - 2000 - 174 strani
...Visiting the United States in 1831, Alexis deTocqueville commented that he had been "frequently surprised, and almost frightened, at the singular address and...America contrive to manage their thoughts and their language."11 In newly-settled towns and cities along the eastern seaboard, many middle-class little... | |
| Bonnie Angelo - 2009 - 500 strani
...of reliance on her own strength. ... I have been frequently surprised, and almost frightened, at the happy boldness with which young women in America contrive to manage their thoughts and their language. Even in the independence of early youth, an American woman is always mistress of herself; she indulges... | |
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