 Nature's fault, not man's. Aspasia and Adelina Patti were born, not made. In all eras and all climes a woman of great genius or of great beauty has done what she chose ; and if the majority of women have led obscure lives, so have the majority of men....  54-40 Or Fight - Page 14by Emerson Hough - 1909 - 402 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ouida - 1896 - 456 pages
...to become either, that is Nature's fault, not man's. Aspasia and Adelina Patti were born, not made. In all eras and all climes a woman of great genius or of great beauty has done very much what she chose; and if the majority of women have led obscure lives,... | |
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...woman the two extremes of life would be without succour, and the middle without pleasure. Anonymous. In all eras and all climes a woman of great genius or beauty has done what she chose. Ouida. He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises,... | |
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...the Last Stuarts. Despatch dated December V]th, 1774. CHAPTER VII THE COUNTESS OF ALBANY. 1780-1784 " In all eras and all climes a woman of great genius or beauty has done what she chose." THE departure from Rome in 1774 of the Count and Countess of Albany with their train of courtiers and... | |
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