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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1835. Excerpt: ... PAMPHILA, OB THE FATAL TABLETS. Although So gen'ral is the cry 'Gainst female curiosity, If we would merely change the name, We should discover that the same Great impulse, in an active mind, Urges both man and womankind. It is this feeling which at college Is termed a noble thirst for knowledge, Bidding the pale-faced student pore O'er musty tomes of learned lore. A Newton, list'ning to its call, Bade Nature's veil before him fall! Consenting crowds on him confer The title of Philosopher. With great Columbus and with Cook The name of enterprise it took. New arts and new inventions yield Its vot'ries now a boundless field; And we may thank it for the ease With which we triumph o'er the breeze, And, having, by the powers of steam, Surpassed the ancient poet's dream, Envy no more that bag of leather With which Ulysses ruled the weather. In short, though we sometimes detect In those of weaker intellect Its sad abuse, and find them vying With females in the art of prying, A thirst for knowledge is the root, In men, of many a great pursuit: In women 'tis less honoured--why? Because we jealously deny To woman's quick inquiring spirit All proper stimulants to stir it; We call her masculine or Wwa, If she attempts to struggle through The trammels o'er her education-Thrown by us lords of the creation: And often an aspiring mind, By rig'rous custom, thus confined To ign'rance, worthy of a Vandal, Finds vent in prying and in scandal. And female curiosity Resembles, in its growth, a tree, Which, when we cut its upward shoot, Still grows luxuriant at the root. A lady (Pamphila by name) Of ancient Rome's patrician grade, A comely, gay, and married dame, Possessed a treasure of a maid; For none with Mysis could compare In the great art of dressing hair: Cosmetics too sh...


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780217140942
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 30
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0217140947
  • Publisher Date: 01 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 73 gr


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