Volume 1

History of the female sex; comprising a view of the habits, manners, and influence of women, among all nations, from the earliest ages to the present time / Translated from the German of C. Meiners. By Frederic Shoberl.

  • Christoph Meiners
Date:
1808
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Credit: History of the female sex; comprising a view of the habits, manners, and influence of women, among all nations, from the earliest ages to the present time / Translated from the German of C. Meiners. By Frederic Shoberl. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    vince to see tliat the wool of the flocks is mauiiFactured into stuffs for clotliino- and o other purposes, and that all fruits, dry or inoist, are stored away in such a rnanner that they may not spoil or take any injury. Finally, the mistress of a family shoiild deposit the arms, clothing, and furniture, in the safest and most suitable apartments of the house; she should take care that they are kept clean and in good order, and that, after they have been used, they may be returned to their appointed places; she ought to pay attention to the sick slaves of both sexes, to reward the indus- trious, to punish the negligent and the idle, and to instriict the ignorant. li/' continues Ischomaclius, addressing hiswife, | you add to the careful performance of ] all these domestic duties tideiity to me, and tenderness to your children, you may even m^ake me your servant: you will have no occasion to fear any diminution of my iove w’hen you grow old ; but, on the contrary, you may eonfidently expect to secure so much the more regard, the more attention you bestow jointly with me on your domestic concerns; for all the com- fort and happiness of matrimony, as of human life in general, depend not upon personal attractions, which the good and I,
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