...Italian, Dr Gregory's A father's legacy to his daughters, contains this significant advice: Be even cautious in displaying your good sense. It will be...from the men, who . generally look with a jealous and malignant eye on a woman of gre^it parts and a cultivated understanding. Similarly, another popular...

...she always runs a certain risk, it seems, in showing herself anything better than a cretin. Be even cautious in displaying your good sense. It will be...from the men, who generally look with a jealous and malignant eye on a woman of great parts and a cultivated understanding. But learning, too, has its...

...have forgotten that her sole object in life is to attract men, a solemn warning follows : — Be even cautious in displaying your good sense. It will be...from the men, who generally look with a jealous and malignant eye on a woman of great parts -and a cultivated understanding. But learning, too, has its...

...guarded with great discretion and good nature, otherwise it will create you many enemies. ... Be even cautious in displaying your good sense. It will be...from the men, who generally look with a jealous and malignant eye on a woman of great parts, and a cultivated understanding. . . . "Consider every species...

...entirely dependent on their protection, or else might suspect their modesty; and he added: "Be careful in displaying your good sense. It will be thought...from the men, who generally look with a jealous and malignant eye on a woman of great parts and a cultivated 285 understanding." Solomon's advice to "get...

...Gregory, in his letters to his daughters, written in 1773, telling them, ' Be even cautious 1907 579 in displaying your good sense. It will be thought you assume a superiority over the rest of your company. But if you happen to have any learning, keep it a profound secret, especially from the...

...liability in a woman. So is knowledge. 'Be cautious in displaying your good sense,' advises Gregory, 'But if you happen to have any learning, keep it a profound secret, especially from the men.' Men can pass through the world's dangers untainted or shrug off irregularities and misdemeanours, but...

...cautioned his own daughters against challenging male power preserves, warning them to keep their learning "a profound secret, especially from the men, who generally look with a jealous and malignant eye on a woman of great parts, and a cultivated understanding." 7 His express concern was...

...intelligence was generally incompatible with "softness and delicacy" a young lady should be "careful in displaying your good sense. It will be thought...from the men, who generally look with a jealous and malignant eye on a woman of great parts and a cultivated understanding." John Adams gave similar advice...

...Mentoria uses him to make two points. First, she corrects those like Doctor Gregory who advise women, "If you happen to have any learning, keep it a profound secret" (Father's, 26). "Knowledge ought not wholly to be concealed," Mentoria says, and her own example would...