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This seems scarcely consistent with the continual reiteration of the utter nothingness of the women : * in America , where women are guarded by a seven-fold shield of habitual insignificance /—p . 96 ; an odd sort of shield that ; again : — ' It is obvious , that the ladies who are brought up amongst them cannot have leisure for any development of the mind ; it is , in fact , out of the question ; and , remembering this , it is more surprising that some among them should be very pleasing , than that none should be highly instructed /—( p . 81 . )
Presently , forgetting , we suppose , all she had said about the neglect of the women ' s minds , the good lady attempts to be very satirical on the extent of the education they receive . ' I attended the annual public exhibition at this school , and perceived , with some surprise , that the higher branches of science were among the studies of the pretty creatures I saw assembled there . One lovely girl of sixteen took her degree in mathematics , and
another was examined in moral philosophy . They blushed so sweetly , and looked so beautifully puzzled and confounded , that it might have been difficult for an abler judge than I was to decide how far they merited the diploma they received . This method of letting young ladies graduate , and granting them diplomas on quitting the establishment , was quite new to me /—( p . 114 . ) Here the ridicule is intended to fall pa the words , — pretty
creatures , lovely girl / &c . : if there is no absurdity in the fact stated , we cannot perceive that it makes any difference whether the pupils were pretty creatures or ugly creatures , boys or girls ; but it was an opportunity of blame , and that is Mrs . Trollope ' s object ; in fact , towards the end of her book she distinctly declares her dislike to every thing American .
' I do not like them , I do not like their principles , I do not like their manners , I do not like their opinions ; both as a woman , and as a stranger , it might be unseemly for me to say that I do not like their government , and therefore I will not say so . ' This is about as logical as the old rhyme , — 4 I do not like you , Dr . Fell , The reason why I cannot tell , Only this I know full well , I do not like you , Dr . Fell !*
Only that ' the reason why , ' we doubt not our author could tell , if she would . * The immense superiority of the American to the British navy was a constant theme , and to this I always listened , as nearly as possible , in silence . But the favourite , the constant * the universal sneer that met me every where , was on our old-fashioned attachments to things obsolete . It is amusing ; to observe how soothing the idea aeema , that they are more modern , more advanced , than England , Our classic literature , our princely dignities , our noble
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Domestic Manner s of the Americans . 408
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1832, page 403, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1814/page/43/
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