Index Entry | Singing bird, simile to elegant woman, as opposed to the raven |
Location | Charleston |
Citation | SCG-C.754.010 23 Apr-3 May 1754:21, 22 (1037) Extract from a Pamphlet intitled, The Whole Duty of a Woman. Sect. XVI, Elegance. As the diamond is an ornament to beauty, so is elegance, to the behaviour of a woman. . . . [1 paragraph on modesty] As the crow or the raven, which devour carrion on the hills of the north, differ from the singing bird of the Canaries, so differeth the elegant woman from her who is wanting therein. . . . [2 sections on Employment and Education] |
Generic Title | South Carolina Gazette (Timothy) |
Date | 1754.05.03 |
Publisher | Timothy, Peter |
City, State | Charleston, SC |
Year | 1754 |
Bibliography | B0046619 |