...at once, cried Mrs. Freke, why, when a woman likes a man, does not she go and tell him so honestly ? Because she's a hypocrite. That is and must be the...step she would disgust the object of her affection. Cunning!—cunning !—cunning!—the arms of the weakest. Prudence!—prudence!—the arms of the...

...man, does not she go and tell him so honestly?" Belinda, surprised by this question from a woman, was too much abashed instantly to answer. " Because she's...the arms of the weakest." "Prudence! — prudence! — thearms of the strongest. Taking the best means to secure our own happiness without injuring that...

...does not she go and tell him so honestly ? ' Belinda, surprised by this question from a woman, Was too much abashed instantly to answer. ' Because she's...step she would disgust the object of her affection.' 235 ' Cunning! — cunning! — cunning! — the arms of the weakest.' ' Prudence ! prudence ! —...

...comic shouting match, culminating in the following condensed exchange with Mrs. Freke taking the lead: "Cunning! — cunning! — cunning! — the arms of..."Prudence! prudence! — the arms of the strongest." (209) Each opines that the present state is one of warfare; but each holds to her or his terminology....

...man, does not she go and tell him so honestly?" Belinda, surprised by this question from a woman, was too much abashed instantly to answer. "Because she's...by such a step she would disgust the object of her affection."90 Belinda Portman blushes as a woman who understands her subordinate place; she remains...

...Mr. Percival's reply to Harriot Freke's defense of a woman's right to make her preferences clear — "if she be a woman of sense, she knows that by such...step she would disgust the object of her affection" (230) — also resonates with Emile's view that women's articulation of their desires induces "disgust"...