10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAIDISM»
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maidism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
maidism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE, A LITERARY AND POLITICAL JOURNAL
find some such instances especially in the dancing-season at watering- places.
Polygamy, therefore, militated against old-maidism, and we might as well expect
to hear of a Mormonite old maid, as of Circassian maidens combing their grey ...
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The Dublin University Magazine
find some such instances, especially in the dancing-season at watering- places.
Polygamy, therefore, militated against old-maidism, and we might as well expect
to hear of a Mof monite old maid, as of Circassian maidens combing their grey ...
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Women Writers and Old Age in Great Britain, 1750–1850
Hayley defines the onset of old maidism somewhat later than his culture (and
than Austen) generally did, which may seem a kind of sympathetic response. But
if Austen and Hayley differ over the numerical age at which old maids come into ...
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The English Novelist; a Collection of Tales by the Most ...
very good humor, and to leave us in our troublesome dilemma. This piece of
ingratitude, we confess, truck us to the heart. After having declared ourselves the
champion of Old Maidism, after having lamented its sorrows, and determined to ...
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Old Bachelors: Their Varieties, Characters, and Conditions
Their Varieties, Characters, and Conditions Author of Old maids (The.) may put
these down as symptoms, and expect that before long he will shine forth in all the
dignity of a professor. Another striking difference between Old Maidism and Old ...
Author of Old maids (The.), 1835
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The Royal lady's magazine, and archives of the court of St. ...
THE PHILOSOPHY OF OLD MAIDISM. If any share of independence is the lot of
woman, it falls to the wealthy old maid. The policy of man has made old-maidism
the bugbear of the sex. They have judiciously levelled against it the whole ...
Horticultural journal, 1832
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The Rise of Literary Journalism in the Eighteenth Century: ...
The life of 'Vanity and Folly', which inevitably leads to old maidism in later life and
which is only discreetly hinted at in the Female Spectator, is detailed here with
relish. Like her aunt, Priscilla is characterized by her vanity and sexual notoriety.
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Old maids; their varieties, characters, and conditions
have earned the crown of Old Maidism ; and we honor you, although your titular
dignity is involuntary. Bind your brows with a coronet of laurel leaves ; weave a
chaplet of its ever-green leaves ; and may the chaste spirit of the lovely Daphne,
...
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Old bachelors: their varieties, characters, and conditions, ...
Old bachelors. may put these down as symptoms, and expect that before long he
will shine forth in all the dignity of a professor. Another striking difference
between Old Maidism and Old Bachelorism is, the moral and social estimation in
which ...
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The Christian lady's magazine, ed. by Charlotte Elizabeth
Shall we then summon up that phantom of many a lively imagination, ' old
maidism ; ' and having heard all the accusations preferred against it, that are
sufficiently tangible and definite for us to lay hold of, endeavour to separate the
truth from ...
Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna, 1839
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAIDISM»
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maidism is used in the context of the following news items.
Single File: Being an old maid is all about attitude
No old maidism for you, thank you very much. Great going! DEAR SUSAN: Although married now, I was single for 10 years between marriages, ... «Newsday, Jul 15»
Nurse Ratched's Strategy: Hillary Will Act Like She's Already …
... and he's out there flexing, and he's trying to draw a comparison generational youth and vigor and vim and energy versus staid old-maidism, ... «RushLimbaugh.com, May 15»
