Mary Erle tasted for the first time, in all its intensity, the helplessness of woman, the inborn feeling of subjection to a stronger will, inherited through generations of submissive feminine intelligences The Story of a Modern Woman - Page 81by Ella Hepworth Dixon - 1894 - 322 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Sutherland - Literary Criticism - 1989 - 708 pages
...embracing her, 'Mary Erle tasted for the first time, in all its intensity, the helplessness of women, the inborn feeling of subjection to a stronger will,...generations of submissive feminine intelligences.' Vincent, an advanced thinker, spends a year abroad to research the world-wide subjection of woman.... | |
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