 In view of the want of principle that characterised the eighteenth century, the one safeguard for the individual was the yoke imposed by society with its customs and demands. If one were ever so little outside that circle, there was no check, and imagination...  Memoirs of the Duchesse de Dino: 1841-1850 - Page 33by Dorothée Dino (duchesse de) - 1910Full view - About this book
 | United States - 1911 - 1102 pages
...shrewd comment upon Mile, de Lespinasse is this: "In view of the want of principle that characterized the eighteenth century, the one safeguard for the...one were ever so little outside that circle, there wasjio check, and imagination carried people very far and very low. At this point the Duchesse believes... | |
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