Female beauty [ Taste & Manners ]
… Jones has argued that the new thoughts on sociability and femininity were embodied by the ‘spectacle of a virtuous woman’. 5 Likewise, Morag Martin has suggested that ‘the physical and moral nature of femininity’ allowed women to … sixth duke of Hamilton (1724–1758) on 14 February 1752. Although beauty presented a means to identify the quality of a woman, it was increasingly considered as a secondary and, most significantly, separate concern to a good moral character. … name Elizabeth Hamilton, duchess of Hamilton and Brandon]’, ODNB, 2005, https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/11744. […] no Woman can be handsome by the Force of Features alone, any more than she can be witty only by the Help of Speech. [...] …
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