Enemies and false friends [ Antagonism & Resistance ]
… Gregory recommended that a close relationship with a man could often be less dangerous than friendship with another woman. 14 The rise of polite culture may even have enhanced the anxiety surrounding false friendship. This was a time … character is exonerated from the stigma which calumny attached to it; and his courage rises in estimation […] But were a WOMAN to attempt such an expedient, however strong her sense of injury, however invincible her fortitude, or important …
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