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... upper and upper - middle class circles in the early eighteenth century . Other signs of growing sexual equality are that women were regularly to be seen on the hunting field , and occasionally competed in other sports , such as cricket ...
... upper and upper - middle class circles in the early eighteenth century . Other signs of growing sexual equality are that women were regularly to be seen on the hunting field , and occasionally competed in other sports , such as cricket ...
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... upper - class readers satirical advice , without any fear of being taken seriously : ' Should you become a mother , scorn to descend as low from the dignity of human nature as to suckle your own offspring . It would be difficult to ...
... upper - class readers satirical advice , without any fear of being taken seriously : ' Should you become a mother , scorn to descend as low from the dignity of human nature as to suckle your own offspring . It would be difficult to ...
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... upper classes . It may perhaps be significant that the numbers of male heirs who inherited . landed estates in three sample counties and who never married rose from about five per cent before ... UPPER - CLASS ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOUR 541.
... upper classes . It may perhaps be significant that the numbers of male heirs who inherited . landed estates in three sample counties and who never married rose from about five per cent before ... UPPER - CLASS ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOUR 541.
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