W. Somerset Maugham
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1,790 appearances
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first heard Sep 2026
last heard 8 Sep
W. Somerset Maugham’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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and to contrive the same, in a manner that is not conducive to patience in the male beholders.
or be setting inequity in this particular.
Is a fondness for angles.
And she is unwavering in her determination to achieve them at whatever cost.
Now we vehemently affirm that in women's apparel the
An angle is an offence to the male eye.
and therefore a crime of no small magnitude.
In the masculine garb angles are tolerable.
Angles of whatever acuteness.
The masculine character and life are rigid and angular, and the apparel should, or at least may, proclaim the man.
But with the soft, rounded nature of woman, her bending flexibility of tempered
Angles are absolutely incompatible.
In her outward seeming all should be easy and flowing, every fold a nest of graces, and every line a curve.
By close attention to this great truth and a conscientious striving.
after its advantages.
Women may hope to become rather comely of exterior.
and to find considerable favour in the eyes of man.
It is not impossible that, without any abatement of her present usefulness, she may come to be regarded as actually ornamental, and even attractive.
If with her ankles she will also renounce some hundreds of other equally harassing absurdities of attire.
She may consider her position assured, but
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