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Edinburgh Journal, No. 447, by Various
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Title: Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 447 Volume 18, New Series, July 24, 1852
Author: Various
Editor: William Chambers Robert Chambers
Release Date: April 17, 2007 [EBook #21126]
Language: English
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CHAMBERS' EDINBURGH JOURNAL
CONDUCTED BY WILLIAM AND ROBERT CHAMBERS, EDITORS OF 'CHAMBERS'S INFORMATION FOR THE PEOPLE,' 'CHAMBERS'S EDUCATIONAL COURSE,' &c.
No. 447. NEW SERIES. SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1852. PRICE 1-1/2d.
THE MARTYR SEX.
Ever since that unfortunate affair in which the mother of mankind was so prominently concerned, the female sex might say, with Shylock, 'Sufferance is the badge of all our tribe.' They are, in fact, an incarnation of the Passive Voice--no mistake about it. 'Ah, gentle dames, it gars me greet,' as Burns pathetically says, to think on all the hardships and oppressions which you have undergone throughout the course of history, political and domestic. It is most wonderful that you can bear up your heads at all in the world. Most assuredly it could not