 | Robert Maxwell Macbrair - 1861 - 496 Seiten
...they have singular ideas of female beauty. It is measured almost entirely by size and corpulence. " A woman of even moderate pretensions, must be one...her : and a perfect beauty is a load for a camel." All Ali's wives were very fat. In consequence of this prevalent taste for unwieldiness of bulk, the... | |
 | Robert Maxwell Macbrair - 1861 - 470 Seiten
...they have singular ideas of female beauty. It is measured almost entirely by size and corpulence. " A woman of even moderate pretensions, must be one...her : and a perfect beauty is a load for a camel." All Ali's wives were very -fat. In consequence of this prevalent taste for unwieldiness of bulk, the... | |
 | John Heywood (ltd.) - 1872 - 168 Seiten
...at ease, and presented me with a bowl of milk, which I considered as a very favourable sign. sions must be one who cannot walk without a slave under...consequence of this prevalent taste for unwieldiness, the Moorish ladies take great pains to acquire it early in life ; and for this purpose many of the... | |
 | Henry Theophilus Finck - 1899 - 888 Seiten
...expression, are by no means essential points in their standard : With them corpulence and beauty seem to be terms nearly synonymous : A woman of even moderate...her ; and a perfect beauty is a load for a camel. . . . Many of the young girls are compelled, by their mothers, to devour a great quantity of kouskous,... | |
 | Henry T. Finck - 1899 - 860 Seiten
...considered as their chief accomplishment. . . . The Moors have singular ideas of feminine perfection. The gracefulness of figure and motion, and a countenance...in their standard : With them corpulence and beauty seem to be terms nearly synonymous : A woman of even moderate pretensions must be one who cannot walk... | |
 | Walter Matthew Gallichan - 1915 - 414 Seiten
...constituting the ideal of feminine physical perfection. "Corpulence and beauty appear to be terms almost synonymous. A woman, of even moderate pretensions,...her, and a perfect beauty is a load for a camel." Park describes the dieting of young Moorish girls by their parents to induce extreme fatness. MOORISH... | |
 | Robert Briffault - 1927 - 816 Seiten
...regarded as the ideal of female beauty. In Nigeria " corpulence and beauty," remarks Mungo Park, " seem to be terms nearly synonymous. A woman of even moderate...her, and a perfect beauty is a load for a camel." 5 Girls are accordingly in many parts of Africa and elsewhere subjected before marriage to a fattening... | |
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Th« gracefulness of figure and motion, and a countenance enlivened by expression, are by no means essential points in their standard: with them, corpulence and beauty appear to be terms nearly synonymous. A woman, of even moderate pretensions must be... 
