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A tact which surpassed the tact of her sex as much as the tact of her sex surpasses the tact of ours.
A tact which surpassed the tact of her sex as much as the tact of her sex surpasses the tact of ours.
Approximate author period: c. 1829 AD · industrial
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- Thomas B. Macaulay
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- Approximate author period: c. 1829 AD · industrial
author lifetime midpoint (1800–1859)
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- Pearls of Thought (1881) (1881 AD)
Page 255 · printed citation: Macaulay · subject: Tact
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