...M'Crie informs us, that the following is the first sentence and principal proposition of the work. ' To promote a woman to bear rule, superiority, dominion,...approved ordinance ; and finally, it is the subversion of all equity and justice.' Knox said, that his ' 1'irst Blasf had blown from him all his English friends....

...the practice of entrusting the reins of goverhment in nations to females. The first sentence is— *-"To promote a woman to bear rule, superiority, dominion or empire, above any realm, nation, t»r city, is repugnant to nature, contumely to God, a thing most contrarious to his revealed will...

...the practice of entrusting the reins of government in nations to females. The first sentence is— ¿"To promote a woman to bear rule, superiority, dominion or empire, above any realm, nution, or city, is repugnant to nature, contumely to (¿od, a thing most contrarions to his revealed...

...empire of women," he maintained, that it was altogether unlawful for women to reign. " To protaote a woman to bear rule, superiority, dominion, or empire,...repugnant to nature, contumely to God, a thing most conlrarious to his revealed will, and approved ordinance; and, finally, it is the subversion of all...

...monstrous Regiment of Women." In this blast he taught that the rule of a woman was " repugnant to nature, a contumely to God, a thing most contrarious to his...revealed will and approved ordinance, and, finally, the subversion of all equity and justice." In this fulmination he threatened two other blasts still...

...monstrous Regiment of Women." In this blast he taught that the rule of a woman was " repugnant to nature, a contumely to God, a thing most contrarious to his...revealed will and approved ordinance, and, finally, the subversion of all equity and justice." In this fulmination he threatened two other blasts still...

...monstrous Regiment of Womm." In this blast he taught that the rule of a woman was " repugnant to nature, a contumely to God, a thing most contrarious to his...revealed will and approved ordinance, and, finally, the subversion of all equity and justice." In this fulmination he threatened two other blasts still...

...style, which was originally strong, and which in modern ears sounds coarse. " To promote (he said) a woman to bear rule, superiority, dominion, or empire,...repugnant to nature, contumely to God, a thing most contrarions to his revealed will and approved ordinance, and finally, it is a subversion of all equity...

...sharp and vehement. In the first, he taught that the rule of a woman was « repugnant to nature , a contumely to God, a « thing most contrarious to his...revealed will and approved « ordinance, and finally the subversion of all equity and « justice; >> in the second blast he intended to teach, that governors...

...extracting the uncourteous opening lines. "To promote a woman to bear rule, superiority, or dominion over any realm, nation, or city, is repugnant to nature, contumely to God, and finally, the subversion of good order, and of all equity and justice." The reasons assigned are...