She held fast to the German spirit through all the changes in her life, with the same determination which made it possible, in her strenuous labors, to retain her gentle womanliness.

The gracious womanliness of her struck Vera afresh with its charm.

Even after months of this sodden camp it was possible to find a youth to play Lavinia, with so pretty a face, such a velvet voice, such a pensive womanliness that the flat-capped, ribald young cockneys in the front row blushed with embarrassment.

Take care, then, of the little children: the men children, to make men of them; the women childrenoh, yes, even above allto make ready for future motheringto snatch from the evil that works over against pure womanliness.

There is a sweet, sedate, and almost solemn womanliness about her, which even overawes Mrs. Stanley, conscious of aunthood and strongmindedness, and insisting upon it that her niece is "a mere child."

With unaffected womanliness she rearranged her slightly disordered hair as he drew up beside her.