"She is a beauty, Mister Sharpe, the very quintessence of feminine virtue, looks and intelligence."

I have no feeling for feminine virtues, for a woman's happiness.

Often, however, they did echo the key feminine virtues mentioned in the epitaph, those of affection, good housewifery and chastity.

Women's domestic work was seen as a symbol of feminine virtue ...

Being obedient, faithful and domestic in 1850 was an accepted feminine virtue applauded by women themselves.

It made no allowances for feminine virtues or perceived weaknesses.

At the time, her feminine virtues were emphasized over her ingenuity, an example of the bias against acknowledging female accomplishment in the mid-1800s.

It is the veneration for feminine virtues like purity and moral strength.

"You are satisfied, my flower of feminine virtue?"

We like them for the ways they complete their husbands' images, often with traditionally feminine virtues.