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1 In the ecstatic solemnity with which she swore her faith to him the ordinary sensibilities of sex seemed a flippancy.
Tess of the d'UrbervillesBy Thomas Hardy ContextHighlight In PART 4 The Consequence: XXXIII
2 The differences which distinguished them as individuals were abstracted by this passion, and each was but portion of one organism called sex.
Tess of the d'UrbervillesBy Thomas Hardy ContextHighlight In PART 3 The Rally: XXIII
3 It was a moment when a woman's soul is more incarnate than at any other time; when the most spiritual beauty bespeaks itself flesh; and sex takes the outside place in the presentation.
Tess of the d'UrbervillesBy Thomas Hardy ContextHighlight In PART 4 The Consequence: XXVII
4 This amazed and enraptured Tess, whose slight experiences had been so infelicitous till now; and in her reaction from indignation against the male sex she swerved to excess of honour for Clare.
Tess of the d'UrbervillesBy Thomas Hardy ContextHighlight In PART 4 The Consequence: XXXI
5 Her defender, whom she dreaded more than her assailant, having reluctantly disappeared, the farmer continued his reprimand, which Tess took with the greatest coolness, that sort of attack being independent of sex.
Tess of the d'UrbervillesBy Thomas Hardy ContextHighlight In PART 6 The Convert: XLVI
6 But those of the other sex were the most interesting of this company of binders, by reason of the charm which is acquired by woman when she becomes part and parcel of outdoor nature, and is not merely an object set down therein as at ordinary times.
Tess of the d'UrbervillesBy Thomas Hardy ContextHighlight In PART 2 Maiden No More: XIV
7 Moreover, his affection itself was less fire than radiance, and, with regard to the other sex, when he ceased to believe he ceased to follow: contrasting in this with many impressionable natures, who remain sensuously infatuated with what they intellectually despise.
Tess of the d'UrbervillesBy Thomas Hardy ContextHighlight In PART 5 The Woman Pays: XXXVI
8 The sum of her instincts on this matter, if clearly stated, would have been that the elusive quality of her sex which attracts men in general might be distasteful to so perfect a man after an avowal of love, since it must in its very nature carry with it a suspicion of art.
Tess of the d'UrbervillesBy Thomas Hardy ContextHighlight In PART 4 The Consequence: XXXI