Note 28 — THE FITNESS OF WOMEN FOR THE MINISTRY OF RELIGION.
Reading edition
Ingoldsby’s rendering of this world-famous story, the favorite theme of so many eminent painters, is probably no very exaggerated reading of the general impression of the monastic mind respecting the fair sex:—
“There are many devils which walk this world, Devils great and devils small, Devils short and devils tall; Bold devils which go with their tails unfurled, Sly devils which carry them quite upcurled;
But a laughing woman with two bright eyes Is the worsest devil of all!”