softer sex

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A prince, with eunuchs and the softer sex Shut up so long, would warlike nations vex, Provoke the German, and, neglecting heaven, Forget the truce for which his oath was given.

From Poetical Works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham by Denham, John, Sir

With the dream of his youth vanished all predilection for the softer sex.

From The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times by Adams, John Turvill

The instrumental performance was illustrated and completed with a multitude of harmonious voices, and those who sang were each of them of the softer sex.

From Imogen A Pastoral Romance by Godwin, William

While Mr. Dempsey hurried away to seek Mrs. Fumbally herself, the confusion and uproar increased; the loud, coarse laughter of the "Gentlemen" being added to the wrathful violence of the softer sex.

From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) by Lever, Charles James

All, or nearly all, her acquaintances were of, I was going to say the harder, but upon my life I believe the real epithet would be the softer sex.

From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II by Lever, Charles James