gentle sex

He is greater, and will be loved more hereafter by the gentle sex.

Not so with the gentle sex—I say it in their praise; they cannot abide abruptness.

In writing of authors of the gentle sex, his ink-pot became a pot of honey.

She was a sinewy bite of the gentle sex, but she had much flavour, and she gave nourishment.

Desirous always of pleasing, the gentle sex has ever sought to add to its charms by adorning itself with jewels.

An exploit truly worthy of the tender passion, and the gentle sex!

He met a good many members of the gentle sex, but that was exclusively in a business way.

Since that time I have been convinced that they of the gentle sex are girls from fifteen to eighty.

But take notice that these small deceits in the gentle sex are natural, and by no means immoral.

He had an eye for the gentle sex even when their fairness was disguised by dirty pinafores and stiff pigtails.