Woman's Record: Or, Sketches of All Distinguished Women, from "the Beginning" Till A.D. 1850. Arranged in Four Eras. With Selections from Female Writers of Every AgeHarper & brothers, 1853 - 886 páginas |
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... called manly , is an irrefragable proof that her nature was the best . We can trace the effect of Christianity everywhere by its tendency to elevate woman ; that is , give her that rightful place of honour which makes her " the glory of ...
... called manly , is an irrefragable proof that her nature was the best . We can trace the effect of Christianity everywhere by its tendency to elevate woman ; that is , give her that rightful place of honour which makes her " the glory of ...
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... called forth by qualities of character in the being beloved , while reverence and obedience may belong to the external condition only . We are commanded to " love God , " while we are only " to honour the king . " Through- out the Bible ...
... called forth by qualities of character in the being beloved , while reverence and obedience may belong to the external condition only . We are commanded to " love God , " while we are only " to honour the king . " Through- out the Bible ...
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... called to mind her young husband and her children , she wept in despair . All the promises of Xanthus to marry her were of no avail to console her grief , —and she threw her- self into the sea . This story shows that the an- cient ...
... called to mind her young husband and her children , she wept in despair . All the promises of Xanthus to marry her were of no avail to console her grief , —and she threw her- self into the sea . This story shows that the an- cient ...
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... called one of the dis- tricts of Egypt after her . She is said to have founded a city , called by her own name , on the banks of the Achelous , in Ætolia . ARSINOE , A DAUGHTER of Lysimachus , king of Thrace , was the first wife of ...
... called one of the dis- tricts of Egypt after her . She is said to have founded a city , called by her own name , on the banks of the Achelous , in Ætolia . ARSINOE , A DAUGHTER of Lysimachus , king of Thrace , was the first wife of ...
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... called Eurydice by Justin , and Cleopatra by Livy . She was present at the battle of Rhaphia , a city not far from Gaza , in Palestine , fought be- tween her husband and Antiochus the Great , B. C. 217 , and is said to have contributed ...
... called Eurydice by Justin , and Cleopatra by Livy . She was present at the battle of Rhaphia , a city not far from Gaza , in Palestine , fought be- tween her husband and Antiochus the Great , B. C. 217 , and is said to have contributed ...
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Página 130 - And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, and stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
Página 351 - And the heavy night hung dark The hills and waters o'er. When a band of exiles moored their bark On the wild New England shore.
Página 351 - Why had they come to wither there, Away from their childhood's land? There was woman's fearless eye, Lit by her deep love's truth; There was manhood's brow serenely high, And the fiery heart of youth.
Página 16 - For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
Página 128 - Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
Página 40 - God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar ? fear not ; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand ; for I will make him a great nation. And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water ; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
Página 162 - Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.
Página 430 - The applause of listening senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their...
Página 129 - He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree. He hath filled the hungry with good things ; and the rich He hath sent empty away. He hath holpen His servant Israel, in remembrance of His mercy ; as He spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
Página 12 - And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.