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 Age |
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... if not to teach us that the wife was of finer mould , destined to the most spiritual offices , the heart of humanity , as her husband was the head ? She was the last work of creation . Every step , from matter to man , had been in ...
... if not to teach us that the wife was of finer mould , destined to the most spiritual offices , the heart of humanity , as her husband was the head ? She was the last work of creation . Every step , from matter to man , had been in ...
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She must not uncover her head ; while man is commanded to uncover his . Is it not the privilege of the superior to remain covered in the presence of the inferior ? The passage reads thus :Verse seventh . " For a man indeed ought not to ...
She must not uncover her head ; while man is commanded to uncover his . Is it not the privilege of the superior to remain covered in the presence of the inferior ? The passage reads thus :Verse seventh . " For a man indeed ought not to ...
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As soon as she came into his presence she threw the head at his feet . Surprised , as he might well be , at such a sight , he asked whose head it was , and what had induced her to do a deed so uncommon with her sex ?
As soon as she came into his presence she threw the head at his feet . Surprised , as he might well be , at such a sight , he asked whose head it was , and what had induced her to do a deed so uncommon with her sex ?
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Then she struck him twice on the neck , and cut off his head , which she told her maid to put in a bag - then wrapping the body in the curtains of the bed , they went , as usual , out of the camp , and returned to Bethulia , where the ...
Then she struck him twice on the neck , and cut off his head , which she told her maid to put in a bag - then wrapping the body in the curtains of the bed , they went , as usual , out of the camp , and returned to Bethulia , where the ...
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Her claim to admiration from her personal charms , does not entirely depend upon the fidelity of historians , since an exquisite engraving of her head , upon amethyst , is preserved in a collection at Paris , which authenticates the ...
Her claim to admiration from her personal charms , does not entirely depend upon the fidelity of historians , since an exquisite engraving of her head , upon amethyst , is preserved in a collection at Paris , which authenticates the ...
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Página 128 - 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 349 - 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 349 - 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 9 - 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 126 - 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 38 - 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 160 - 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 428 - 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 127 - 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 6 - And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
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| Título | 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 Age |
| Autor | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale |
| Editor | Harper & brothers, 1853 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 9 Jul. 2007 |
| Largo | 886 páginas |
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