The History of the Condition of Women, in Various Ages and Nations, Volumen1J. Allen & Company, 1835 |
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... by Cæsar's troops . The little property she had been able to bring safely out of Perea was seized by the rapacious guards , from whom she received continual insult and injury . At last famine prevailed to a 10 JEWISH WOMEN .
... by Cæsar's troops . The little property she had been able to bring safely out of Perea was seized by the rapacious guards , from whom she received continual insult and injury . At last famine prevailed to a 10 JEWISH WOMEN .
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... received . As the procession passes along , the people invoke blessings on the bride . The Syrian women ride astride on horseback , veiled ; but they are less scrupulous than most Asiatic women about removing their veils , when comfort ...
... received . As the procession passes along , the people invoke blessings on the bride . The Syrian women ride astride on horseback , veiled ; but they are less scrupulous than most Asiatic women about removing their veils , when comfort ...
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... received with the affectionate welcome of an old friend , rather than with the courteous greeting of a stranger . The women were extremely neat in their appearance , and though evidently very poor , would accept of no remuneration for ...
... received with the affectionate welcome of an old friend , rather than with the courteous greeting of a stranger . The women were extremely neat in their appearance , and though evidently very poor , would accept of no remuneration for ...
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... receiving a price for them . They are exceedingly scrupulous about the honor of their women . If a brother should see his sister receiving a kiss even from her betrothed lover , he would shoot the poor girl on the spot ; yet , with the ...
... receiving a price for them . They are exceedingly scrupulous about the honor of their women . If a brother should see his sister receiving a kiss even from her betrothed lover , he would shoot the poor girl on the spot ; yet , with the ...
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... received presents of female slaves ; but after they entered his harem , none but himself knew whether they were alive or dead . If any of them were ill , he brought a physician to a hole in the wall , through which the sick person was ...
... received presents of female slaves ; but after they entered his harem , none but himself knew whether they were alive or dead . If any of them were ill , he brought a physician to a hole in the wall , through which the sick person was ...
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Página 8 - She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
Página 269 - The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk, no wife to grind his corn.
Página 5 - And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her, with timbrels, and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously : the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Página 270 - I never addressed myself in the language of decency and friendship, without receiving a decent and friendly answer; with man it has often been otherwise.
Página 4 - And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
Página 118 - I beheld another distressing scene this morning at the Place of Skulls; a poor woman lying dead, or nearly dead, and her two children by her, looking at the dogs and vultures, which were near. The people passed by without noticing the children. I asked them where was their home. They said ' they had no home but where their mother was.
Página 216 - God; from all which it is most reasonable to understand, that some marks of divine favour and distinction were visible about him at his birth. His qualifications and endowments come next under consideration. He is said to have been learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians* and to have been mighty in words and in deeds.
Página 248 - It is a narrow strip of cotton cloth wrapped many times round, immediately over the forehead. In Bondou, the head is encircled with strings of white beads, and a small plate of gold is worn in the middle of the forehead. In Kasson the ladies decorate their heads in a very tasteful and elegant manner with white seashells. In Kaarta and Ludamar, the women raise their hair to a great height by the addition of a pad (as...
Página 11 - Yet are these seditious rogues more terrible than both the other. Come on; be thou my food, and be thou a fury to these seditious varlets, and a by-word to the world, which is all that is now wanting to complete the calamities of us Jews.
Página 270 - a generous action: in so free and kind a manner did they contribute to " my relief, that if I was dry, I drank the sweetest draught; and if hungry, " I ate the coarsest morsel with a double relish.