The History of the Condition of Women, in Various Ages and Nations, Volumen1J. Allen & Company, 1835 |
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... young man to seek a girl in marriage without the intervention of his pa- rents . He said to his father and mother , " I have seen a woman of the daughters of the Philistines ; now therefore get her for me to wife ; " and when his ...
... young man to seek a girl in marriage without the intervention of his pa- rents . He said to his father and mother , " I have seen a woman of the daughters of the Philistines ; now therefore get her for me to wife ; " and when his ...
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... young men of his family . The bride , accompanied by her nurse , was con- veyed in a litter from her father's house , followed by all her female friends and relations closely veiled . The procession was headed by seventy young priests ...
... young men of his family . The bride , accompanied by her nurse , was con- veyed in a litter from her father's house , followed by all her female friends and relations closely veiled . The procession was headed by seventy young priests ...
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... young men the bridegroom , to the parents , who placed the right hand of the wife within the right hand of her husband , and pronounced upon them the paternal blessing . " Blessed be thou , O Lord our God , who didst create Adam and Eve ...
... young men the bridegroom , to the parents , who placed the right hand of the wife within the right hand of her husband , and pronounced upon them the paternal blessing . " Blessed be thou , O Lord our God , who didst create Adam and Eve ...
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... young princes of Persia . Her statue was erected at Lacedæmon , among those of the Persian generals . She became in love with a young man of Abydos 28 CARIAN WOMEN . Palmyra, Queen Persia.
... young princes of Persia . Her statue was erected at Lacedæmon , among those of the Persian generals . She became in love with a young man of Abydos 28 CARIAN WOMEN . Palmyra, Queen Persia.
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Lydia Maria Child. She became in love with a young man of Abydos , who did not return her passion ; in consequence of which she caused his eyes to be put out while he slept , and then , in a fit of remorse , jumped from the promontory of ...
Lydia Maria Child. She became in love with a young man of Abydos , who did not return her passion ; in consequence of which she caused his eyes to be put out while he slept , and then , in a fit of remorse , jumped from the promontory of ...
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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.