The History of the Condition of Women, in Various Ages and Nations, Volumen1Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1835 - 306 páginas |
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... fond of music , and had a great variety of instruments . Singing and dancing girls were selected from the most beautiful to entertain the wealthy at their meals ; but we have no means of knowing whether ladies of high rank considered it ...
... fond of music , and had a great variety of instruments . Singing and dancing girls were selected from the most beautiful to entertain the wealthy at their meals ; but we have no means of knowing whether ladies of high rank considered it ...
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... , they are themselves extremely fond of intrigues , and pride themselves not a little on success . The Turkoman women are very industrious and ingenious . They make the tent - coverings of goat 34 DRUSES AND TURKOMANS .
... , they are themselves extremely fond of intrigues , and pride themselves not a little on success . The Turkoman women are very industrious and ingenious . They make the tent - coverings of goat 34 DRUSES AND TURKOMANS .
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... fond of hunting and military ex- ploits ; and women , of course , participate in this character . They polish and take care of the armor , are very proud of their husband's courage , and re- proach them severely when defeated . The ...
... fond of hunting and military ex- ploits ; and women , of course , participate in this character . They polish and take care of the armor , are very proud of their husband's courage , and re- proach them severely when defeated . The ...
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... fond of perfumes and orna- ments . Their clothing is usually chosen and pur- chased for them , as we do for little children . On the death of a husband , they lay aside all rich and showy apparel , and assume the garb of mourn- ing ...
... fond of perfumes and orna- ments . Their clothing is usually chosen and pur- chased for them , as we do for little children . On the death of a husband , they lay aside all rich and showy apparel , and assume the garb of mourn- ing ...
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... fond of their families . Even the poorest of them esteem it a great misfortune to be childless . They regard it , as the Jews did of old , as a peculiar visitation of God , and spare neither pray- ers , alms , offerings , nor penances ...
... fond of their families . Even the poorest of them esteem it a great misfortune to be childless . They regard it , as the Jews did of old , as a peculiar visitation of God , and spare neither pray- ers , alms , offerings , nor penances ...
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Página 23 - Thus saith the Lord of Hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come: and let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
Página 10 - 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 266 - 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 8 - 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 122 - 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 215 - 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 244 - 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 153 - Employment is the guardian of female innocence : do not allow women time to be idle; let them be the first dressed and the last undressed all the year round. " No in-door household work is repugnant to a modest and sensible woman. The shuttle and the needle are only the...
Página 12 - She considereth a field, and buyeth it : with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
Página 12 - She riseth also while it is yet night and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.