A Social History of the American Family from Colonial Times to the Present, Volumen1Arthur H. Clark Company, 1917 V. I. Colonial period -- v. II. From Independence through the Civil War -- v. III. Since the civil war. |
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... death , while the seducer perhaps even sat among the judges . Adultery of wives met severe punishment . * It may be that marriages turned out as well in the Middle Ages as now and that adultery was not more frequent . There was not ...
... death , while the seducer perhaps even sat among the judges . Adultery of wives met severe punishment . * It may be that marriages turned out as well in the Middle Ages as now and that adultery was not more frequent . There was not ...
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... death would be re- leased if some one would marry them.19 At the time of the Reformation there was growing up a church theory which treated unblest marriages as concubinage.20 Con- fusion arose from prevalent usage . It became custom ...
... death would be re- leased if some one would marry them.19 At the time of the Reformation there was growing up a church theory which treated unblest marriages as concubinage.20 Con- fusion arose from prevalent usage . It became custom ...
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... death . " 36 Obviously this stern doctrine of the family was cal- culated to develop an institution under paternal su- premacy with the wife a mere adjunct to her lord's desires and the children minor slaves of his will . Such results ...
... death . " 36 Obviously this stern doctrine of the family was cal- culated to develop an institution under paternal su- premacy with the wife a mere adjunct to her lord's desires and the children minor slaves of his will . Such results ...
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... death , half of what he had acquired after marriage . Should husbands " either break in life - time , or be found banckerouts at death the wives are pre- ferred to all debtors in the recovery of their dowry . " The influence of this ...
... death , half of what he had acquired after marriage . Should husbands " either break in life - time , or be found banckerouts at death the wives are pre- ferred to all debtors in the recovery of their dowry . " The influence of this ...
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... death she married the first lover . Another Lochinvar kidnapped a bride - to - be on the eve of marriage . In some parts of Connecticut courtship was carried on in the living - room in the presence of the family . Sara Knight , who ...
... death she married the first lover . Another Lochinvar kidnapped a bride - to - be on the eve of marriage . In some parts of Connecticut courtship was carried on in the living - room in the presence of the family . Sara Knight , who ...
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Página 87 - Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord : and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man ; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them : they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
Página 64 - For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.
Página 281 - She openeth her mouth with wisdom ; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
Página 17 - I will be master of what is mine own : She is my goods, my chattels ; she is my house, My household stuff, my field, my barn, My horse, my ox, my ass, my any thing...
Página 121 - If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and that when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them...
Página 72 - That the selectmen of every town in the several precincts and quarters where they dwell, shall have a vigilant eye over their brethren and neighbors, to see, first, that none of them shall suffer so much barbarism in any of their families, as not to endeavor to teach by themselves or others, their children and apprentices so much learning, as may enable them perfectly to read the English tongue, and knowledge of the capital laws, upon penalty of twenty shillings for each neglect therein...
Página 327 - ... on the first day of the week. The correction ensuing on their disobedience to overseers, or slothfulness in business, is often very severe, and sometimes desperate. Men and women have many times scarcely clothes sufficient to hide their nakedness, and boys and girls ten and twelve years old are often quite naked amongst their master's children.
Página 91 - To My Dear and Loving Husband If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were lov'd by wife, then thee; If ever wife was happy in a man, Compare with me ye women if you can. I prize thy love more than whole Mines of gold, Or all the riches that the East doth hold. My love is such that Rivers cannot quench, Nor ought but love from thee, give recompence.
Página 85 - I am obnoxious to each carping tongue Who says my hand a needle better fits, A poet's pen all scorn I should thus wrong; For such despite they cast on female wits: If what I do prove well, it won't advance, They'll say it's stol'n, or else it was by chance.
Página 75 - Now one of the most essential branches of English liberty is the freedom of one's house. A man's house is his castle ; and whilst he is quiet, he is as well guarded as a prince in his castle. This writ, if it should be declared legal, would totally annihilate this privilege.