The History of the Condition of Women, in Various Ages and Nations, Volumen1J. Allen & Company, 1835 |
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... relations hang pieces of gold tinsel on his hat . He is intro- duced to the bride , who sits on a low sofa , so com- pletely buried in dresses , that not so much as the tip of her shoe is visible . A thick white linen veil , called the ...
... relations hang pieces of gold tinsel on his hat . He is intro- duced to the bride , who sits on a low sofa , so com- pletely buried in dresses , that not so much as the tip of her shoe is visible . A thick white linen veil , called the ...
Página 49
... relations , to the remotest degree , are allowed a glance at the bride's face , and the favor of kissing her hand . Feasting and amusements then commence , and continue for three days . All this time the bride is obliged to sit ...
... relations , to the remotest degree , are allowed a glance at the bride's face , and the favor of kissing her hand . Feasting and amusements then commence , and continue for three days . All this time the bride is obliged to sit ...
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... relations of the Sultan are never al- lowed to quit Constantinople , lest their sons should escape the power of the despot , and occasion distur- bances in the succession to the throne . When the Sultan dies , his women are shut up in ...
... relations of the Sultan are never al- lowed to quit Constantinople , lest their sons should escape the power of the despot , and occasion distur- bances in the succession to the throne . When the Sultan dies , his women are shut up in ...
Página 66
... relations and friends take off her dress , sing a bridal song , and offer their various gifts . The parties are escorted to the mosque in state , accom- panied by friends and relations in arabahs , * drawn by oxen decorated with ribbons ...
... relations and friends take off her dress , sing a bridal song , and offer their various gifts . The parties are escorted to the mosque in state , accom- panied by friends and relations in arabahs , * drawn by oxen decorated with ribbons ...
Página 68
... relations . The Mohammedan law forbids pigs , dogs , women , and other impure animals to enter a mosque ; and the hour of prayers must not be proclaimed by a female , a madman , a drunkard , or a decrepit person . The first prohibition ...
... relations . The Mohammedan law forbids pigs , dogs , women , and other impure animals to enter a mosque ; and the hour of prayers must not be proclaimed by a female , a madman , a drunkard , or a decrepit person . The first prohibition ...
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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.