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... excommunicated ( a ) child ! Do you not know that love is out of the question ; and that our religion makes us look you out a husband , whom , if the Rabbi also wishes you to have him , you dare not refuse ? " " Well , mamma , let this ...
... excommunicated ( a ) child ! Do you not know that love is out of the question ; and that our religion makes us look you out a husband , whom , if the Rabbi also wishes you to have him , you dare not refuse ? " " Well , mamma , let this ...
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... she is on her way , the Authoress begs to bid a short adieu to her readers ; trusting , that , while she has given amusement , she has also blended instruction with her TALES OF A JEWESS . NOTES . NOTE ( a ) page 2 . EXCOMMUNICATION.
... she is on her way , the Authoress begs to bid a short adieu to her readers ; trusting , that , while she has given amusement , she has also blended instruction with her TALES OF A JEWESS . NOTES . NOTE ( a ) page 2 . EXCOMMUNICATION.
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... excommunication , which is what the Evangelists call , being cast out of the Synagogue . † But this , Grotius tells us , is to be understood only of the lesser excommunication . Excommunication , among the Jews , was distinguished into ...
... excommunication , which is what the Evangelists call , being cast out of the Synagogue . † But this , Grotius tells us , is to be understood only of the lesser excommunication . Excommunication , among the Jews , was distinguished into ...
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... excommunicated . 2. If a man dreamed that he was excommunicated by him- self , or by another , he was considered as an excommunicated person ; because this dream was supposed to be sent from God . 3. A man might not only excommunicate ...
... excommunicated . 2. If a man dreamed that he was excommunicated by him- self , or by another , he was considered as an excommunicated person ; because this dream was supposed to be sent from God . 3. A man might not only excommunicate ...
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... excommunicated for another month ; and if he still neglected to get himself absolved , he was then excommunicated by the greater excommunication . 6. They sounded a trumpet , when they inflicted the greater excommunication ; and when ...
... excommunicated for another month ; and if he still neglected to get himself absolved , he was then excommunicated by the greater excommunication . 6. They sounded a trumpet , when they inflicted the greater excommunication ; and when ...
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Page 105 - Oh ! ever thus, from childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest hopes decay ; I never loved a tree or flower, But 'twas the first to fade away. I never nursed a dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft black eye, • But when it came to know me well, And love me, it was sure to die...
Page 232 - Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance. In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
Page 231 - And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.
Page 46 - That landscape ; and of pure, now purer air Meets his approach, and to the heart inspires Vernal delight and joy, able to drive All sadness but despair : now gentle gales, Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Those balmy spoils.
Page 67 - And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep...
Page 227 - Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.
Page 149 - They tame but one another still: Early or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring breath, When they, pale captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds; Upon Death's purple altar now See, where the victor-victim bleeds: Your heads must come To the cold tomb; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in their dust.
Page 139 - twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ? Still it whisper'd promis'd pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail ! Still would her touch the strain prolong; And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She...
Page 23 - To me brings nothing that should make me bless it, Or think it better than the day before, Or any other in the course of time, That duly took its turn, and was forgotten. Alt.
Page 34 - And that it happened, they are all agreed. Not to detain you from a thing so strange, A gentleman, that lives not far from 'Change, This week, in short, as all the alley knows, Taking a puke, has thrown up three black crows." "Impossible!" "Nay, but it's really true; I have it from good hands, and so may you.