Brief History of the Condition of Women: In Various Ages and Nations, Volume 2C. S. Francis, 1845 - 298 pages |
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Page 14
... covered with thorn boughs and acorns , bearing a basket full of bread , and singing , ' I have left the worse and found the better . " Some have supposed this was in commemoration of their change of diet from acorns to corn , but Dr ...
... covered with thorn boughs and acorns , bearing a basket full of bread , and singing , ' I have left the worse and found the better . " Some have supposed this was in commemoration of their change of diet from acorns to corn , but Dr ...
Page 22
... covered with a cloth on which a gorgon's head was embroi- dered , because that was represented on the shield of Minerva , to whose care the child was consigned . It was likewise customary to lay boys upon bucklers , as a prognostic of ...
... covered with a cloth on which a gorgon's head was embroi- dered , because that was represented on the shield of Minerva , to whose care the child was consigned . It was likewise customary to lay boys upon bucklers , as a prognostic of ...
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... covered chari- ots , and sometimes in open race - chariots . At the processions in honor of Juno , her priestess , who was always a matron of the highest rank , rode in a cha- riot drawn by white oxen . Aristophanes describes the wife ...
... covered chari- ots , and sometimes in open race - chariots . At the processions in honor of Juno , her priestess , who was always a matron of the highest rank , rode in a cha- riot drawn by white oxen . Aristophanes describes the wife ...
Page 31
... covered their faces . Charilus , being asked the reason of this practice , replied , " Girls wish to obtain husbands , and wives aim only at keeping those they already have . " Lycurgus ordered that maidens should exercise themselves ...
... covered their faces . Charilus , being asked the reason of this practice , replied , " Girls wish to obtain husbands , and wives aim only at keeping those they already have . " Lycurgus ordered that maidens should exercise themselves ...
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... covered with a flame - colored veil , and she wore high shoes of the same color . In the evening , she was conducted to her husband's house . She was taken apparently by force from the arms of her mother , or nearest fe- male relative ...
... covered with a flame - colored veil , and she wore high shoes of the same color . In the evening , she was conducted to her husband's house . She was taken apparently by force from the arms of her mother , or nearest fe- male relative ...
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