Brief History of the Condition of Women: In Various Ages and Nations, Volume 2C. S. Francis, 1845 - 298 pages |
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... Hair · • 59 , 138 , 188 Chivalry Courts of Love Cromwell , time of 136 , 139 118 Knights , duties of . Crusades · Danes Dutch • • • 171 Laws , modern • • 174 Lacedæmonians Christianity introduc- ed at Rome Cimbri Convents 90 Hallow E'en ...
... Hair · • 59 , 138 , 188 Chivalry Courts of Love Cromwell , time of 136 , 139 118 Knights , duties of . Crusades · Danes Dutch • • • 171 Laws , modern • • 174 Lacedæmonians Christianity introduc- ed at Rome Cimbri Convents 90 Hallow E'en ...
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... hair - lace of her newly wedded daughter , taken from her head for that purpose . Mothers considered it a great misfortune if illness , or any accident , prevented them from performing this ceremony . The married couple ate a quince ...
... hair - lace of her newly wedded daughter , taken from her head for that purpose . Mothers considered it a great misfortune if illness , or any accident , prevented them from performing this ceremony . The married couple ate a quince ...
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... hair , in the fountain of Castalia , at the foot of Parnassus . When she seated herself upon the tripus , she shook the laurel tree , that grew near it , and sometimes ate the leaves , which were thought to contain some vir . tue ...
... hair , in the fountain of Castalia , at the foot of Parnassus . When she seated herself upon the tripus , she shook the laurel tree , that grew near it , and sometimes ate the leaves , which were thought to contain some vir . tue ...
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... hair , and cut her flesh , like a maniac . The words she uttered during these paroxysms were the oracles . The fits were more or less violent ; sometimes comparatively gen- tle . Plutarch speaks of one enraged to such a de- gree that ...
... hair , and cut her flesh , like a maniac . The words she uttered during these paroxysms were the oracles . The fits were more or less violent ; sometimes comparatively gen- tle . Plutarch speaks of one enraged to such a de- gree that ...
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... hair , dressed her in masculine attire , and left her alone in an apartment at evening . The lover , in his every - day clothes , sought an opportunity to enter by stealth , but took care to return to his own abode before daylight ...
... hair , dressed her in masculine attire , and left her alone in an apartment at evening . The lover , in his every - day clothes , sought an opportunity to enter by stealth , but took care to return to his own abode before daylight ...
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