Brief History of the Condition of Women: In Various Ages and Nations, Volume 2C. S. Francis, 1845 - 298 pages |
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... Parents negotiated matches for their children ; and neither young men nor maidens presumed to marry without the consent of both father and mother . In Athens , heiresses were compelled by law to marry their nearest kinsmen , in order to ...
... Parents negotiated matches for their children ; and neither young men nor maidens presumed to marry without the consent of both father and mother . In Athens , heiresses were compelled by law to marry their nearest kinsmen , in order to ...
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... parents nor brethren , the duty devolved upon grandfathers , or guardians . Sometimes husbands betrothed their wives to other persons on their death - beds . The fa- ther of Demosthenes gave his wife to one Aphobus , with a considerable ...
... parents nor brethren , the duty devolved upon grandfathers , or guardians . Sometimes husbands betrothed their wives to other persons on their death - beds . The fa- ther of Demosthenes gave his wife to one Aphobus , with a considerable ...
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... parents ' property in its possession . The Thebans disliked this cruel practice , and their laws made it a capital offence . Those who were too poor to rear their children , were ordered to carry them to the magistrates , who nourished ...
... parents ' property in its possession . The Thebans disliked this cruel practice , and their laws made it a capital offence . Those who were too poor to rear their children , were ordered to carry them to the magistrates , who nourished ...
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... parent ; but when the tide turned , and Cleombrotus was in disgrace and danger , she joined her husband as a suppliant for royal mercy , and was found sitting by him , with the utmost ten- derness , with her two children at her feet ...
... parent ; but when the tide turned , and Cleombrotus was in disgrace and danger , she joined her husband as a suppliant for royal mercy , and was found sitting by him , with the utmost ten- derness , with her two children at her feet ...
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... soften the feelings of their parents . They pro . ceeded to the Sabine camp , dressed in deep mourn- ing , and knelt at the feet of their relatives . Hersilia described the kindness of their husbands , and their own 38 ROMAN WOMEN .
... soften the feelings of their parents . They pro . ceeded to the Sabine camp , dressed in deep mourn- ing , and knelt at the feet of their relatives . Hersilia described the kindness of their husbands , and their own 38 ROMAN WOMEN .
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