The Chautauquan: Organ of the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, Volumes 57-58M. Bailey, 1909 |
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... later , had come to be regarded as of great importance . The wife did not pass from the mund or gens of her father into that of her husband , as was the case with the early Romans . She had the protection of her own family to a greater ...
... later , had come to be regarded as of great importance . The wife did not pass from the mund or gens of her father into that of her husband , as was the case with the early Romans . She had the protection of her own family to a greater ...
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... later times the sum which was paid went to the wife as a dowry or provision for her main- tenance . Sometimes a dowry was provided by the father . The price paid and the dowry , therefore , were in the nature of an exchange of gifts ...
... later times the sum which was paid went to the wife as a dowry or provision for her main- tenance . Sometimes a dowry was provided by the father . The price paid and the dowry , therefore , were in the nature of an exchange of gifts ...
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... later age , the city - state , such as Athens , Florence , and Hamburg , was the result . In this process of the growth of feudalism , the first stage was that of the gradual increase of power on the part of the chief of the gens , and ...
... later age , the city - state , such as Athens , Florence , and Hamburg , was the result . In this process of the growth of feudalism , the first stage was that of the gradual increase of power on the part of the chief of the gens , and ...
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... later Hebrew and Greek writers , showed itself to a large extent in early Christianity , and became the dominant mental trait of the age of chivalry . It allegorized woman , made her a symbol of purity and di- vine excellence , and led ...
... later Hebrew and Greek writers , showed itself to a large extent in early Christianity , and became the dominant mental trait of the age of chivalry . It allegorized woman , made her a symbol of purity and di- vine excellence , and led ...
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... later than the one we found at Gizeh . It reaches out further , as the Egyptian world had grown in that thousand years . In the splendid chapel of Khnum- hotep , we may even find a line of Palestinian Beduin , a pro- cession like that ...
... later than the one we found at Gizeh . It reaches out further , as the Egyptian world had grown in that thousand years . In the splendid chapel of Khnum- hotep , we may even find a line of Palestinian Beduin , a pro- cession like that ...
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