The History of the Condition of Women, in Various Ages and Nations, Volume 1Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1835 - 306 pages |
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... infant for food , saying , " Why should I preserve thee , mis- erable babe ! If the Romans spare our lives , we must be slaves ; and the seditious villains among us are more terrible than either of these things . Be thou my food and a ...
... infant for food , saying , " Why should I preserve thee , mis- erable babe ! If the Romans spare our lives , we must be slaves ; and the seditious villains among us are more terrible than either of these things . Be thou my food and a ...
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... infant was washed and rubbed with salt . When it was forty days old , the father offered a lamb of the first year and a turtle - dove , the first as a burnt - offering and the latter as a sin - offering for the mother . She prayed while ...
... infant was washed and rubbed with salt . When it was forty days old , the father offered a lamb of the first year and a turtle - dove , the first as a burnt - offering and the latter as a sin - offering for the mother . She prayed while ...
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... infant has a wide leathern belt sewed around the waist , which con- tinues till it bursts , and is then replaced by another . The bridegroom cuts this belt with his dagger , and on account of its extreme tightness fatal accidents ...
... infant has a wide leathern belt sewed around the waist , which con- tinues till it bursts , and is then replaced by another . The bridegroom cuts this belt with his dagger , and on account of its extreme tightness fatal accidents ...
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... infancy , she is conducted to her husband's residence with great pomp . Some writers have affirmed that a part of these marriage ceremonies consists in the Sultan's saying to his sister , or daughter , " I give this man to be thy slave ...
... infancy , she is conducted to her husband's residence with great pomp . Some writers have affirmed that a part of these marriage ceremonies consists in the Sultan's saying to his sister , or daughter , " I give this man to be thy slave ...
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... infant and cradle to the roof of her division of the house , not forgetting the skin of water she has brought from the well , deposits her babe in safety , and suspends the water - case near her , on a tripod of sticks , in order that ...
... infant and cradle to the roof of her division of the house , not forgetting the skin of water she has brought from the well , deposits her babe in safety , and suspends the water - case near her , on a tripod of sticks , in order that ...
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Page 23 - Thus saith the Lord of Hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come: and let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
Page 10 - And Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously : the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Page 266 - I never addressed myself in the language of decency and friendship, without receiving a decent and friendly answer; with man it has often been otherwise.
Page 8 - And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
Page 122 - I beheld another distressing scene this morning at the Place of Skulls; a poor woman lying dead, or nearly dead, and her two children by her, looking at the dogs and vultures, which were near. The people passed by without noticing the children. I asked them where was their home. They said ' they had no home but where their mother was.
Page 215 - God; from all which it is most reasonable to understand, that some marks of divine favour and distinction were visible about him at his birth. His qualifications and endowments come next under consideration. He is said to have been learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians* and to have been mighty in words and in deeds.
Page 244 - It is a narrow strip of cotton cloth wrapped many times round, immediately over the forehead. In Bondou, the head is encircled with strings of white beads, and a small plate of gold is worn in the middle of the forehead. In Kasson the ladies decorate their heads in a very tasteful and elegant manner with white seashells. In Kaarta and Ludamar, the women raise their hair to a great height by the addition of a pad (as...
Page 153 - Employment is the guardian of female innocence : do not allow women time to be idle; let them be the first dressed and the last undressed all the year round. " No in-door household work is repugnant to a modest and sensible woman. The shuttle and the needle are only the...
Page 12 - She considereth a field, and buyeth it : with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
Page 12 - She riseth also while it is yet night and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.