The History of the Condition of Women, in Various Ages and Nations, Том 1J. Allen & Company, 1835 |
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... seen a woman of the daughters of the Philistines ; now therefore get her for me to wife ; " and when his parents started objections , he still pleaded , " Get her for me ; for she pleaseth me well . " The idea of ap- plying to the ...
... seen a woman of the daughters of the Philistines ; now therefore get her for me to wife ; " and when his parents started objections , he still pleaded , " Get her for me ; for she pleaseth me well . " The idea of ap- plying to the ...
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... seen only in Poland , and their form obviously denotes their ancient and ori- ental origin . They consist of strings of pearls in- termingled with gold , forming altogether an elabo- rate piece of architecture , whose construction it is ...
... seen only in Poland , and their form obviously denotes their ancient and ori- ental origin . They consist of strings of pearls in- termingled with gold , forming altogether an elabo- rate piece of architecture , whose construction it is ...
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... seen the Jewesses of Poland . " " A faithful adherence to their national costume serves to heighten their natural attractions . " The modern Jewish women light a lamp every Friday evening , half an hour before sunset , which is the ...
... seen the Jewesses of Poland . " " A faithful adherence to their national costume serves to heighten their natural attractions . " The modern Jewish women light a lamp every Friday evening , half an hour before sunset , which is the ...
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... seen a Eu- ropean lady , and their curiosity was much excited . The men stopped her horse to present bouquets and benedictions ; and the women crowded her apartments , bringing baskets full of delicious grapes and figs . The young lady ...
... seen a Eu- ropean lady , and their curiosity was much excited . The men stopped her horse to present bouquets and benedictions ; and the women crowded her apartments , bringing baskets full of delicious grapes and figs . The young lady ...
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... seen at the tent - doors and in the fields , without veils , and always ready to answer a civil question , or pay a stranger the simple duties of hospitality . Both as maidens and matrons they are very virtuous and modest . These women ...
... seen at the tent - doors and in the fields , without veils , and always ready to answer a civil question , or pay a stranger the simple duties of hospitality . Both as maidens and matrons they are very virtuous and modest . These women ...
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Сторінка 8 - She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
Сторінка 269 - The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk, no wife to grind his corn.
Сторінка 5 - 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.
Сторінка 270 - 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.
Сторінка 4 - 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.
Сторінка 118 - 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.
Сторінка 216 - 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.
Сторінка 248 - 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...
Сторінка 11 - Yet are these seditious rogues more terrible than both the other. Come on; be thou my food, and be thou a fury to these seditious varlets, and a by-word to the world, which is all that is now wanting to complete the calamities of us Jews.
Сторінка 270 - a generous action: in so free and kind a manner did they contribute to " my relief, that if I was dry, I drank the sweetest draught; and if hungry, " I ate the coarsest morsel with a double relish.