Woman in Sacred History: A Series of Sketches Drawn from Scriptural, Historical and Legendary Sources, by Harriet Beecher Stowe |
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... : He saw his sons by dubious slaughter fall , And war without , and death within the wall . Wide - wasting plague , gaunt famine , mad despair , } $ • PAST AND FUTURE . And dire debate , and 14 : WOMAN IN SACRED HISTORY .
... : He saw his sons by dubious slaughter fall , And war without , and death within the wall . Wide - wasting plague , gaunt famine , mad despair , } $ • PAST AND FUTURE . And dire debate , and 14 : WOMAN IN SACRED HISTORY .
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... death , retained his might no more , And the pale parent drank her children's gore . Yet they , who wont to roam the ensanguined plain , And spurn with fell delight their kindred slain ; E'en they , when , high above the dusty fight ...
... death , retained his might no more , And the pale parent drank her children's gore . Yet they , who wont to roam the ensanguined plain , And spurn with fell delight their kindred slain ; E'en they , when , high above the dusty fight ...
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... death over his wife and children . Among the Jews , the wife was the co - equal queen of the home , and was equally honored and obeyed with her husband . Lest there should be any doubt as to the position of the mother , the command is ...
... death over his wife and children . Among the Jews , the wife was the co - equal queen of the home , and was equally honored and obeyed with her husband . Lest there should be any doubt as to the position of the mother , the command is ...
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... death of both parties . If a man seduced a girl , he was obliged to marry her ; and forcible violation was punished by death . While in many other nations , prostitution , in one form or other , formed part of the services of the temple ...
... death of both parties . If a man seduced a girl , he was obliged to marry her ; and forcible violation was punished by death . While in many other nations , prostitution , in one form or other , formed part of the services of the temple ...
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... death of this woman , so truly loved to the last . " And Sarah was a hundred and seven and twenty years old : these were the years of the life of Sarah . And Sarah died in Kirjath - arba ; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan ; and ...
... death of this woman , so truly loved to the last . " And Sarah was a hundred and seven and twenty years old : these were the years of the life of Sarah . And Sarah died in Kirjath - arba ; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan ; and ...
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