Woman in Sacred History: A Series of Sketches Drawn from Scriptural, Historical and Legendary Sources, by Harriet Beecher Stowe |
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... give the clearest idea of what we may call the raw material on which the educational system of the Divine Being began to work . We find here a state of society the elements of which are in some respects peculiarly simple and healthful ...
... give the clearest idea of what we may call the raw material on which the educational system of the Divine Being began to work . We find here a state of society the elements of which are in some respects peculiarly simple and healthful ...
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... give her her liberty , and allow her to go where she pleases : " Thou shalt not sell her at all for money , thou shalt not make merchandise of her , because thou hast humbled her . " The laws of Moses did not forbid polygamy , but they ...
... give her her liberty , and allow her to go where she pleases : " Thou shalt not sell her at all for money , thou shalt not make merchandise of her , because thou hast humbled her . " The laws of Moses did not forbid polygamy , but they ...
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... give birth to the great Saviour and Regenerator of mankind , consecrated family life with a devout poetry of emotion . Every cradle was hallowed by the thought of that blessed child who should be the hope of the world . Another cause of ...
... give birth to the great Saviour and Regenerator of mankind , consecrated family life with a devout poetry of emotion . Every cradle was hallowed by the thought of that blessed child who should be the hope of the world . Another cause of ...
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... gives her slave as second wife to her hus- band , whose child shall be her own . The Rabbinic tradition says that up to this time Hagar had been tenderly beloved by Sarah . The prospect , however , of being mother to the heir of the ...
... gives her slave as second wife to her hus- band , whose child shall be her own . The Rabbinic tradition says that up to this time Hagar had been tenderly beloved by Sarah . The prospect , however , of being mother to the heir of the ...
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... give to the fairest , most beautiful , and dearest is a tomb ; and Abraham refuses to take as a gift from the nobles of the land so sacred a spot . It must be wholly his own , bought with his own money . The sepulchre of Machpelah ...
... give to the fairest , most beautiful , and dearest is a tomb ; and Abraham refuses to take as a gift from the nobles of the land so sacred a spot . It must be wholly his own , bought with his own money . The sepulchre of Machpelah ...
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