Woman in Sacred History: A Series of Sketches Drawn from Scriptural, Historical and Legendary Sources, by Harriet Beecher Stowe |
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... never associated publicly with her husband as an equal . In Rome , the father was all in all in the family , and held the sole power of life and death over his wife and children . Among the Jews , the wife was the co - equal queen of ...
... never associated publicly with her husband as an equal . In Rome , the father was all in all in the family , and held the sole power of life and death over his wife and children . Among the Jews , the wife was the co - equal queen of ...
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... never made either ludicrous or attrac- tive , but mentioned only with horror and reprobation . If we consider now the variety , the elevation , and the number INTRODUCTION . of female characters in sacred history , and 26 WOMAN IN ...
... never made either ludicrous or attrac- tive , but mentioned only with horror and reprobation . If we consider now the variety , the elevation , and the number INTRODUCTION . of female characters in sacred history , and 26 WOMAN IN ...
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... never - failing presence in every scene . The expectant bridegroom seems to have been a youth of a pensive , dreamy , meditative nature . Brought up with the strictest notions of filial submission , he waits to receive his wife ...
... never - failing presence in every scene . The expectant bridegroom seems to have been a youth of a pensive , dreamy , meditative nature . Brought up with the strictest notions of filial submission , he waits to receive his wife ...
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... never wanting to him , as he will never be to any of us , however weak , or faulty , or blind . As the caravan nears home , news is brought that Esau , with an army of horsemen , is gallop- ing to meet him . Then says the record ...
... never wanting to him , as he will never be to any of us , however weak , or faulty , or blind . As the caravan nears home , news is brought that Esau , with an army of horsemen , is gallop- ing to meet him . Then says the record ...
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... never more beautifully shown than in this sacred idyl . The God of Abraham , Isaac , and Jacob ; the God of the weak , the sinful , the despondent , the defenceless , the helper of the helpless , He is the God of this sacred story ; and ...
... never more beautifully shown than in this sacred idyl . The God of Abraham , Isaac , and Jacob ; the God of the weak , the sinful , the despondent , the defenceless , the helper of the helpless , He is the God of this sacred story ; and ...
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