Woman in Sacred History: A Series of Sketches Drawn from Scriptural, Historical and Legendary Sources, by Harriet Beecher Stowe |
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... pass- age , opened with all the authority of God , — calling to highest holiness , and then exalting the mother and the father as , next to God , objects of reverence ! Family government was backed by all the authority of the state ...
... pass- age , opened with all the authority of God , — calling to highest holiness , and then exalting the mother and the father as , next to God , objects of reverence ! Family government was backed by all the authority of the state ...
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... pass as his sister ; for , as he says , " she was the daughter of my father , but not of my mother . " The legend goes on to say , that , as a further precaution , he had her placed in a chest to cross the frontier ; and when the custom ...
... pass as his sister ; for , as he says , " she was the daughter of my father , but not of my mother . " The legend goes on to say , that , as a further precaution , he had her placed in a chest to cross the frontier ; and when the custom ...
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... pass ! More sweet , more calm in that fair valley's bosom The burial - place in Ephron's pasture - ground , Where the oil - olive shed her snowy blossom , And the red grape was found ; When the great pastoral prince , with love undying ...
... pass ! More sweet , more calm in that fair valley's bosom The burial - place in Ephron's pasture - ground , Where the oil - olive shed her snowy blossom , And the red grape was found ; When the great pastoral prince , with love undying ...
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... passing fair and beautiful , he breathes Its freshness as it were a pestilence . O , man may bear with suffering his heart Is a strong thing , and godlike , in the grasp Of pain that wrings mortality ; but tear One chord affection ...
... passing fair and beautiful , he breathes Its freshness as it were a pestilence . O , man may bear with suffering his heart Is a strong thing , and godlike , in the grasp Of pain that wrings mortality ; but tear One chord affection ...
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... pass that the damsel to whom I shall say , Let down thy pitcher , I pray thee , that I may drink ; and she shall say , Drink , and I will give thy camels drink also : let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac ...
... pass that the damsel to whom I shall say , Let down thy pitcher , I pray thee , that I may drink ; and she shall say , Drink , and I will give thy camels drink also : let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac ...
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