Woman in Sacred History: A Series of Sketches Drawn from Scriptural, Historical and Legendary Sources, by Harriet Beecher Stowe |
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... seem to have practiced deceit and spoken lies , as children do , from immaturity and want of deep reflection . A certain childhood of nature , however , is the redeeming charm in all these pictures . There is an honest simplicity in the ...
... seem to have practiced deceit and spoken lies , as children do , from immaturity and want of deep reflection . A certain childhood of nature , however , is the redeeming charm in all these pictures . There is an honest simplicity in the ...
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... literature . In the patriarchal families , as here given , women seem to have reigned as queens of the interior . Even when polygamy 1 INTRODUCTION . was practiced , the monogamic affection was 20 WOMAN IN SACRED HISTORY .
... literature . In the patriarchal families , as here given , women seem to have reigned as queens of the interior . Even when polygamy 1 INTRODUCTION . was practiced , the monogamic affection was 20 WOMAN IN SACRED HISTORY .
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... seems to show that species of infatuation on the one subject of a beloved woman , which has been the " last infirm- ity " of some otherwise strong and noble men , wise everywhere else , but weak there . The Rabbinic legends represent ...
... seems to show that species of infatuation on the one subject of a beloved woman , which has been the " last infirm- ity " of some otherwise strong and noble men , wise everywhere else , but weak there . The Rabbinic legends represent ...
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... seems , provided a corbeille de mariage ; for we are told : " And the servant brought forth jewels of silver , and jewels of gold , and raiment , and gave them to Rebekah ; he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things ...
... seems , provided a corbeille de mariage ; for we are told : " And the servant brought forth jewels of silver , and jewels of gold , and raiment , and gave them to Rebekah ; he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things ...
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... seems to have been conceived and con- ducted in that simple religious spirit recognized in the words of the old prayer : " Grant that all our works may be begun , con- tinued , and ended in thee . " The Father of Nations has been a ...
... seems to have been conceived and con- ducted in that simple religious spirit recognized in the words of the old prayer : " Grant that all our works may be begun , con- tinued , and ended in thee . " The Father of Nations has been a ...
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