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... mean order for their own abodes are marvels of their skill in this direction , where sewers and ventilation . are carefully provided for . They are also engineers , and have been known to build a tunnel under a river of considerable ...
... mean order for their own abodes are marvels of their skill in this direction , where sewers and ventilation . are carefully provided for . They are also engineers , and have been known to build a tunnel under a river of considerable ...
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... means to ends . So far in the review of her methods , the physical only has been under consideration , but when the higher mammals are reached , the inquiry broadens and deepens , and not only the greater size of the male has to be ...
... means to ends . So far in the review of her methods , the physical only has been under consideration , but when the higher mammals are reached , the inquiry broadens and deepens , and not only the greater size of the male has to be ...
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... means of raising the male from insignificance to a point where his muscle told against her , she had ruled society with a firm but kindly hand , she had planted and fostered the arts of peace , but her long reign was over , and hence ...
... means of raising the male from insignificance to a point where his muscle told against her , she had ruled society with a firm but kindly hand , she had planted and fostered the arts of peace , but her long reign was over , and hence ...
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... means of ending it . Among many Arab tribes , if the woman no longer approved of her husband , she indicated her desire for freedom by turning her tent around so that it faced the opposite direction at the time of his return from what ...
... means of ending it . Among many Arab tribes , if the woman no longer approved of her husband , she indicated her desire for freedom by turning her tent around so that it faced the opposite direction at the time of his return from what ...
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... means that descent has been changed to the male line , that the woman follows the husband to his home , and is subject to him , both as to her person and her service , the children are solely his , and he alone has the right of divorce ...
... means that descent has been changed to the male line , that the woman follows the husband to his home , and is subject to him , both as to her person and her service , the children are solely his , and he alone has the right of divorce ...
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The Advance of Woman: From the Earliest Times, to the Present (Classic Reprint) Jane Johnstone Christie No preview available - 2018 |
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Page 207 - This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.
Page 316 - And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled ? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts ? Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself : handle me, and see ; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
Page 207 - And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.
Page 326 - For verily I say unto you, that whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea ; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass ; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
Page 22 - Noiselessly as the springtime Her crown of verdure weaves, And all the trees on all the hills Open their thousand leaves...
Page 310 - And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread. 17 And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread ? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened ? 18 Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?
Page 215 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Page 323 - Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck. Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
Page 307 - And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things ; but one thing is needful. And Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
Page 102 - And when the Lord thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword. But the women and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself, and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies which the Lord thy God hath given thee.