Woman in All Ages and Nations: A Complete and Authentic History of the Manners and Customs, Character and Condition of the Female Sex, in Civilized and Savage Countries, from the Earliest Ages to the Present TimeFowlers and Wells, 1849 - 240 pages |
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... mothers , are destined in a great degree to give , to form , and mould the character of both sexes . Undoubtedly , the most rapid way in which any people could be improved , in physical , intellectual and moral qualities , would be the ...
... mothers , are destined in a great degree to give , to form , and mould the character of both sexes . Undoubtedly , the most rapid way in which any people could be improved , in physical , intellectual and moral qualities , would be the ...
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... mothers of warriors . Accordingly , under the legislation of Lycurgus , the young women were required to dance naked with the young men , to join in public processions , and develope their strength and symmetry to the utmost by FEMALE ...
... mothers of warriors . Accordingly , under the legislation of Lycurgus , the young women were required to dance naked with the young men , to join in public processions , and develope their strength and symmetry to the utmost by FEMALE ...
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... mother instructed her daughters : in their presence every loose word or improper action was strictly prohibited ; and she superintended their lighter amusements as well as their more serious studies . The noble dignity and virtue of ...
... mother instructed her daughters : in their presence every loose word or improper action was strictly prohibited ; and she superintended their lighter amusements as well as their more serious studies . The noble dignity and virtue of ...
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... mother to daughter . As " knowledge is power , " this mental superiority in time gave the women that position and influence , among the nations of northern and central Europe , which they have ever since retained , and gave birth to ...
... mother to daughter . As " knowledge is power , " this mental superiority in time gave the women that position and influence , among the nations of northern and central Europe , which they have ever since retained , and gave birth to ...
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... mother teach- es her daughter , is that important article , according to the modern phrase , of holding up her head , and learning a proper carriage ; this begins to be inculcated at the age of three or four , at latest ; this is ...
... mother teach- es her daughter , is that important article , according to the modern phrase , of holding up her head , and learning a proper carriage ; this begins to be inculcated at the age of three or four , at latest ; this is ...
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Page 158 - The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman, having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over her.
Page 86 - M., wilt thou have this woman to thy wedded wife, to live together after God's ordinance in the holy estate of matrimony? Wilt thou love her, comfort her, honor, and keep her in sickness and in health; and, forsaking all others, keep thee only unto her, so long as ye both shall live ? The man shall answer : I will.
Page 158 - He has never permitted her to exercise her inalienable right to the elective franchise. He has compelled her to submit to laws in the formation of which she had no voice. He has withheld from her rights which are given to the most ignorant and degraded men — both natives and foreigners.
Page 202 - I never addressed myself, in the language of decency and friendship, without receiving a decent and friendly answer. With man it has often been otherwise.
Page 158 - He has made her, morally, an irresponsible being, as she can commit many crimes with impunity, provided they be done in the presence of her husband. In the covenant of marriage, she is compelled to promise obedience to her husband, he becoming, to all intents and purposes, her master— the law giving him power to deprive her of her liberty, and to administer chastisement.
Page 202 - ... the appellation of benevolence,) these actions have been performed in so free and so kind a manner, that, if I was dry, I drank the sweetest draught, and if hungry, I ate the coarse morsel with a double relish.
Page 158 - He has endeavored, in every way that he could, to destroy her confidence in her own powers, ,to lessen her self-respect and to make her willing to lead a dependent and abject life.
Page 32 - What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor ? " saith the Lord God of Hosts. Moreover the Lord saith, " Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet...
Page 86 - I, M., take thee, N., to be my wedded wife, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death us do part, according to God's holy ordinance; and thereto I plight thee my faith.
Page 86 - Wilt thou have this Man to thy wedded husband, to live together after God's ordinance in the holy estate of Matrimony? Wilt thou...