The history of womanLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855 |
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Ahasuerus Amestris ancient appearance arms army Astyages Atossa Babylon barbarous battle beauty became Belisarius Brahmin bride bridegroom brother Cambyses captive character charms Christian command consort court crown cruel Cyaxares Cyrus Darius daughter death Democedes devoted effect Egypt Egyptian Eleanora Elizabeth Emperor empire Empress enemy exclaimed eyes fate father favour favourite fell female friends Greece hand heart Herodotus Hindoo honour husband influence innocent King Koolenu lady laws maidens Marguerite de Valois Mariamne marriage married Mary Masistes Medes ment mistress Mithridates Mohammed monarch mother nations nature noble nuptial occasion palace passion Persian Polygamy present priests Prince princess prisoner Queen rank received reign religion religious revolting Roman Rome round royal sacred Scythians seized Semiramis sister slave Smerdis soon sovereign succeeded temple tender Theodora thousand threw throne tion Tomyris Vashti veil venerable virtue widow wife wives woman women Xerxes young youth Zopyrus
Popular passages
Page 45 - Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry ; and my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword ; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
Page 81 - And he brought me into the inner court of the Lord's house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
Page 293 - Let him that is no coward nor no flatterer, But dare maintain the party of the truth, Pluck a red rose from off this thorn with me.
Page 91 - Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.
Page 53 - She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
Page 18 - And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel. 65 For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us?
Page 45 - And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
Page 52 - And all the women that were wisehearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen. 26 And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats
Page 53 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household, for all her household are clothed with scarlet. She maketh herself coverings of tapestry, her clothing is silk and purple.
Page 3 - And what I was, whence thither brought, and how. Not distant far from thence a murmuring sound Of waters issued from a cave, and spread Into a liquid plain; then stood unmoved, Pure as the expanse of Heaven.