The Weaker VesselKnopf, 1984 - 544 pages Women in 17th-century England--heiresses and dairymaids, holy women and prostitutes, criminals and educators, widows and witches, midwives and mothers, heroines, courtesans, prophetesses, businesswomen, ladies of the court, and that new breed, the actress. |
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Page 233
... marriage for reasons other than affection was a cornerstone of society , without which the building could be expected in the minds of contemporaries to collapse . Marriage itself , in the same free style , was to take the form of a ...
... marriage for reasons other than affection was a cornerstone of society , without which the building could be expected in the minds of contemporaries to collapse . Marriage itself , in the same free style , was to take the form of a ...
Page 271
... marriage was mocked as though by universal agreement , especially in literature . ( The English young ladies , married off according to worldly principles , also proved very much more susceptible to illicit offers of ' gallantry ' than ...
... marriage was mocked as though by universal agreement , especially in literature . ( The English young ladies , married off according to worldly principles , also proved very much more susceptible to illicit offers of ' gallantry ' than ...
Page 372
... marriage was only for the procreation of children ? Fox answered his interlocutor : ' I told him I never thought of any such thing [ marriage ] but only in obedience to the power of the Lord .... ' He added : ' I had no command to do ...
... marriage was only for the procreation of children ? Fox answered his interlocutor : ' I told him I never thought of any such thing [ marriage ] but only in obedience to the power of the Lord .... ' He added : ' I had no command to do ...
Contents
How Weak? I | 1 |
As It Was This Blessed Knot | 7 |
A Wife Sought for Wealth | 9 |
Copyright | |
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