 | 1876 - 510 pàgines
...The great lawgiver Menu, leaves us a sad and curious picture of a Hindoo woman's fate in life : — " In childhood must a female be dependent on her father...on her husband ; her lord being dead, on her sons ; if ahe have no sons, on the near Idntmen of her husband; if he left no kinsmen, on those of her father;... | |
 | Augustus J. Thébaud - 1876 - 560 pàgines
...read the book which says : erunt duo in carne una f The code said, it is true (chap, vi., 148) : " In childhood must a female be dependent on her father...on her husband ; her lord being dead, on her sons." And this last provision of the law contained a germ of wrong which produced in Hindostan that frightful... | |
 | Wesleyan Methodist missionary society - 1876 - 152 pàgines
...books, it is laid down that " by a girl, or by a young woman, or by a woman advanced in years, nothing must be done, even in her own dwelling-place, according to her mere pleasure ; " and " a husband must be revered as a god by a virtuous wife." In others of them the following abominable... | |
 | Ross C. Houghton - 1877 - 504 pàgines
...and this is a fixed rule." "By .1 girl, or by a young woman, or by a woman advanced in years, nothing must be done, even in her own dwellingplace, according to her mere pleasure." "No sacrifice is allowed to women apart from their husbands, no religious rite, no fasting: as far... | |
 | Ross C. Houghton - 1877 - 508 pàgines
...and this is a fixed rule." "By a girl, or by a young woman, or by a woman advanced in years, nothing must be done, even in her own dwellingplace, according to her mere pleasure." "No sacrifice is allowed to women apart from their husbands, no religious rite, no fasting: as far... | |
 | William Edward Hearn - 1878 - 512 pàgines
...briefly some of the leading proofs. " In childhood," says Menu,* " must a female be dependent upon her father ; in youth, on her husband ; her lord being dead, on her sons. A woman must never seek independence." These words might be applied without change to the position of women at Rome — " According... | |
 | Shama Churun Sircar - 1878 - 1068 pàgines
...length of declaring, that '-by a girl, or by a young woman, or by a woman advanced in years, nothing must be done, even in her own dwelling-place, according to her mere pleasure." Failing relations of her husband, she is to reside with her own, enjoying their protection, and being... | |
 | Robert Montgomery Martin - 1879 - 288 pàgines
...laws are full and minute. "By a girl, or by a young woman, or by a woman advanced in years, nothing must be done even in her own dwelling-place, according to her mere pleasure; in childhood, a female must be dependent on her father; in youth, on her husband; her lord being dead, or her sons,... | |
 | Laura Elizabeth Poor - 1880 - 490 pàgines
...dwelling-place, according to her mere pleasure." 148. "In childhood a female must be dependent upon her father ; in youth, on her husband ; her lord being dead, on her sons ; if she have no sons, on the near kinsmen of her husband; if he have left no kinsman, on those of... | |
 | Laura Elizabeth Poor - 1880 - 500 pàgines
...literal quotations : — 147. " By a girl, or a young woman, or by a woman advanced in years, nothing must be done, even in her own dwelling-place, according to her mere pleasure." 148. " In childhood a female must he dependent upon her father ; in youth, on her husband ; her lord... | |
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BY a girl, or by a young woman, or by a woman advanced in years, nothing must be done, even in her own dwelling place, according to her mere pleasure : 148. 
