 A man, both day and night, must keep his wife so much in subjection that she by no means be mistress of her own actions. If the wife have her own free will, notwithstanding she be of a superior caste, she will behave amiss.  Calcutta Review - Page 3201861Full view - About this book
 | John William Cunningham - Christianity - 1808 - 224 pages
...both day and night, must keep his wife in, such a degree of subjection, that she by no means be the mistress of her own actions : if the wife have her...will, notwithstanding she be sprung from a superior cast, she will yet behave amiss*." Indeed, when females are suffered to minister only to thfr' physical... | |
 | Elizabeth Hamilton - England - 1811 - 694 pages
...extreme indulgence, and to put thee in mind of the words of the sacred Shastra,* which sayeth, " that a man both day and night must keep his wife so much • ..•> «.'... ,!; * S« Halhed's Translation of the Gentoo Laws, 72 in subjection, that she by... | |
 | Elizabeth Hamilton - 1811 - 348 pages
...extreme indulgence, and to put thee in mind of the words of the sacred Shastra,* which sayeth, " that a man both day and night must keep his wife so much * See Halhed's Translation of the Gentoo Laws. in subjection, that:$he by no means be mistress of her... | |
 | Hygiene - 1832 - 402 pages
...considerably the sisterhood of old maids. A man, both day and night, must keep his wife so completely in subjection, that she by no means be mistress of her own actions. If a wife have her own free will, notwithstanding she be sprung from a superior caste, yet will she behave... | |
 | English literature - 1834 - 336 pages
...while you burn with indignation, remember it was not us who issued the daring edict. " A man, both by day and night, must keep his wife so much in subjection...will, notwithstanding she be sprung from a superior class, she will yet behave amiss." What house of parliament now dare utter so rebellious a sentiment... | |
 | Literature - 1841 - 500 pages
...nations alike on this topic. However, the ancient men utter, here and there, a seasonal)!' word.—" A man, both day and night, must keep his wife so much...own actions ; if the wife have her own free will, she will behave amiss." The law then proceeds to sum up the feminine character with great acrimony... | |
 | Baptists - 1865 - 494 pages
...a Gentoo code of laws some 4000 years igo. "A man both day and night must keep his wife in so nuch subjection that she by no means be mistress of her...wife have her own free will, notwithstanding she be of a superior caste, she will behave amiss." A Chinese proverb is," For men to cultivate virtue is... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - American essays - 1871 - 368 pages
...these high authorities simply reaffirm the dogma of the Gentoo code, four thousand years old and more. "A man, both day and night, must keep his wife so...wife have her own free will, notwithstanding she be of a superior caste, she will behave amiss." Yet behind these unchanging institutions, a pressure has... | |
 | Henry Thomas Buckle - Great Britain - 1872 - 670 pages
..." A man both day and night must keep his wife so much in subjection that she by no means be master of her own actions : if the wife have her own free...from a superior caste, she will yet behave amiss." 10 " The creator formed woman for the purpose that man might copulate with her, and that children might... | |
 | Henry Thomas Buckle - Great Britain - 1872 - 650 pages
...must not borrow money.7 Nor may she be a witness, except for another woman.8 A man may whip his wife.9 "A man both day and night must keep his wife so much in subjection that she by no means be master of her own actions : if the wife have her own free will, notwithstanding she be sprung from... | |
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