Bible Encyclopedia: Woman of Distinction: Fair and Graceful

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Of the Reasons Assigned by the Apostle for Bidding Women to be ...
... descried the daughters of men, that they were fair, took to ... of locks is an honour
to a woman, because hair ... to a virgin that this is a distinction; for their ...
/.../tertullian/on the veiling of virgins/chapter vii of the reasons assigned.htm

Cambyses.
... kindness is bestowed on this Egyptian woman." Cambyses, who ... the nobles and other
persons of distinction belonging to ... and his son, who was a fair, and graceful ...
//christianbookshelf.org/abbott/darius the great/chapter i cambyses.htm

On his Sister Gorgonia.
... own acceptability in wedlock, and the fair harvest she ... O nature of woman overcoming
that of man ... salvation, and demonstrating that the distinction between male ...
/.../cyril/lectures of s cyril of jerusalem/oration viii on his sister.htm

Cardinal Felix Bonpre Sat Alone in the Largest and Loneliest Room ...
... run amuck at his own chances of distinction and eminence ... interest that a cultured
and refined woman feels, who ... so charming"never had her fair cheeks flushed a ...
/.../corelli/the master-christian/xxii cardinal felix bonpre sat.htm

The Heath in the Desert and the Tree by the River
... God comes, and I prefer some woman's love. ... I may venture here to draw a distinction
between leafage ... desirous of cultivating in their character the Fair and the ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/the heath in the desert.htm

A Compendious view of the Christian Life.
... is a thrifty wife, who clothes both herself and her husband with fair array of ... "A
woman who puts ... [1676] [Possibly used thus early as a distinction of matrons.]. ...
/.../clement/the instructor paedagogus/chapter xi a compendious view of.htm

A Selection from the Notices of Mr. Robertson's Sermons, and of ...
... an extremely liberal character, and if fair to assign ... ministrations refused to recognize
the distinction so drawn ... the minuter details of a woman's household life ...
/.../robertson/sermons preached at brighton/a selection from the notices.htm

The City of God
... religious antiquities of paganism, made a threefold distinction of the ... the law protect
estates rather than fair justice ... is a case of a man and woman retiring to ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bertrand/saint augustin/ii the city of god.htm

Religion and Amusement.
... While then there is obviously a distinction between amusements"while ... heaven is like
leaven, which a woman took and ... ago the Association was in a fair way to ...
/.../vincent/amusement a force in christian training/religion and amusement.htm

A Practical Discourse on Some Principles of Hymn-Singing
... eighteenth-century mass was performed, a woman hired from ... death; a music worthy of
the fair temples in ... of music which, merging the distinction between sacred ...
/.../a practical discourse on some.htm

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Genesis 12:11
And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that you are a fair woman to look on:
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Genesis 24:16
And the damsel was very fair to look on, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.
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Songs 1:8
If you know not, O you fairest among women, go your way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed your kids beside the shepherds' tents.
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Amos 8:13
In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.
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Subtopics

Woman

Woman of Distinction: Fair and Graceful

Woman of Distinction: Fond of Dress and Ornaments

Woman of Distinction: Haughty in Their Deportment

Woman of Distinction: Wore Their Hair Plaited and Adorned With Gold and Pearls

Woman of the Poorer Classes Swarthy from Exposure to the Sun

Woman were Required to Hear and Obey the Law

Woman: (At Ease and Careless) of a State of Carnal Security

Woman: (Chaste and Holy) of Saints

Woman: (Delicate) of Backsliding Israel