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Institutes of Hindu Law, Or, The Ordinances of Menu [i.e., Manu]: According ... - Page 114
by Manu, Graves Champney Haughton - 1869 - 340 pages
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An Essay on the Principle of Population: Or, a View of Its Past ..., Volume 1

Thomas Robert Malthus - Malthusianism - 1809 - 576 pages
...early youth, and having " left no issue in their families, have ascended " nevertheless to heaven." " And like those abstemious men, a virtuous " wife ascends...child, " if after the decease of her lord she devote hcr" self to pious austerity." ' The permission to a brother or other kinsman to raise up an heir for...
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An Essay on the Principle of Population, as it Affects the Future ..., Volume 1

Thomas Robert Malthus - 1809 - 576 pages
...early youth, and having " left no issue in their families, have ascended " nevertheless to heaven." " And like those abstemious men, a virtuous " wife ascends...child, " if after the decease of her lord she devote her" self to pious austerity." ' The permission to a brother or other kinsman to raise up an heir for...
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The Curse of Kehama, Volume 1

Robert Southey - Poetry - 1811 - 282 pages
...their early youth, and having left no issue in their families, have ascended nevertheless to heaven ; and, like those abstemious men, a virtuous wife ascends...of her lord, she devote herself to pious austerity : but a widow, who, from a wish to bear children, slights her deceased husband by marrying again, brings...
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The curse of Kehama, Volume 1

Robert Southey - 1812 - 278 pages
...their early youth, and having left no issue in their families, have ascended nevertheless to heaven; and, like those abstemious men, a virtuous wife ascends...though she have no child, if, after the decease of her lord,'she devote herself to pious austerity : but a widow, whp, from a wish to bear children, slights...
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An Essay on the Principle of Population: Or, A View of Its Past ..., Volume 1

Thomas Robert Malthus - Birth control - 1817 - 524 pages
...though * Sir William Jones's Works, vol. iii. c. ii. p. 96. • " she Ch. xi. Indost an and Tibet. " she have no child, if after the decease of " her lord she devote herself to pious au" sterityV '.., •,/./.-; The permission to a brother or other kinsman to raise up an heir for the...
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The Poetical Works of Robert Southey, Esq. ...: Kehama

Robert Southey - 1818 - 290 pages
...their early youth, and having left no issue in their families, have ascended nevertheless to heaven ; and, like those abstemious men, a virtuous wife ascends...of her lord;, she devote herself to pious austerity : but a widow, who, from a wish to bear children, slights her deceased husband by marrying again, brings...
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The Oriental Herald, Volume 1

Christianity - 1824 - 782 pages
...virtue which have been followed by such women as were devoted to one only husband." And then adds, " And like those abstemious men, a virtuous wife ascends...her lord, she devote herself to pious austerity." From this it is clear that there is a diversity of opinion in Hindoo law on this subject, the 6rst...
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The Oriental herald and colonial review [ed. by J.S. Buckingham]., Volume 15

James Silk Buckingham - 590 pages
...of Menu, and other ancient legislators revered by the Hindoos ; on the contrary, Menu declares that a virtuous wife ascends to heaven, though she have...her lord, she devote herself to pious austerity." And it is declared by Vrehasputy, " whether she ascend the pile or survive for the benefit of her husband,...
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The Oriental herald and colonial review [ed. by J.S. Buckingham]., Volume 1

James Silk Buckingham - 782 pages
...virtue which have been followed by such women as were devoted to one only husband." And then adds, " And like those abstemious men, a virtuous wife ascends to heaven, though she have ao child, if, after the decease of her lord, she devote herself to pious austerity." From this it is...
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Institutes of Hindu Law: Or, The Ordinances of Menu, According to the Gloss ...

Manu (Lawgiver) - Brahmans - 1825 - 488 pages
...been followed by such women, ' as were devoted to one only husband. 159. ' Many thousands of Brdhmens, having avoided ' sensuality from their early youth,...austerity : . 161. ' But a widow, who, from a wish to bear chil' dren, slights her deceased husband by marrying ' again, brings disgrace on herself here below,...
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