 | David Abeel - 1834 - 418 páginas
...from this extract. They are, moreover, not allowed the confidence of their husbands, nor to sit at table with them, nor to have a voice in domestic concerns,...little ; spend little ; be silent ; keep out of sight ; * Indo-Chinese Gleaner, Vol. iii. page 193. L. " \ •f obey ; bear ; and rather bleed, starve, and... | |
 | 1835 - 422 páginas
...from this extract. They are, moreover, not allowed the confidence of their husbands, nor to sit at table with them, nor to have a voice in domestic concerns,...spend little; be silent; keep out of sight; obey; boar, and rather bleed, starve, and die, than dare to complain,' is the general language of the above... | |
 | 1839 - 498 páginas
...female sex experience. Education and religion are both withheld from them. They are not even allowed to visit the temples where the prayers of the unfortunate are supposed to find access. Indeed, from the period of their birth they are subjected to the most dreadful and cruel treatment.... | |
 | 1840 - 316 páginas
...in domestic concerns. Such religion as they j have, is even denied to them, for they are not allowed to visit the temples where the prayers of the unfortunate are supposed to find access." Mrs. Breighton writing from Pinang, ohserves, " The Chinese have little affection for their female... | |
 | 1853 - 1048 páginas
...seen from this extract. They are, moreover not allowed the confidence of their husbands, nor to sit at table with them, nor to have a voice in domestic concerns,...unfortunate are supposed to find access. Religion ia denied them. Little attention seems to be paid to the peculiar circumstances in which, as wives... | |
 | Henrietta Hall Shuck - 1851 - 270 páginas
...China is everywhere observable. They are not allowed the confidence of their husbands, nor to sit at table with them, nor to have a voice in domestic concerns, nor to visit the temples of prayer. Religion is denied them. Little attention seems to be paid to the peculiar circumstances,... | |
 | James Richardson Logan - 1858 - 496 páginas
...from this extract. They are, moreover, not allowed the confidence of their husbands, nor to sit at table with them, nor to have a voice in domestic concerns,...unfortunate are supposed to find access. Religion is denied to them. Little attention seems paid to the peculiar circumstances in which, as wives and mothers,... | |
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The very dependent and degraded state of females in China, may be partly seen from this extract. They are, moreover, not allowed the confidence of their husbands, nor to sit at table with them, nor to have a voice in domestic concerns, nor to visit the... 