10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MATRONHOOD»
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matronhood in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
matronhood and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
However, one of the two flaxen-haired children generally sat by her side, as a
vindication of her claim to the dignity of British matronhood, which might else
have been ignored by the ignorant foreigners, less accustomed then, than they
are ...
David Masson, Sir George Grove, John Morley, 1869
She belongs, in fact, to an earlier matronhood—a matronhood of vigorous actors
and vigorous speakers—a matronhood which witnessed a good deal of hard
living and hard drinking and hard swearing, without being prudishly scandalized.
James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch, 1864
She belongs, in fact, to an earlier matronhood — a matronhood of vigorous actors
and vigorous speakers — a matronhood which witnessed a good deal of hard
living and hard drinking and hard swearing without being prudishly scandalized.
She belongs, in fact, to an earlier matronhood — a matronhood of vigorous actors
and vigorous speakers — a matronhood which witnessed a good deal of hard
living and hard drinking and hard swearing, without being prudishly scandalised.
John Skelton (Sir.), 1865
5
Religion, Morality and the Person: Essays on Tallensi Religion
Until then she would, by traditional custom, have gone about nude.4 A woman's
first pregnancy was thus publicly proclaimed as the proud transition from
maidenhood to matronhood. Even if she miscarries, or her first born dies in very
early ...
Meyer Fortes, Jack Goody, 1987
She belongs, in fact, to an earlier matronhood — a matronhood of vigorous actors
and vigorous speakers — a matronhood which witnessed a good deal of hard
living and hard drinking and hard swearing without being prudishly scandalized.
7
Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country
She belongs, in fact, to an earlier matron- hood — a matronhood of vigorous
actors and vigorous speakers — a matronhood which witnessed a good deal of
hard living and hard drinking and hard swearing, without lieing prudishly
scandalized ...
8
The Romans on the Rhine
THE. WORSHIP. OF. MATRONHOOD. In Lower Germany and especially in the
land of the Ubii, matrons were venerated and they are met with in almost all
cases in threes. The Ubii were a Teutonic tribe originally domiciled to the right of
the ...
9
The French Lieutenant's Woman
As part of Back Bay's ongoing effort to make the works of John Fowles available in uniform trade paperback editions, two major works in the Fowles canon are reissued to coincide with the publication of Wormholes, the author's long-awaited ...
10
I'm Not As Old As I Used to Be: Reclaiming Your Life in the ...
Had I been Dumb Dora for all of those years of matronhood? Speaking of which,
isn't that a good word, matronhood? I did not make it up. The Concise Oxford
Dictionary defines matron as "a woman managing domestic arrangements,
hence ...
6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MATRONHOOD»
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matronhood is used in the context of the following news items.
Pictures: Alfie Boe moves crowd to tears with emotional finale to …
Half the matronhood of Northampton moistened too.” Gena Neville, @GenaNeville, tweeted: “@AlfieBoe You made me and my hubbie cry ... «Northampton Chronicle & Echo, Jul 15»
Film Review: 'Shirin in Love'
... by her mother, Maryam (Anita Khalatbari, with the permanently pursed, pillow-like lips and dyed blonde hair of Beverly Hills matronhood). «Variety, Mar 14»
'Before Midnight' review: Trilogy grows wiser but no less passionate
Jesse is a bit of a charming lightweight ***** and she knows it; she's sick of being fodder for his books, she wants to embrace her matronhood ... «OregonLive.com, Jun 13»
How dare a greasy, tasteless chef insult superstar Nigella
... chefs regard women who dare to have flesh on their bones as a sign of matronhood, of letting the side down, of not being attractive enough. «Daily Mail, Oct 12»
University: the mother of all decisions
... cap squashed to his nose, and as his pashmina-ed mother looked up from her Orla Kiely notebook, our eyes met in comradely matronhood. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 12»
Lady Bracknell Is Back, With a Slightly Unladylike Air
Wilde's monstrous paragon of patrician British matronhood, who takes propriety to the point of absurdity and well beyond, has a personality so ... «New York Times, Aug 09»
