... and, like those abstemious men, a virtuous wife ascends to heaven, though she have no child, if, after the decease of her lord, she devote herself to pious austerity... The Oriental Herald - Page 5591824Full view - About this book
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...youth, and having left no ' issue in their families, have ascended, nevertheless, to • heaven ; t160. 'And, like those abstemious men, a virtuous ' wife...her lord, she devote herself to pious ' austerity : iOJ. ' But a widow, who, from a wish to hear chil• dren, slights her deceased husband by marrying... | |
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