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vocation for the religious life . She attempts to repudiate her vows , but finds that the convent , determined to keep her dowry , is unwilling to release her . To make her drop her legal suit , the sisters torment her physically and ...
vocation for the religious life . She attempts to repudiate her vows , but finds that the convent , determined to keep her dowry , is unwilling to release her . To make her drop her legal suit , the sisters torment her physically and ...
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Scholars religious and secular had been intrigued since the Renaissance by the remnants of non - European civilization , first in recovered Egyptian obelisks in Rome , and later from missionary accounts of China .
Scholars religious and secular had been intrigued since the Renaissance by the remnants of non - European civilization , first in recovered Egyptian obelisks in Rome , and later from missionary accounts of China .
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Under royal protection , academicians could speculate on natural law , physics , geography , and later , comparative religion , political economy , sociology and linguistics . Academies and journals discussed the origins and relations ...
Under royal protection , academicians could speculate on natural law , physics , geography , and later , comparative religion , political economy , sociology and linguistics . Academies and journals discussed the origins and relations ...
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