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  2. Proverbs 31 - Wikipedia

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    21. Proverbs 31 is the 31st and final chapter of the Book of Proverbs in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. [1] Verses 1 to 9 present the advice which King Lemuel 's mother gave to him, about how a just king should reign. The remaining verses detail the attributes of a good wife or an ideal woman (verses 10–31).

  3. A Price Above Rubies - Wikipedia

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    Language. English. Box office. $1,081,957. A Price Above Rubies is a 1998 British-American drama film written and directed by Boaz Yakin and starring Renée Zellweger. The story centers on a young woman who finds it difficult to conform to the restrictions imposed on her by her community. Reviews of the film itself were mixed, though there were ...

  4. The Treasure of the City of Ladies - Wikipedia

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    Author is kept from rest by the Three Virtues. Boston Public Library, Special Collections, MS f. Med. 101.. In the Book of the City of Ladies Christine had given a passionate and well-organized defense of women by arguing (in many different ways and methods) for the value and worth of women, refuting the view of authors such as Jean de Meun and citing famous examples of notable and virtuous women.

  5. The Book of the City of Ladies - Wikipedia

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    Publication date. circa 1405. The Book of the City of Ladies, or Le Livre de la Cité des Dames, is a book written by Christine de Pizan believed to have been finished by 1405. Perhaps Pizan's most famous literary work, it is her second work of lengthy prose. Pizan uses the vernacular French language to compose the book, but she often uses ...

  6. Samuel Richardson - Wikipedia

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    — Samuel Richardson on his storytelling. : 4 Little is known of Richardson's early years beyond the few things that Richardson was willing to share. : 4 Although he was not forthcoming with specific events and incidents, he did talk about the origins of his writing ability; Richardson would tell stories to his friends and spent his youth constantly writing letters. : 5 One such letter ...

  7. No one's sure exactly why this woman had a story to tell, because this woman lived as many as 6,000 years ago. We can still imagine her intoning scary scenes with foreign howls. A charming man's buttery voice might've won over a reluctant, longhaired princess; a beguiling forest creature's dry cackle a smoke signal for danger.

  8. The Legend of Good Women - Wikipedia

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    The Legend of Good Women is a poem in the form of a dream vision by Geoffrey Chaucer during the fourteenth century.. The poem is the third longest of Chaucer's works, after The Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Criseyde, and is possibly the first significant work in English to use the iambic pentameter or decasyllabic couplets which he later used throughout The Canterbury Tales.

  9. 'Antiques Roadshow': diamond and ruby jewelry worth a fortune

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    Well, today, that 3-piece set is valued between $400,000-$450,000. According to The Daily Mail, rubies are the most expensive gems per carat on earth! To get your hands on some rubies and/or ...