the-woman

Updated: May 3, 2025

Neither Lara nor his wife knew anything of the French language; the empty paper match-boxes, with the horrible jokes upon them, were offered faithfully before Our Lady. They were the best they had to give, and they were the only decorations in the room. The-woman dusted a chair for Peter, and set the other for her husband, and she herself sat down upon the edge of the bed.

S. (Sarah) Macnaughtan - Peter and Jane: or The Missing Heir

In the first place, let the-woman keep a temperate diet, by no means overcharging herself after such an extraordinary evacuation, not being ruled by giving credit to unskilful nurses, who admonish them to feed heartily, the better to repair the loss of blood.

Aristotle - The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher : Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy