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Meanings of patriarchal life in English

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Usage of patriarchal life in English
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Baron, count or earl, behind the thick ramparts of his castle, lived a patriarchal life.
The Truce of God / A Tale of the Eleventh Century
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He said, 'This is truelythe patriarchal life: this is what we came to find.'
The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
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It recalls the remembrance of the patriarchal life, and the poetical descriptions of the Elysian fields.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure
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All bore the aspect of the good old times, of a simple, patriarchal life with affluence.
International Weekly Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science -...
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As I take my rest there, the idea of the old patriarchal life is awakened around me.
The Sorrows of Young Werther
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That was patriarchal life; what was this?
Bohemian Days: Three American Tales
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In the old countries agriculture, following on the heels of pastoral patriarchal life, preceded the birth of cities.
North America — Volume 1
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Whenever agriculture yields better returns and makes the husbandman rich enough to support a protector, patriarchal life disappears.
The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress
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Folks lead such a patriarchal life in these parts that they are only known by their Christian names!
A Hungarian Nabob
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A primitive and patriarchal life, on the contrary, leads to moderation in all things, and repose of the senses.
The Irish Race in the Past and the Present
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Abraham, as described in Genesis, is a great Arab chief, a type of patriarchal life, in which all authority is paternal.
Ten Great Religions: An Essay in Comparative Theology
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Nothing fills me with a more pure and genuine sense of happiness than those traits of patriarchal life which, thank Heaven!
The Sorrows of Young Werther
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Soon the monotony of this patriarchal life, and the certainty of a future before them, gave to their affection a fraternal character.
Ursula
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"At some period of your family history," observed Kenyon, "the Counts of Monte Beni must have led a patriarchal life in this vast house.
The Marble Faun; Or, The Romance of Monte Beni - Volume 2
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