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ineinora , ti 0 ii of her devbti ^ found the Order of St . Catherine ^ ibr females only , of ^^ W ^ Soriie time afterwards fbur Grrand Mistresses b salem , whicli order , as is welL
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observes , J ^ thi ^ beautiful M Bast are siibgected to the mest hxi ^ Spain are guarded in living in Italy this admirable half of humanity is and in Eussia the husband re
wife , the right of flogging her at W Moreau , ' ¦ know too well how to appreciate the nii of this charming sex , to aH other nation in ihe happiness all times their idols , from you ^
We will f however , retrace t ^ from 1775 , which appears to be the real epoch of its esta ^ ^^^ in Eranee . ^ Then ,- ' says Boubee , in his " Etudes Ma ^ nniques , " . " the & ench ladies , not wishing to remain indifferent to the good done by freemasons , wished to form Lodges of Adoption , so as more efficaciously to exercise charity and goodness . *'
The Grand Orient of France , it appears , did not sympathize at first in the formation of Lodges of Adoption . It resisted for a long time giving its sanction , but at last consented to take under its
care this important institution , on the express condition that these assemblies should be presided over by a "Worshipful Master of a regular Masonic Lodge / Permission having thus been obtained , several ladies of distinction strove , by an active and efficient concurrence , to give to this new institution a happy and powerful
commencement . Amongst them were the Duchesses of Chartres and Bourbon , the Princess of Lamballe , tie Countesses of Polignac and Choiseul-Gouffier , the Marchioness of Courtebonne , and others . Ladies' Masonry is composed of Five Degrees : the doctrine for the first degree regards the creation of Man and the temptationof Eve ; and for the four other degrees the book of Genesis and the Bible . These assemblies were not exactly secret ; but thev had
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
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Ad ^^ tion , 5 nd that it 1 ^ 12 the 0 zarih % ^ ( xreatj ^ ho was surro when his deieat seemed ine ^
ineinora , ti 0 ii of her devbti ^ found the Order of St . Catherine ^ ibr females only , of ^^ W ^ Soriie time afterwards fbur Grrand Mistresses b salem , whicli order , as is welL
MJasonry , In K Gftuhtess of 3 ^ J $ ^^ 1 ^ Ma son ^ o ^
observes , J ^ thi ^ beautiful M Bast are siibgected to the mest hxi ^ Spain are guarded in living in Italy this admirable half of humanity is and in Eussia the husband re
wife , the right of flogging her at W Moreau , ' ¦ know too well how to appreciate the nii of this charming sex , to aH other nation in ihe happiness all times their idols , from you ^
We will f however , retrace t ^ from 1775 , which appears to be the real epoch of its esta ^ ^^^ in Eranee . ^ Then ,- ' says Boubee , in his " Etudes Ma ^ nniques , " . " the & ench ladies , not wishing to remain indifferent to the good done by freemasons , wished to form Lodges of Adoption , so as more efficaciously to exercise charity and goodness . *'
The Grand Orient of France , it appears , did not sympathize at first in the formation of Lodges of Adoption . It resisted for a long time giving its sanction , but at last consented to take under its
care this important institution , on the express condition that these assemblies should be presided over by a "Worshipful Master of a regular Masonic Lodge / Permission having thus been obtained , several ladies of distinction strove , by an active and efficient concurrence , to give to this new institution a happy and powerful
commencement . Amongst them were the Duchesses of Chartres and Bourbon , the Princess of Lamballe , tie Countesses of Polignac and Choiseul-Gouffier , the Marchioness of Courtebonne , and others . Ladies' Masonry is composed of Five Degrees : the doctrine for the first degree regards the creation of Man and the temptationof Eve ; and for the four other degrees the book of Genesis and the Bible . These assemblies were not exactly secret ; but thev had