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Elizabeth Holtzman was born in Brooklyn on August 11, 1941, one of twin children, to Sidney Holtzman, a criminal lawyer, and Filia (Ravitz) Holtzman, a professor and former chair of the Russian department at Hunter College.
Elizabeth Holtzman. 2009
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Filia praesumitur, esse matri similis, saith [6272] Nevisanus?
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Filia excedens annum 25. potest inscio patre nubere, licet indignus sit maritus, et eum cogere ad congrue dotandum.
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Et jam dixerat, Filia, cujus es? indica nunc mihi, numquid est in domo patris tui locus nobis ad pernoctandum?
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2 1509-1564 1996
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Then we rightly and truly might say, _Filia devor avit matrem_.
Spadacrene Anglica The English Spa Fountain Edmund Deane
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She established a chapel and school for the slaves, and her account of the success of her plans gained her the title of "Filia Ecclesiae" from the "Churchman."
Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader Louise Manly 1896
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_Filia generosi_, daughter of a house that bred gentlewomen, though its ability to dower them had declined in these latter days, she conceived her duty as wife and mother after the old fashion, and was so fortunate as to find no obstacle in circumstance.
The Whirlpool George Gissing 1880
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"Videras immensos Cujaci labores Æternum patri commeruisse decus: Ingenio haud poterat tam magnum æquare parentem Filia; quod potuit corpore fecit opus."
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“Faith, the beauty of Filia pulcrior drove pulcram matrem out of my head; and yet as I came down the river, and thought about the pair, the pallid dignity and exquisite grace of the matron had the uppermost, and I thought her even more noble than the virgin!”
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GRIFFITH, Dominus de Bromfeld, = = Filia JACOBI | obiit 1270, sepultus apud Valcraeys.
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