The quotations, citations, and other references made by women writers in the WWO collection.
| Source Text(definition of “Source text”) | Gesture(definition of “Intertextual gesture”) | Referenced Work(definition of “Referenced work”) | |||
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| Text | Topics & Genres (definition of “Topic”) | Text of the Gesture | Gesture Type (The Terminology page on “”) | Text | Topics & Genres (definition of “Topic”) |
| Sharp, Jane. The Midwives Book. 1671. | “But the Midwives feared God, and did not as the King of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive. Therefore God dealt well with the Midwives; and because they feared God, he made them Houses.” | quote | Exodus. | Sacred text | |
| Sharp, Jane. The Midwives Book. 1671. | “The Works of the Lord are wonderful, to be sought out of all those that take Pleasure therein.” | quote | Psalms. | Sacred text | |
| Sharp, Jane. The Midwives Book. 1671. | “Eve conceived again and bare his brother Abel;” | quote | Genesis. | Sacred text | |
| Sharp, Jane. The Midwives Book. 1671. | “I will greatly multiply thy conception” | quote | Genesis. | Sacred text | |
| Sharp, Jane. The Midwives Book. 1671. | “Loe Children, and the fruit of the Womb are an heritage and gift that cometh from the Lord.” | quote | Psalms. | Sacred text | |
| Sharp, Jane. The Midwives Book. 1671. | “who sinned the Parent or the Child, that he was born blind?” | quote | John. | Sacred text | |
| Sharp, Jane. The Midwives Book. 1671. | “neither he nor his Parents, but that the Judgments of God might be made manifest in him.” | quote | John. | Sacred text | |
| Sharp, Jane. The Midwives Book. 1671. | “My reins are thine, thou hast covered me in my mothers womb: I will give thanks unto thee for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works, and that my soul knoweth right well; my bones are not hid from thee, though I be made secretly and fashioned beneath in the earth; thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect, and in thy Book were all my members written, which day by day were fashioned, whenas yet there was none of them.” | quote | Psalms. | Sacred text | |
| Sharp, Jane. The Midwives Book. 1671. | “And it came to pass in the time of her travel, that behold Twins were in her womb, and when she travelled, one of them put forth his hand, & the Midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thred, saying, this came out first; and it came to pass, that as he drew his hand again back, his brother came out, and she said, how hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee, therefore his name was called Pharez. And after him came his brother that had the Scarlet thred upon his hand, and his name was called Zerah.” | quote | Genesis. | Sacred text | |
| Sharp, Jane. The Midwives Book. 1671. | “Rachel travelled, and she had hard labor, and when she was in travel the Midwife said to her, fear not, thou shalt have this Son also, but her soul was departing, for she died,” | quote | Genesis. | Sacred text | |
| Sharp, Jane. The Midwives Book. 1671. | “Give me Children or else I die,” | quote | Genesis. | Sacred text | |
| Sharp, Jane. The Midwives Book. 1671. | “And he said unto her, Am I God, who hath withheld the fruit of the womb from thee?” | quote | Genesis. | Sacred text | |
| Sharp, Jane. The Midwives Book. 1671. | “Dead bodies to the living he did place, Joyning them hand to hand and face to face.” | quote | Virgil. Aeneid. 1697. | ||