Woman's Record: Or, Sketches of All Distinguished Women, from "the Beginning" Till A.D. 1850. Arranged in Four Eras. With Selections from Female Writers of Every Age |
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The conscript fathers yielded to all her wishes ; the Roman people had already been accustomed to seeing her on the imperial tribunal ; and Seneca , Burrhus , and Pallas became but the agents of her will . In reference to the repose and ...
The conscript fathers yielded to all her wishes ; the Roman people had already been accustomed to seeing her on the imperial tribunal ; and Seneca , Burrhus , and Pallas became but the agents of her will . In reference to the repose and ...
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Cleopatra succeeded in her object ; Antony became her captive ; and the impression her beauty and splendour had made on him was completed and rendered durable by the charms of her society . Her influence over him became unbounded ...
Cleopatra succeeded in her object ; Antony became her captive ; and the impression her beauty and splendour had made on him was completed and rendered durable by the charms of her society . Her influence over him became unbounded ...
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What became of her afterwards , is not known.oen od * Fondetd . armor eroilte bas fir raid ft2gi .CX CAT tregoh so far wo EURYDICE , tobiz se nad tc92 The result is known to all who have read the " Book of Esther ; " how this pious and ...
What became of her afterwards , is not known.oen od * Fondetd . armor eroilte bas fir raid ft2gi .CX CAT tregoh so far wo EURYDICE , tobiz se nad tc92 The result is known to all who have read the " Book of Esther ; " how this pious and ...
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She saw Leander , a youth of Abydos , at a festival in honour of Venus and Adonis at Sestos , and they became in love with each other . The sacred office of Hero , and the opposition of her relatives , prevented their marriage ...
She saw Leander , a youth of Abydos , at a festival in honour of Venus and Adonis at Sestos , and they became in love with each other . The sacred office of Hero , and the opposition of her relatives , prevented their marriage ...
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LAODICE , A SISTER of Antiochus II . , king of Syria , who also became his wife , and had two sons by him . She murdered Berenice , daughter of Ptolemy of Egypt , another wife of Antiochus , after having poisoned the king .
LAODICE , A SISTER of Antiochus II . , king of Syria , who also became his wife , and had two sons by him . She murdered Berenice , daughter of Ptolemy of Egypt , another wife of Antiochus , after having poisoned the king .
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Página 128 - And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, and stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
Página 349 - And the heavy night hung dark The hills and waters o'er. When a band of exiles moored their bark On the wild New England shore.
Página 349 - Why had they come to wither there, Away from their childhood's land? There was woman's fearless eye, Lit by her deep love's truth; There was manhood's brow serenely high, And the fiery heart of youth.
Página 9 - For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
Página 126 - Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
Página 38 - God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar ? fear not ; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand ; for I will make him a great nation. And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water ; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
Página 160 - Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.
Página 428 - The applause of listening senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their...
Página 127 - He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree. He hath filled the hungry with good things ; and the rich He hath sent empty away. He hath holpen His servant Israel, in remembrance of His mercy ; as He spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
Página 6 - And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
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| Título | Woman's Record: Or, Sketches of All Distinguished Women, from "the Beginning" Till A.D. 1850. Arranged in Four Eras. With Selections from Female Writers of Every Age |
| Autor | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale |
| Editor | Harper & brothers, 1853 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 9 Jul. 2007 |
| Largo | 886 páginas |
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