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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It has passed into a proverb , that every eminently great man owes his talents as well as virtues to his mother ; yet still to cast contempt on female intellect has been and is the fashion with the greater portion of Christendom .
It has passed into a proverb , that every eminently great man owes his talents as well as virtues to his mother ; yet still to cast contempt on female intellect has been and is the fashion with the greater portion of Christendom .
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But Abigail , whose wisdom equalled her beauty , hearing of what had passed , and foreseeing the result of her husband's refusal , hastened to prepare provisions , without Nabal's knowledge , with which she met and appeased David .
But Abigail , whose wisdom equalled her beauty , hearing of what had passed , and foreseeing the result of her husband's refusal , hastened to prepare provisions , without Nabal's knowledge , with which she met and appeased David .
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Antonia , though widowed in the bloom of beauty and the prime of life , refused all the splendid connections which courted her acceptance ; and , rejecting the solicitations of Augustus to reside at his court , she passed her time in ...
Antonia , though widowed in the bloom of beauty and the prime of life , refused all the splendid connections which courted her acceptance ; and , rejecting the solicitations of Augustus to reside at his court , she passed her time in ...
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Having declared a loss like hers to be irreparable , she passed the remainder of her life in mourning , secluded in the house of Mark Antony , to whom she entrusted the treasures and papers of Cæsar , that she might be ...
Having declared a loss like hers to be irreparable , she passed the remainder of her life in mourning , secluded in the house of Mark Antony , to whom she entrusted the treasures and papers of Cæsar , that she might be ...
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E. EGEE , QUEEN of the African Amazons , of whom it is related , that she passed from Lybia into Asia , with a powerful army , with which she made great ravages . Opposed by Laomedon , king of Troy , she set his power at defiance ...
E. EGEE , QUEEN of the African Amazons , of whom it is related , that she passed from Lybia into Asia , with a powerful army , with which she made great ravages . Opposed by Laomedon , king of Troy , she set his power at defiance ...
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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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