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 ageSampson Low, Son, and Company 47, Ludgate Hill., 1853 - 888 páginas |
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... devoted to her father . She accompanied him in his banishment , and is supposed to have survived him . She lived in the first century after Christ . It is the best example left by Ovid , that he encouraged his daughter in her literary ...
... devoted to her father . She accompanied him in his banishment , and is supposed to have survived him . She lived in the first century after Christ . It is the best example left by Ovid , that he encouraged his daughter in her literary ...
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... devoted to her father ; and to the usual graces of her sex having added the more solid accomplishments of knowledge and literature , was qualified to be the companion as well as the delight of his age ; and she was justly esteemed not ...
... devoted to her father ; and to the usual graces of her sex having added the more solid accomplishments of knowledge and literature , was qualified to be the companion as well as the delight of his age ; and she was justly esteemed not ...
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... devoted herself to the study of the Scriptures and to works of charity , spending her whole fortune in the relief of the poor , and the Christians , by whom the prisons were then filled . But she , and three of her female servants , sis ...
... devoted herself to the study of the Scriptures and to works of charity , spending her whole fortune in the relief of the poor , and the Christians , by whom the prisons were then filled . But she , and three of her female servants , sis ...
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... devoted herself to works of piety and mercy . " From her early youth to her grave , Berengaria manifested devoted love to Richard : uncomplainingly when deserted by him , forgiving when he returned , and faithful to his memory unto ...
... devoted herself to works of piety and mercy . " From her early youth to her grave , Berengaria manifested devoted love to Richard : uncomplainingly when deserted by him , forgiving when he returned , and faithful to his memory unto ...
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... devoted mother , seems to have lived very hap- pily with her husband . The guardians of her son , the young Henry VI . , at length suspected it , and exhibited such violent resentment , that Catharine either took refuge , during the ...
... devoted mother , seems to have lived very hap- pily with her husband . The guardians of her son , the young Henry VI . , at length suspected it , and exhibited such violent resentment , that Catharine either took refuge , during the ...
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Woman's Record; Or, Sketches of All Distinguished Women, from the Beginning ... Sarah Josepha Buell Hale Sin vista previa disponible - 2018 |
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