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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... father's conquests , and the halo of her mother's grandeur . Her father's death occurring at a very early period of her life , her first perception of the career opened to her might have been derived from the sympathy and respect ...
... father's conquests , and the halo of her mother's grandeur . Her father's death occurring at a very early period of her life , her first perception of the career opened to her might have been derived from the sympathy and respect ...
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... father , in one day . One author tells us , that she accompanied Priam when he went to desire Achilles to sell him the body of Hector ; and that to move him to greater compassion , she carried her son with her , who was an infant . She ...
... father , in one day . One author tells us , that she accompanied Priam when he went to desire Achilles to sell him the body of Hector ; and that to move him to greater compassion , she carried her son with her , who was an infant . She ...
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... father was deposed by a faction , who placed Cleombrutus on the throne in his stead . Chelonis refused to share her husband's triumph , and retired with her father into a temple in which he had taken sanc- tuary . Leonidas , some time ...
... father was deposed by a faction , who placed Cleombrutus on the throne in his stead . Chelonis refused to share her husband's triumph , and retired with her father into a temple in which he had taken sanc- tuary . Leonidas , some time ...
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... father was horror - struck , and commanded his herald to disband the forces . The other generals interfered , and Agamemnon at last consented to the sacrifice . As Iphigenia was tenderly loved by her mother , the Greeks sent for her on ...
... father was horror - struck , and commanded his herald to disband the forces . The other generals interfered , and Agamemnon at last consented to the sacrifice . As Iphigenia was tenderly loved by her mother , the Greeks sent for her on ...
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... father was a man of obscure birth . This is partly confirmed by history , which records that Astyages , who was king of Media , dreamed that from the womb of his daughter Man- darne , then married to Cambyses , king of Persia , there ...
... father was a man of obscure birth . This is partly confirmed by history , which records that Astyages , who was king of Media , dreamed that from the womb of his daughter Man- darne , then married to Cambyses , king of Persia , there ...
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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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