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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... 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 . Can a stream ...
... 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 . Can a stream ...
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... passed the re- mainder 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 the better enabled to avenge his death . CAMILLA , DAUGHTER and ...
... passed the re- mainder 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 the better enabled to avenge his death . CAMILLA , DAUGHTER and ...
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... 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 ; and , charged with an immense booty , retook the way to her own country . In ...
... 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 ; and , charged with an immense booty , retook the way to her own country . In ...
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... passing his life in the hunting - field , caring nothing for the promises made to Abraham ; probably scoffing at the men ... passed at Gerar . Isaac was there guilty of a cowardly false- hood , and seems to have been forgiven , and great ...
... passing his life in the hunting - field , caring nothing for the promises made to Abraham ; probably scoffing at the men ... passed at Gerar . Isaac was there guilty of a cowardly false- hood , and seems to have been forgiven , and great ...
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... passed , and she had no children , she might fear she was not included in the divine prediction . Regardless of self , where the glory and happiness of her adored husband were concerned , with a disinterestedness more than heroic , of ...
... passed , and she had no children , she might fear she was not included in the divine prediction . Regardless of self , where the glory and happiness of her adored husband were concerned , with a disinterestedness more than heroic , of ...
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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 |
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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