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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... writings was confirmed by a per- 66 FAUSTINA , FLAVIA MAXIMIANA , was the second wife of Constantine the Great . She was the daughter of Maximian Hercules , and sister to Maxentius . Her father having received the title of Augustus in ...
... writings was confirmed by a per- 66 FAUSTINA , FLAVIA MAXIMIANA , was the second wife of Constantine the Great . She was the daughter of Maximian Hercules , and sister to Maxentius . Her father having received the title of Augustus in ...
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... writings of Am- brose , she embraced it herself , and induced her husband and the whole nation to do the same . By ... writing , in her devotional duties , or in instructing the young girls by whom she liked to surround herself . She ...
... writings of Am- brose , she embraced it herself , and induced her husband and the whole nation to do the same . By ... writing , in her devotional duties , or in instructing the young girls by whom she liked to surround herself . She ...
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... writings , Balæus mentions a book S. SABINA , JULIA , grand - niece and heiress of Trajan , and wife of Adrian , emperor of Rome , is celebrated for her private as well as her public virtues . Adrian had married Sabina chiefly through ...
... writings , Balæus mentions a book S. SABINA , JULIA , grand - niece and heiress of Trajan , and wife of Adrian , emperor of Rome , is celebrated for her private as well as her public virtues . Adrian had married Sabina chiefly through ...
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... writings are now extant . She had a sister , Maria , who was also a poet and a learned lady . SULPITIA , A ROMAN poetess , who lived in the reign of Domitian , in the first century after Christ . She has been called the Roman Sappho ...
... writings are now extant . She had a sister , Maria , who was also a poet and a learned lady . SULPITIA , A ROMAN poetess , who lived in the reign of Domitian , in the first century after Christ . She has been called the Roman Sappho ...
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... writings . Some very great men bear testimony to the merit of her works ; such as Atterbury , Hickes , Walker , Norris , Dodwell , and Evelyn . She was remarkably abstemious , and seemed to enjoy an uninterrupted state of health , till ...
... writings . Some very great men bear testimony to the merit of her works ; such as Atterbury , Hickes , Walker , Norris , Dodwell , and Evelyn . She was remarkably abstemious , and seemed to enjoy an uninterrupted state of health , till ...
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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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