Woman's Record: Or, Sketches of All Distinguished Women, from the Creation to A.D. 1854. Arranged in Four Eras. With Selections from Female Writers of Every AgeHarper & brothers, 1970 - 896 páginas |
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... brother and the Senate . So destitute was she of all petty jealousy , that after the death of Antony and Cleopatra , when their children were brought to Rome to grace her brother's triumph , she took them under her pro- tection , and ...
... brother and the Senate . So destitute was she of all petty jealousy , that after the death of Antony and Cleopatra , when their children were brought to Rome to grace her brother's triumph , she took them under her pro- tection , and ...
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... brother's observations were always carried on ( cir- cumstances permitting ) till daybreak , without re- gard to season , and indeed chiefly in the winter , they proved insufficient to exhaust her activity . In their intervals she found ...
... brother's observations were always carried on ( cir- cumstances permitting ) till daybreak , without re- gard to season , and indeed chiefly in the winter , they proved insufficient to exhaust her activity . In their intervals she found ...
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... brother , Philip II . of Spain , appointed her , in 1559 , to the government of the Netherlands , where she endeavoured to re- store tranquillity ; and she might have succeeded , if the duke of Alva had not been sent with such great ...
... brother , Philip II . of Spain , appointed her , in 1559 , to the government of the Netherlands , where she endeavoured to re- store tranquillity ; and she might have succeeded , if the duke of Alva had not been sent with such great ...
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