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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... 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 literature and the educa- tion of her two sons . She died in 1550 , aged sixty- | day ; among whom may be mentioned Bembo , In Pernette du Guillet , it is said , ". profit by her victory , she died suddenly in 597 ...
... devoted herself to literature and the educa- tion of her two sons . She died in 1550 , aged sixty- | day ; among whom may be mentioned Bembo , In Pernette du Guillet , it is said , ". profit by her victory , she died suddenly in 597 ...
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... devoted herself , cannot be denied to her . She was very plain in person , and this , joined with her wit , gained for her the name of Sappho . A curious incident happened to this lady in a journey she took with her brother . At a great ...
... devoted herself , cannot be denied to her . She was very plain in person , and this , joined with her wit , gained for her the name of Sappho . A curious incident happened to this lady in a journey she took with her brother . At a great ...
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Woman's Record, Or, Sketches of All Distinguished Women: From the Creation ... Sarah Josepha Buell Hale Sin vista previa disponible - 2015 |
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