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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Página 347
... genius as of in- estimable benefit to the young imaginative reader ; and so purely beautiful did her poems appear , that we scarcely knew when to pause in our selec- tion . Mrs. Hemans does , in truth , merit the gra- titude as well as ...
... genius as of in- estimable benefit to the young imaginative reader ; and so purely beautiful did her poems appear , that we scarcely knew when to pause in our selec- tion . Mrs. Hemans does , in truth , merit the gra- titude as well as ...
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... genius ; it was one in which taste , and literature , and the highest moral endowments were understood and appreciated . She had no need to resort to her pen from pecu- niary motives , and her standing in society made fame of little ...
... genius ; it was one in which taste , and literature , and the highest moral endowments were understood and appreciated . She had no need to resort to her pen from pecu- niary motives , and her standing in society made fame of little ...
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... genius gains no lustre from these . Still the author of 46 " Olive " holds a warm place in the heart of young lady novel - readers , and she has an opportunity of hold- ing a very high rank among popular writers . P. PACKER , HARRIET L ...
... genius gains no lustre from these . Still the author of 46 " Olive " holds a warm place in the heart of young lady novel - readers , and she has an opportunity of hold- ing a very high rank among popular writers . P. PACKER , HARRIET L ...
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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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