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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... reign of Claudius were years of almost un- equalled prosperity in every respect- and this indolent and imbecile emperor died while the genius and vigour of his wife were giving such illustrations to his reign . Agrippina has been ...
... reign of Claudius were years of almost un- equalled prosperity in every respect- and this indolent and imbecile emperor died while the genius and vigour of his wife were giving such illustrations to his reign . Agrippina has been ...
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... reign before her . Though learned beyond most of her sex , the vanity of learning had not yet seized her , and literature was to her what it ought always to have been , an amusement , not a pursuit . She understood most of the languages ...
... reign before her . Though learned beyond most of her sex , the vanity of learning had not yet seized her , and literature was to her what it ought always to have been , an amusement , not a pursuit . She understood most of the languages ...
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... reign ; many on the slightest suspicion were secretly tortured , and many expired under the knout . But the transaction that reflects the deepest disgrace on her reign was the public punishment of two ladies of rank , the countesses ...
... reign ; many on the slightest suspicion were secretly tortured , and many expired under the knout . But the transaction that reflects the deepest disgrace on her reign was the public punishment of two ladies of rank , the countesses ...
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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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