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 AgeHarper & brothers, 1876 - 904 páginas |
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... devoted to the living , who are already known by their writings . A new element of improvement , now in course of rapid development , is destined to have a wonder- ful effect on the feminine mind and character . This element is ...
... devoted to the living , who are already known by their writings . A new element of improvement , now in course of rapid development , is destined to have a wonder- ful effect on the feminine mind and character . This element is ...
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... devoted to her father . She accompanied him in his banishment , and is supposed to have survived him . She lived in the first century after Christ . It is the best example left by Ovid , that he encouraged his daughter in her literary ...
... devoted to her father . She accompanied him in his banishment , and is supposed to have survived him . She lived in the first century after Christ . It is the best example left by Ovid , that he encouraged his daughter in her literary ...
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... devoted love to this , her youngest son , -she knew he was the chosen of God . " Isaac loved Esau , because he did eat of his venison ; but Rebekah loved Jacob ; " - that is , she loved him with the holy , disinterested affec- tion ...
... devoted love to this , her youngest son , -she knew he was the chosen of God . " Isaac loved Esau , because he did eat of his venison ; but Rebekah loved Jacob ; " - that is , she loved him with the holy , disinterested affec- tion ...
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... devoted to her father ; and to the usual graces of her sex having added the more solid accomplishments of knowledge and literature , was qualified to be the companion as well as the delight of his age ; and she was justly esteemed not ...
... devoted to her father ; and to the usual graces of her sex having added the more solid accomplishments of knowledge and literature , was qualified to be the companion as well as the delight of his age ; and she was justly esteemed not ...
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... devoted to God , betrayed her retreat . Every attempt to make her recant proved fruit- less . She suffered the death of a martyr ; and her lover died soon afterwards , a victim to remorse and grief . Petrarch mentions her several times ...
... devoted to God , betrayed her retreat . Every attempt to make her recant proved fruit- less . She suffered the death of a martyr ; and her lover died soon afterwards , a victim to remorse and grief . Petrarch mentions her several times ...
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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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