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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... showed the most patriotism ? And which mind was the victor ? So , too , of Aspasia . She was the creature of the corrupt institutions which man , by his superior physical strength , sensuous passions and unjust laws , had imposed on ...
... showed the most patriotism ? And which mind was the victor ? So , too , of Aspasia . She was the creature of the corrupt institutions which man , by his superior physical strength , sensuous passions and unjust laws , had imposed on ...
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... showed her- self worthy of her descent from Augustus ; and the following year she exhibited the same quali- ties , in repressing a general panic that had seized on the soldiers during her husband's absence , and preventing them from ...
... showed her- self worthy of her descent from Augustus ; and the following year she exhibited the same quali- ties , in repressing a general panic that had seized on the soldiers during her husband's absence , and preventing them from ...
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... showed to the sect of the Pharisees , and the authority she allowed them . ALEXANDRA , at times deranged . While in this state , he retired to Samaria , leaving Alexandra at Jerusalem . Al- exandra attempted to obtain possession of the ...
... showed to the sect of the Pharisees , and the authority she allowed them . ALEXANDRA , at times deranged . While in this state , he retired to Samaria , leaving Alexandra at Jerusalem . Al- exandra attempted to obtain possession of the ...
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... showed the utmost indifference , through her whole life , to her own personal aggrandizement , and would seldom accept any present which she did not need . On one occasion Cyrus had sent her a chain of gold , remarking that " It was wor ...
... showed the utmost indifference , through her whole life , to her own personal aggrandizement , and would seldom accept any present which she did not need . On one occasion Cyrus had sent her a chain of gold , remarking that " It was wor ...
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... showed herself equally dignified when wife to Cæsar , sena- tor of Rome , as when consort to the master of the world . Warned , as she thought , in a dream , of her husband's fate , she entreated him not to leave his house on the ides ...
... showed herself equally dignified when wife to Cæsar , sena- tor of Rome , as when consort to the master of the world . Warned , as she thought , in a dream , of her husband's fate , she entreated him not to leave his house on the ides ...
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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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