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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... soon accomplished . The profound policy by which she endeavoured to prolong her own government , and her watchfulness over the young Britannicus , are sufficient evidences that the son so loved in the perversity of maternal instinct ...
... soon accomplished . The profound policy by which she endeavoured to prolong her own government , and her watchfulness over the young Britannicus , are sufficient evidences that the son so loved in the perversity of maternal instinct ...
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... soon she was recognised and acknowledged as " the glory of the man . " How beautiful are the glimpses we gain of the feminine character as developed under the first influences of the preached Gospel ! Besides the host of women friends ...
... soon she was recognised and acknowledged as " the glory of the man . " How beautiful are the glimpses we gain of the feminine character as developed under the first influences of the preached Gospel ! Besides the host of women friends ...
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... soon afterwards , a victim to remorse and grief . Petrarch mentions her several times in his poems . When Peter was ... soon arrested as Christians , and com- manded to sacrifice to idols . Refusing to do this , the three sisters were ...
... soon afterwards , a victim to remorse and grief . Petrarch mentions her several times in his poems . When Peter was ... soon arrested as Christians , and com- manded to sacrifice to idols . Refusing to do this , the three sisters were ...
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... soon became attached to her husband , who was an amiable though a weak prince , and on his death , in 1498 , she abandoned herself to the deepest grief . She retired to her hereditary do- mains , where she affected the rights of an inde ...
... soon became attached to her husband , who was an amiable though a weak prince , and on his death , in 1498 , she abandoned herself to the deepest grief . She retired to her hereditary do- mains , where she affected the rights of an inde ...
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... soon after the death of Sir Henry Stafford , which happened about 1482 , she married Thomas , lord Stanley , afterwards earl of Derby , who died in 1504. After spending a life in successive acts of beneficence , she paid the great debt ...
... soon after the death of Sir Henry Stafford , which happened about 1482 , she married Thomas , lord Stanley , afterwards earl of Derby , who died in 1504. After spending a life in successive acts of beneficence , she paid the great debt ...
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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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