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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... took place between Nero and Agrippina , of which the mother was the only dupe , for the world understood the hollowness of her son's professions of affection , and all aban- doned her . Nero was now resolved on the death of his mother ...
... took place between Nero and Agrippina , of which the mother was the only dupe , for the world understood the hollowness of her son's professions of affection , and all aban- doned her . Nero was now resolved on the death of his mother ...
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... took the com- mand of her army in a war against the Rhodians , in which she is said to have shown undaunted bravery . She took possession of the city of Rhodes , and treated the inhabitants with great severity . She caused two statues ...
... took the com- mand of her army in a war against the Rhodians , in which she is said to have shown undaunted bravery . She took possession of the city of Rhodes , and treated the inhabitants with great severity . She caused two statues ...
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... took , in order to persuade Xenophon and his wife to observe the reciprocal duties of a married state in the best manner . The persons in the Dialogue are Aspasia , Xenophon , and his wife , whom Mr. Le Clerc supposes from a passage in ...
... took , in order to persuade Xenophon and his wife to observe the reciprocal duties of a married state in the best manner . The persons in the Dialogue are Aspasia , Xenophon , and his wife , whom Mr. Le Clerc supposes from a passage in ...
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... took charge of them : and Cleopatra , the daughter , was afterwards mar- ried to Juba , king of Mauritania . CLYTEMNESTRA WAS the daughter of Tyndarus , king of Sparta , and Leda , and twin - sister of Helen . She bore her husband ...
... took charge of them : and Cleopatra , the daughter , was afterwards mar- ried to Juba , king of Mauritania . CLYTEMNESTRA WAS the daughter of Tyndarus , king of Sparta , and Leda , and twin - sister of Helen . She bore her husband ...
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... took him into his confidential service and promoted him to the highest honours . Between the king and his lovely wife the most perfect confidence was restored . Indeed from what is said by the prophet Nehe- miah , who wrote some ten or ...
... took him into his confidential service and promoted him to the highest honours . Between the king and his lovely wife the most perfect confidence was restored . Indeed from what is said by the prophet Nehe- miah , who wrote some ten or ...
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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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