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, 1853 - 886 páginas |
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Página 79
... prison ; whilst those who had come to see the sight displayed the usual disappointment of unfeeling crowds , and even threw stones in their anger . 6 When brought back to her prison , Joan submit- ted to all that had been required of ...
... prison ; whilst those who had come to see the sight displayed the usual disappointment of unfeeling crowds , and even threw stones in their anger . 6 When brought back to her prison , Joan submit- ted to all that had been required of ...
Página 80
... prison , thinking by this means to attain , more easily , the tyrannic power he after- wards assumed . When the news of Sforza's arrest arrived , Margaret , with her husband , and other relations who had served with honour in his troops ...
... prison , thinking by this means to attain , more easily , the tyrannic power he after- wards assumed . When the news of Sforza's arrest arrived , Margaret , with her husband , and other relations who had served with honour in his troops ...
Página 94
... prison . CONTARINI , GABRIELLO CATTERINA , of Agolfio . No exact date of her birth is to be procured ; that she lived towards the end of the fifteenth century is indubi- table . She possessed a very fertile vein of poetic fancy . Her ...
... prison . CONTARINI , GABRIELLO CATTERINA , of Agolfio . No exact date of her birth is to be procured ; that she lived towards the end of the fifteenth century is indubi- table . She possessed a very fertile vein of poetic fancy . Her ...
Página 97
... prison , where she was kept for sixteen years . She was in her youth remark- ably beautiful ; and , in the later years of her varied life , showed evidences of a naturally noble disposition . As soon as she was liberated from her prison ...
... prison , where she was kept for sixteen years . She was in her youth remark- ably beautiful ; and , in the later years of her varied life , showed evidences of a naturally noble disposition . As soon as she was liberated from her prison ...
Página 98
... of the im- mense treasures she had amassed , spent the last ten years of her life in misery , in a kind of prison or convent at Winchester , where she died in 1502 . ERMENGARDE , or HERMENGARDE . THE life of this queen 98 EL EM.
... of the im- mense treasures she had amassed , spent the last ten years of her life in misery , in a kind of prison or convent at Winchester , where she died in 1502 . ERMENGARDE , or HERMENGARDE . THE life of this queen 98 EL EM.
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Página 130 - And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, and stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
Página 351 - And the heavy night hung dark The hills and waters o'er. When a band of exiles moored their bark On the wild New England shore.
Página 351 - Why had they come to wither there, Away from their childhood's land? There was woman's fearless eye, Lit by her deep love's truth; There was manhood's brow serenely high, And the fiery heart of youth.
Página 16 - For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
Página 128 - Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
Página 40 - God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar ? fear not ; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand ; for I will make him a great nation. And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water ; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
Página 162 - Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.
Página 430 - The applause of listening senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their...
Página 129 - He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree. He hath filled the hungry with good things ; and the rich He hath sent empty away. He hath holpen His servant Israel, in remembrance of His mercy ; as He spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
Página 12 - And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.