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 ageSampson Low, Son, and Company 47, Ludgate Hill., 1853 - 888 páginas |
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... rendered him odious by the cruelties and oppressions she urged him to practice . After his return , he bestowed upon her many provinces , by which he incurred the displeasure of the Roman people . When the civil war broke out between ...
... rendered him odious by the cruelties and oppressions she urged him to practice . After his return , he bestowed upon her many provinces , by which he incurred the displeasure of the Roman people . When the civil war broke out between ...
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... rendered her judges partial , -a very masculine idea . CORINNA , or CRINNA , Or the Isle of Telos , lived about B. C. 610. She wrote a fine poem in the Doric language , consist- ing of three hundred verses . Her style is said to have ...
... rendered her judges partial , -a very masculine idea . CORINNA , or CRINNA , Or the Isle of Telos , lived about B. C. 610. She wrote a fine poem in the Doric language , consist- ing of three hundred verses . Her style is said to have ...
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... rendered of little real avail , because he devoted it to unworthy purposes , either to gra- tify his sensual passions or to escape the snares into which these had led him . The last trial of his strength , mental and bodily , against ...
... rendered of little real avail , because he devoted it to unworthy purposes , either to gra- tify his sensual passions or to escape the snares into which these had led him . The last trial of his strength , mental and bodily , against ...
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... rendered to these spies , herself and kindred were saved from the | general massacre which followed the capture of ... renders harlot , by the term hostess or innkeeper . But the same Hebrew word in every other place means what the old ...
... rendered to these spies , herself and kindred were saved from the | general massacre which followed the capture of ... renders harlot , by the term hostess or innkeeper . But the same Hebrew word in every other place means what the old ...
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... rendered herself distinguished by her poetry . Her verses were chiefly of the lyric kind , and love was the general subject , which she treated with so much warmth , and with such beauty of poetical expression , as to have acquired the ...
... rendered herself distinguished by her poetry . Her verses were chiefly of the lyric kind , and love was the general subject , which she treated with so much warmth , and with such beauty of poetical expression , as to have acquired the ...
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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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