The Literary Women of England: Including a Biographical Epitome of All the Most Eminent to the Year 1700; and Sketches of the Poetesses to the Year 1850; with Extracts from Their Works, and Critical RemarksSaunders, Otley, 1861 - 564 pages |
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... CATHERINE COCKBURN . This remarkable woman was born in London , on the 16th of August , 1679. Both her parents were Scotch . Her father , Captain David Trotter , was a commodore in the Royal Navy ; a man of cultivated mind and elegant ...
... CATHERINE COCKBURN . This remarkable woman was born in London , on the 16th of August , 1679. Both her parents were Scotch . Her father , Captain David Trotter , was a commodore in the Royal Navy ; a man of cultivated mind and elegant ...
Page 171
... Catherine Trotter moved in the best society , and was a frequent and welcome guest in the houses of the rich and great : her beauty , and the unaffected sweetness of her manners , bearing the re- sistless charm of unasserted mental ...
... Catherine Trotter moved in the best society , and was a frequent and welcome guest in the houses of the rich and great : her beauty , and the unaffected sweetness of her manners , bearing the re- sistless charm of unasserted mental ...
Page 172
... Catherine Trotter addressed to Mr. Congreve a set of complimentary verses on his ' Mourning Bride , ' and thus ... Catherine Trotter's reputation as a dramatic writer , and brought down a shower of complimentary verses , but increased ...
... Catherine Trotter addressed to Mr. Congreve a set of complimentary verses on his ' Mourning Bride , ' and thus ... Catherine Trotter's reputation as a dramatic writer , and brought down a shower of complimentary verses , but increased ...
Page 173
... Catherine Trotter . Later in the same year , 1701 , her third tragedy , ' The Unhappy Penitent , ' was performed at Drury Lane , and published in August , with a dedication to Lord Halifax , and a set of verses , by Lady Piers ...
... Catherine Trotter . Later in the same year , 1701 , her third tragedy , ' The Unhappy Penitent , ' was performed at Drury Lane , and published in August , with a dedication to Lord Halifax , and a set of verses , by Lady Piers ...
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... Catherine Trotter had not been trained to early piety , and consequently that when this crisis of the soul occurred , the first earnest instructions in religion which seemed to meet her eager need would be welcomed as heaven - sent ...
... Catherine Trotter had not been trained to early piety , and consequently that when this crisis of the soul occurred , the first earnest instructions in religion which seemed to meet her eager need would be welcomed as heaven - sent ...
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