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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... England , apparently without any other principle of selection than that of historical and contemporary noto- riety , and perplexing the ambitious aspirations of youthful readers , by setting before them the dark doings and daring ...
... England , apparently without any other principle of selection than that of historical and contemporary noto- riety , and perplexing the ambitious aspirations of youthful readers , by setting before them the dark doings and daring ...
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... prudence was so great , that not only in- " * See Rees's Welsh Saints . ' + Murphy's Tacitus , ' Valpy's ed . , vol . v . , pp . 90-91 . different persons , but even kings and princes , as 16 LITERARY WOMEN OF ENGLAND .
... prudence was so great , that not only in- " * See Rees's Welsh Saints . ' + Murphy's Tacitus , ' Valpy's ed . , vol . v . , pp . 90-91 . different persons , but even kings and princes , as 16 LITERARY WOMEN OF ENGLAND .
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... writers . The wearing out of villenage , and the little injury inflicted upon the country by the civil war , may be inferred from this correspondence . Treating of the period 1440 to 1500 , Mr. Hallam LITERARY WOMEN OF ENGLAND . 27.
... writers . The wearing out of villenage , and the little injury inflicted upon the country by the civil war , may be inferred from this correspondence . Treating of the period 1440 to 1500 , Mr. Hallam LITERARY WOMEN OF ENGLAND . 27.
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... England who enjoyed such privileges to appreciate mental cultivation ; it excited their sympathy in the intellectual activity of men of genius , and their ambition to emulate the attainments of the women of Italy . The consequence was ...
... England who enjoyed such privileges to appreciate mental cultivation ; it excited their sympathy in the intellectual activity of men of genius , and their ambition to emulate the attainments of the women of Italy . The consequence was ...
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... England . Her musical skill , her sweet singing to her lute , her inventive talents in dress and in all sorts of ingenious pastimes , and her vivacious conversation , won high and general admiration at the French Court . She ran a ...
... England . Her musical skill , her sweet singing to her lute , her inventive talents in dress and in all sorts of ingenious pastimes , and her vivacious conversation , won high and general admiration at the French Court . She ran a ...
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