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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... death , their names , with the names and number of their books ; and therefore this bare skeleton of time , place , and person must be fleshed with some pleasant passages . " It consists with the primary purpose and very nature of the ...
... death , their names , with the names and number of their books ; and therefore this bare skeleton of time , place , and person must be fleshed with some pleasant passages . " It consists with the primary purpose and very nature of the ...
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... death . Family interests , family acquisitions , worldly advance- ment , and personal convenience ; the cares of lands and houses , goods and chattels , profits and losses , are the en- grossing topics of all ; with such narrations of ...
... death . Family interests , family acquisitions , worldly advance- ment , and personal convenience ; the cares of lands and houses , goods and chattels , profits and losses , are the en- grossing topics of all ; with such narrations of ...
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... brief as they are , care has been taken to give the locality of birth , resi- * Craik's ' Lit. and Learning , ' vol . ii . , p . 202 . dence , and death , whenever it could be ascertained 34 LITERARY WOMEN OF ENGLAND .
... brief as they are , care has been taken to give the locality of birth , resi- * Craik's ' Lit. and Learning , ' vol . ii . , p . 202 . dence , and death , whenever it could be ascertained 34 LITERARY WOMEN OF ENGLAND .
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... death , whenever it could be ascertained , because such associations between eminent persons and places tend not only to enhance the historic character of a country , but also to stimulate the natural interest of individual readers for ...
... death , whenever it could be ascertained , because such associations between eminent persons and places tend not only to enhance the historic character of a country , but also to stimulate the natural interest of individual readers for ...
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... death of her mother , which occurred in 1512. * Sir Thomas soon afterwards married again , and removed with all his family to Hever Castle , in Kent , where Anne's education was superintended by a French governess named Simonette . She ...
... death of her mother , which occurred in 1512. * Sir Thomas soon afterwards married again , and removed with all his family to Hever Castle , in Kent , where Anne's education was superintended by a French governess named Simonette . She ...
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