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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... husband and sons . Nor does the scale or choice amend in following down the alphabet ; the most important notices of female writers lurking in all sorts of improbable corners , carelessly treated , and often shut out from the index as ...
... husband and sons . Nor does the scale or choice amend in following down the alphabet ; the most important notices of female writers lurking in all sorts of improbable corners , carelessly treated , and often shut out from the index as ...
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... husband in 1399 , which is probably one of the earliest instances of female penmanship ; " sati- rically adding , " By the badness of the grammar , we may presume it to be her own . † In a note he gives a copy of it from Collins ( who ...
... husband in 1399 , which is probably one of the earliest instances of female penmanship ; " sati- rically adding , " By the badness of the grammar , we may presume it to be her own . † In a note he gives a copy of it from Collins ( who ...
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... husbands , controlled their children , governed their servants , retainers , and tenants ; and , whenever occa- sion required , acted as able deputies or principals in the management of landed and personal property , and in the ...
... husbands , controlled their children , governed their servants , retainers , and tenants ; and , whenever occa- sion required , acted as able deputies or principals in the management of landed and personal property , and in the ...
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... husband , who had been im- pleaded in the King's Court . JULIANA PRIORESS OF SOPEWELL . Juliana , daughter of Sir James Berners , of Berners Roding , in the county of Essex , and sister to Richard Lord Berners , was , in the year 1460 ...
... husband , who had been im- pleaded in the King's Court . JULIANA PRIORESS OF SOPEWELL . Juliana , daughter of Sir James Berners , of Berners Roding , in the county of Essex , and sister to Richard Lord Berners , was , in the year 1460 ...
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... husband , Edmund Tudor , Earl of Richmond , she became the mother of her only child , afterwards King Henry VII . Her second husband was Sir Henry Stafford , and her third Thomas Lord Stanley , subsequently created Earl of Derby . She ...
... husband , Edmund Tudor , Earl of Richmond , she became the mother of her only child , afterwards King Henry VII . Her second husband was Sir Henry Stafford , and her third Thomas Lord Stanley , subsequently created Earl of Derby . She ...
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