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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Page 35
... once struck , it is apt to strike again ; where certain rare , indigenous plants have once sprung up , others of the same kind may be looked for ; and where the tradi- tional memory of excellence is preserved , its voice may call forth ...
... once struck , it is apt to strike again ; where certain rare , indigenous plants have once sprung up , others of the same kind may be looked for ; and where the tradi- tional memory of excellence is preserved , its voice may call forth ...
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... once attended by Sir Thomas More and his happy family , her noble heart might probably have been stirred up to emulate the gentle heroism of the ad- mirable Margaret Roper . Jane Grey's attachment to the Protestant faith , derived from ...
... once attended by Sir Thomas More and his happy family , her noble heart might probably have been stirred up to emulate the gentle heroism of the ad- mirable Margaret Roper . Jane Grey's attachment to the Protestant faith , derived from ...
Page 85
... once perceive That in some foreign country he must live , The language and the manners he does strive To understand and practise here , That he may come no stranger there : So well Orinda did herself prepare In this much different clime ...
... once perceive That in some foreign country he must live , The language and the manners he does strive To understand and practise here , That he may come no stranger there : So well Orinda did herself prepare In this much different clime ...
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... once so tender and so true . There is an engraved portrait of her , with one of her little sons , prefixed to a volume of the first edition of her work . As a specimen of her prose style , Mrs. Hutchinson's description of her husband's ...
... once so tender and so true . There is an engraved portrait of her , with one of her little sons , prefixed to a volume of the first edition of her work . As a specimen of her prose style , Mrs. Hutchinson's description of her husband's ...
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... once wickedly betrayed by friends whom necessity , and not mistake , forced him to trust . He was as ready to hear as to give counsel , and never pertinacious in his will when his reason was convinced . There was no opinion which he was ...
... once wickedly betrayed by friends whom necessity , and not mistake , forced him to trust . He was as ready to hear as to give counsel , and never pertinacious in his will when his reason was convinced . There was no opinion which he was ...
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