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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... poet . The versi- fication consists of rhymed heroic couplets , the sentiments are blameless , and the advice which the poem conveys is good though commonplace . Conscious of feebleness , he in- vokes " every muse " in his exordium ...
... poet . The versi- fication consists of rhymed heroic couplets , the sentiments are blameless , and the advice which the poem conveys is good though commonplace . Conscious of feebleness , he in- vokes " every muse " in his exordium ...
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... Poets , ' under the banner of Mr. Read : although the greater number of those author- esses were still alive when enlisted , and not a hundredth part of the productions of the two - fold array can possibly substantiate a claim to ...
... Poets , ' under the banner of Mr. Read : although the greater number of those author- esses were still alive when enlisted , and not a hundredth part of the productions of the two - fold array can possibly substantiate a claim to ...
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... poets , although their poetry has passed away from the earth , like most of their choral music , with the faith which ... poetic faculty wherever it existed . Hesiod alludes to the poetry of the Celts , when men- tioning in his Theogony ...
... poets , although their poetry has passed away from the earth , like most of their choral music , with the faith which ... poetic faculty wherever it existed . Hesiod alludes to the poetry of the Celts , when men- tioning in his Theogony ...
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... poetic tendency which all history and experience attest to be an insepar- able attribute of the Celtic mind . The great number of female names perpetuated in those of ancient churches and their respective parishes in Wales indicate the ...
... poetic tendency which all history and experience attest to be an insepar- able attribute of the Celtic mind . The great number of female names perpetuated in those of ancient churches and their respective parishes in Wales indicate the ...
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... poet of the Anglo- Saxons , who , at her instance , set about transferring into verse the whole course of sacred history . After seven years ' illness , borne with exemplary fortitude , she died in the year 680 , at the age of sixty ...
... poet of the Anglo- Saxons , who , at her instance , set about transferring into verse the whole course of sacred history . After seven years ' illness , borne with exemplary fortitude , she died in the year 680 , at the age of sixty ...
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