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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... sense , or a hero , or a genius . This Ceridwen was a giantess , an eminent woman , and an enchantress of what has been termed the Neo - druidic period , A.D. 600-1200 , when the old national mythology , which had vanished away long ...
... sense , or a hero , or a genius . This Ceridwen was a giantess , an eminent woman , and an enchantress of what has been termed the Neo - druidic period , A.D. 600-1200 , when the old national mythology , which had vanished away long ...
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... sense , or spirit to those of the greater number of their male correspondents . The letter addressed to Sir John Paston by Elizabeth Duchess of Suffolk , sister of King Edward IV . , written about the year 1461 , is noticed by Mrs ...
... sense , or spirit to those of the greater number of their male correspondents . The letter addressed to Sir John Paston by Elizabeth Duchess of Suffolk , sister of King Edward IV . , written about the year 1461 , is noticed by Mrs ...
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... sense of filial duty , but she steadfastly refused compliance with her husband's prohibition of Protestantism , and persevered in reading the Bible and in worshipping God according to her conscience . He consequently used her with great ...
... sense of filial duty , but she steadfastly refused compliance with her husband's prohibition of Protestantism , and persevered in reading the Bible and in worshipping God according to her conscience . He consequently used her with great ...
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... sense of justification by faith and its indissoluble connection with personal holiness . Her Prayers and Meditations ' are still often reprinted and largely circulated by the Religious Tract Society . Me- diocrity of talent and sincere ...
... sense of justification by faith and its indissoluble connection with personal holiness . Her Prayers and Meditations ' are still often reprinted and largely circulated by the Religious Tract Society . Me- diocrity of talent and sincere ...
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... her own , she ultimately yielded up herself the conscious victim of their ambition . Sir Harris Nicolas suggests that a * Life of Lady Jane Grey . ' sense of the perilous position in which her nearest kinsmen 50 LITERARY WOMEN OF ENGLAND .
... her own , she ultimately yielded up herself the conscious victim of their ambition . Sir Harris Nicolas suggests that a * Life of Lady Jane Grey . ' sense of the perilous position in which her nearest kinsmen 50 LITERARY WOMEN OF ENGLAND .
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