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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... ( Sisters ) 1663 1669 Catherine Phillips 1631 1664 Lucy Hutchinson 1620 Margaret Duchess of Newcastic .. 1673 Anne Countess of Dorset , Pembroke , and Mont- 1590 1675 gomery Mary Countess of Warwick 1678 Lady Pakington 1679 Lady Fanshaw ...
... ( Sisters ) 1663 1669 Catherine Phillips 1631 1664 Lucy Hutchinson 1620 Margaret Duchess of Newcastic .. 1673 Anne Countess of Dorset , Pembroke , and Mont- 1590 1675 gomery Mary Countess of Warwick 1678 Lady Pakington 1679 Lady Fanshaw ...
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... sister Ethelswitha , of whom Asser records that they learned to write , and could read books both in the Latin and Saxon languages ; " for they have carefully learned the Psalms and Saxon books , especially the Saxon poems , and are ...
... sister Ethelswitha , of whom Asser records that they learned to write , and could read books both in the Latin and Saxon languages ; " for they have carefully learned the Psalms and Saxon books , especially the Saxon poems , and are ...
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... sister of King Edward IV . , written about the year 1461 , is noticed by Mrs. Everett Green as " the earliest holograph of any royal lady of England of which we have any record . " * A note subjoined to this statement says that " In the ...
... sister of King Edward IV . , written about the year 1461 , is noticed by Mrs. Everett Green as " the earliest holograph of any royal lady of England of which we have any record . " * A note subjoined to this statement says that " In the ...
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... sister to Richard Lord Berners , was , in the year 1460 , and for many years afterwards , Prioress of Sopewell Nunnery . She is said to have been a learned and accomplished woman , and ap- pears in the fore - front of our English ...
... sister to Richard Lord Berners , was , in the year 1460 , and for many years afterwards , Prioress of Sopewell Nunnery . She is said to have been a learned and accomplished woman , and ap- pears in the fore - front of our English ...
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... sister and co - heir of Gilbert Earl of Clare . Granger mentions a mezzotinto engraving of this countess , " E. Tabula in Aulâ Clarensi . ' In 1347 Mary St. Paul , Countess of Pembroke , founded Pembroke Hall , Cambridge . She was that ...
... sister and co - heir of Gilbert Earl of Clare . Granger mentions a mezzotinto engraving of this countess , " E. Tabula in Aulâ Clarensi . ' In 1347 Mary St. Paul , Countess of Pembroke , founded Pembroke Hall , Cambridge . She was that ...
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