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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... tender lark will find a time to fly , And fearful hare to run a quiet race ; He that high growth on cedars did bestow , Gave also lowly mushrooms leave to grow . " ROBERT SOUTHWELL . MARGARET COUNTESS OF RICHMOND . MARGARET BEAUFORT was ...
... tender lark will find a time to fly , And fearful hare to run a quiet race ; He that high growth on cedars did bestow , Gave also lowly mushrooms leave to grow . " ROBERT SOUTHWELL . MARGARET COUNTESS OF RICHMOND . MARGARET BEAUFORT was ...
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... of immediate death , would men- tion her own spirit as absolutely " guiltless ; " but a sympa- thizing friend , in bewailing her fate , might very naturally be led , by an excess of tender compassion , 38 LITERARY WOMEN OF ENGLAND .
... of immediate death , would men- tion her own spirit as absolutely " guiltless ; " but a sympa- thizing friend , in bewailing her fate , might very naturally be led , by an excess of tender compassion , 38 LITERARY WOMEN OF ENGLAND .
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... tender compassion , so to describe it : - " Oh , death ! rock me on sleep , Bring on my quiet rest , Let pass my very guiltless ghost , Out of my careful breast . Ring out the doleful knell , Let its sound my death tell , For I must die ...
... tender compassion , so to describe it : - " Oh , death ! rock me on sleep , Bring on my quiet rest , Let pass my very guiltless ghost , Out of my careful breast . Ring out the doleful knell , Let its sound my death tell , For I must die ...
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... tender . " En- deavouring to obtain a divorce from her husband , he revenged himself by instigating certain priests to procure her arrest . It must be borne in mind that the Protestantism of King Henry VIII . consisted chiefly in the ...
... tender . " En- deavouring to obtain a divorce from her husband , he revenged himself by instigating certain priests to procure her arrest . It must be borne in mind that the Protestantism of King Henry VIII . consisted chiefly in the ...
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... tender affection . She had three sisters , and two younger brothers , Sir Robert and Sir Thomas . Sir Robert , having done good services to his Sovereign and to the State , and being one of the most accomplished men of his time , was ...
... tender affection . She had three sisters , and two younger brothers , Sir Robert and Sir Thomas . Sir Robert , having done good services to his Sovereign and to the State , and being one of the most accomplished men of his time , was ...
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