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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... volumes may probably be glad , while evading studious toil , to see an abstract of the knowledge they desire placed before them in these pages . It is refreshing to let the eyes wander sometimes over the ample pages of the old and only ...
... volumes may probably be glad , while evading studious toil , to see an abstract of the knowledge they desire placed before them in these pages . It is refreshing to let the eyes wander sometimes over the ample pages of the old and only ...
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... volumes of Granger's ' Biographical History of England ' contain brief notices of all the most famous and infamous men and women of Great Britain , from the days of King Egbert to the Revolution of 1688 , with a list of their engraved ...
... volumes of Granger's ' Biographical History of England ' contain brief notices of all the most famous and infamous men and women of Great Britain , from the days of King Egbert to the Revolution of 1688 , with a list of their engraved ...
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... volumes of the Rev. Mark Noble's ' Con- tinuation ' of Granger's History supply some interesting particulars of the few literary women who died between the years 1688 and 1727 . " Warton's History of English Poetry ' extends only to the ...
... volumes of the Rev. Mark Noble's ' Con- tinuation ' of Granger's History supply some interesting particulars of the few literary women who died between the years 1688 and 1727 . " Warton's History of English Poetry ' extends only to the ...
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... volume of Female Examples , ' in his Pursuit of Knowledge under Difficulties , ' is an amusing and pleasant book for every reader , and to young women of literary tendencies it is more especially valuable , vindicating the general ...
... volume of Female Examples , ' in his Pursuit of Knowledge under Difficulties , ' is an amusing and pleasant book for every reader , and to young women of literary tendencies it is more especially valuable , vindicating the general ...
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... . " Another ponderous American volume , edited by Mrs. Sarah Josepha Hale , professes not only to include all our English heroines , but also to abridge all the published 6 memoirs of remarkable women of all lands and of INTRODUCTION . 11.
... . " Another ponderous American volume , edited by Mrs. Sarah Josepha Hale , professes not only to include all our English heroines , but also to abridge all the published 6 memoirs of remarkable women of all lands and of INTRODUCTION . 11.
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