Gems of Womanhood, Or, Sketches of Distinguished Women in Various Ages and NationsGall & Inglis, 1870 - 314 Seiten Sketches of European women plus Zenobia and a chapter on African women not identified individually. |
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... hope of his fortunes had a reassuring effect on the desponding Prince and his staunch adherent ; so they betook themselves to the fastnesses of the island at Coradale , where they were safe . Mean- while , Flora made her way to the ...
... hope of his fortunes had a reassuring effect on the desponding Prince and his staunch adherent ; so they betook themselves to the fastnesses of the island at Coradale , where they were safe . Mean- while , Flora made her way to the ...
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... hope , madam , we shall meet in St James's yet . " How his hopes were doomed to be disappointed is known to every one ; and no doubt it was for the best that an all- seeing Providence has blessed the nation with a female descendant of ...
... hope , madam , we shall meet in St James's yet . " How his hopes were doomed to be disappointed is known to every one ; and no doubt it was for the best that an all- seeing Providence has blessed the nation with a female descendant of ...
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... arrested , and she rapidly declined . Her father , seeing that there was no hope , got her removed to her sister's house at Bamborough , where she would be near her relations . Before leaving SUCCOURERS IN DAYS OF DISTRESS . 93.
... arrested , and she rapidly declined . Her father , seeing that there was no hope , got her removed to her sister's house at Bamborough , where she would be near her relations . Before leaving SUCCOURERS IN DAYS OF DISTRESS . 93.
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... hope and blighted affection , conjuring up to the imagination of the sensitive reader that its author must be a woman of the most sentimental disposition and manners . But when they saw her in the midst of a gay company , the ...
... hope and blighted affection , conjuring up to the imagination of the sensitive reader that its author must be a woman of the most sentimental disposition and manners . But when they saw her in the midst of a gay company , the ...
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... hope of better things in store , and strove hard to gain means to support her position by the hard - won earnings of her pen . It has been stated , upon good authority , that the total amount she received for her productions did not ...
... hope of better things in store , and strove hard to gain means to support her position by the hard - won earnings of her pen . It has been stated , upon good authority , that the total amount she received for her productions did not ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 92 - They lightened their labour by singing songs, one of which was composed extempore, for I was myself the subject of it. It was sung by one of the young women, the rest joining in a sort of chorus.
Seite 215 - I know I have deserved my punishment, and will be silent under it ; but yet secretly my heart mourns, too sadly, I fear, and cannot be comforted, because I have not the dear companion and sharer of all my joys and sorrows. I want him to talk with, to walk with, to eat, and sleep with. All these things are irksome to me. The day unwelcome, and the night so too; all company and meals I would avoid, if it might be...
Seite 90 - I saw with infinite pleasure the great object of my mission — the long sought for majestic Niger, glittering to the morning sun, as broad as the Thames at Westminster, and flowing slowly to the eastward.
Seite 30 - Instead of the little passions which so frequently perplex a female reign, ?° the steady administration of Zenobia was guided by the most judicious maxims of policy. If it was expedient to pardon, she could calm her resentment ; if it was necessary to punish, she could impose silence on the voice of pity.
Seite 92 - The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk; no wife to grind his corn.
Seite 239 - But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away. 13 And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.
Seite 34 - Roman people," says Aurelian, in an original letter, " speak with contempt of the war which I am waging against a woman. They are ignorant both of the character and of the power of Zenobia. It is impossible to enumerate her warlike preparations of stones, of arrows, and of every species of missile weapons. Every part of the walls is provided with two or three balista, and artificial fires are thrown from her military engines.
Seite 85 - I cast (as I believed) a last look on the surrounding scene, and whilst I reflected on the awful change that was about to take place, this world, with its enjoyments, seemed to vanish from my recollection.
Seite 85 - Descending from the tree, I found my horse devouring the stubble and brushwood with great avidity; and as I was now too faint...
Seite 183 - The young poetess was then only fifteen ; in the full glow of that radiant beauty which was destined to fade so early. The mantling bloom of her cheeks was shaded by a profusion of natural ringlets, of a rich golden brown; and the ever-varying expression of her brilliant eyes gave a changeful play to her countenance, which would have made it impossible for any painter to do justice to it.