World-noted Women, Or, Types of Womanly Attributes of All Lands and AgesD. Appleton and Company, 1858 - 407 Seiten |
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... obtaining . I must not omit , likewise , to assign the credit of the " Joan of Arc " where it is due , in stating that it has been contributed by another hand than mine ; a lady of Philadelphia , widely known in the ranks of litera ...
... obtaining . I must not omit , likewise , to assign the credit of the " Joan of Arc " where it is due , in stating that it has been contributed by another hand than mine ; a lady of Philadelphia , widely known in the ranks of litera ...
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... obtained her so wide a renown , are little better known to us . Few of them have reached our time ; though the majority of her compositions were extant in the age of Horace . They are said to have consisted of nine books , containing a ...
... obtained her so wide a renown , are little better known to us . Few of them have reached our time ; though the majority of her compositions were extant in the age of Horace . They are said to have consisted of nine books , containing a ...
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... obtain them favour with his barbarous father , who had maltreated and discarded him . He stripped his back to show them evidences of his father's ill - usage , in the lacerations which he himself , with crafty device , had pur- posely ...
... obtain them favour with his barbarous father , who had maltreated and discarded him . He stripped his back to show them evidences of his father's ill - usage , in the lacerations which he himself , with crafty device , had pur- posely ...
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... obtain possession of Lu- cretia , even were it at the price of crime . Besides her modest beauty , which kindled his unholy flame , her reputation for stain- less virtue excited his vanity , and inspired him with double incen- tive to ...
... obtain possession of Lu- cretia , even were it at the price of crime . Besides her modest beauty , which kindled his unholy flame , her reputation for stain- less virtue excited his vanity , and inspired him with double incen- tive to ...
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... obtained among the women of that period . A native of Ionia , Aspasia par- took of the soft Asiatic temperament ; which , blended with her virile mind , made her view with masculine indifference those re- straints of inclination which ...
... obtained among the women of that period . A native of Ionia , Aspasia par- took of the soft Asiatic temperament ; which , blended with her virile mind , made her view with masculine indifference those re- straints of inclination which ...
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Abelard admiration affection Anjou Antony arms Aspasia beauty brother Cæsar Captain Smith Castile Catherine cause Cecilia character Christian church Cleopatra conduct courage court crown daughter death divine Duchess Duke Duke of Burgundy Duke of Orleans empress England eyes faith father favour feeling formed France gave gentle glory grace grief hand head heart heaven Heloise Henry holy honour husband imperial inspired Isabella Isabella of Castile Joan Julius Cæsar king king's Lady Jane Grey Laura letters Lord Louis Louis XIV lover Lucretia Madame Margaret Margaret of Anjou Maria Theresa marriage ment mind Miss Nightingale mistress moral mother nature ness never noble occasion passion Pericles person Petrarch Pocahontas poet possessed Powhatan prince princess queen received reign Rome royal Saint Cecilia Sappho says seemed sent sister soul sovereign spirit sweet Tarquin tender thou throne tion took Valerian Vallière virtue wife woman womanly women words wounded young youth
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Seite 48 - Julius bleed for justice' sake? What villain touch'd his body, that did stab, And not for justice? What, shall one of us, That struck the foremost man of all this world, But for supporting robbers; shall we now Contaminate our fingers with base bribes? And sell the mighty space of our large honours, For so much trash, as may be grasped thus?— I had rather be a dog, and bay the moon, Than such a Roman.
Seite 15 - Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves ; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not.
Seite 130 - Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies. Let wealth, let honour, wait the wedded dame, August her deed, and sacred be her fame; Before true passion all those views remove, Fame, wealth, and honour! what are you to Love...
Seite 111 - Music the fiercest grief can charm, And fate's severest rage disarm : Music can soften pain to ease, And make despair and madness please : Our joys below it can improve, And antedate the bliss above. This the divine Cecilia found, And to her Maker's praise confin'd the sound. When the full organ joins the tuneful quire, Th...
Seite 111 - At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame ; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With nature's mother-wit, and arts unknown before. Let old Timotheus yield the prize, Or both divide the crown ; He raised a mortal to the skies ; She drew an angel down.
Seite 267 - I will tell you,' quoth she ; ' and tell you a truth which, perchance, ye will marvel at. One of the greatest benefits that ever God gave me, is, that He sent me so sharp and severe parents and so gentle a schoolmaster. For when I am in presence...
Seite 35 - Repairs itself by rest. Our Tarquin thus Did softly press the rushes ere he waken'd The chastity he wounded. Cytherea, How bravely thou becom'st thy bed ! fresh lily, And whiter than the sheets ! That I might touch ! But kiss ; one kiss ! Rubies unparagon'd, How dearly they do 't ! 'Tis her breathing that Perfumes the chamber thus ; the flame o...
Seite 99 - And blesses her with his two happy hands, How the red roses flush up in her cheeks, And the pure snow with goodly vermeil stain, Like crimson dyed in grain...
Seite 66 - Her Ladies and Gentlewomen also, the fairest of them were apparelled like the Nymphs Nereids (which are the mermaids of the waters ) and like the Graces, some steering the helm, others tending the tackle and ropes of the barge, out of the which there came a wonderful passing sweet savour of perfumes, that perfumed the wharf's side, pestered with innumerable multitudes of people.
Seite 288 - ... of men, and behind them as many women, with all their heads and shoulders painted red; many of their heads bedecked with the white down of birds: but every one with something: and a great chain of white beads about their necks.