The Heroines of HistoryRoutledge, 1854 - 423 страница |
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... remarkable for placid virtue , and had manifested no sign of ambition even when he had the royal government in his hands . These wretched concomitants of domestic misery and discord , instead of blunting the gentle nature of Mariamne ...
... remarkable for placid virtue , and had manifested no sign of ambition even when he had the royal government in his hands . These wretched concomitants of domestic misery and discord , instead of blunting the gentle nature of Mariamne ...
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... remarkable for their masculine feats and occupations . Thus Cynisca , daughter of King Archidamus , was a perfect jockey , and sent her own horses to the Olympic games— an example not to be admired , yet the result of a system of ...
... remarkable for their masculine feats and occupations . Thus Cynisca , daughter of King Archidamus , was a perfect jockey , and sent her own horses to the Olympic games— an example not to be admired , yet the result of a system of ...
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... , which was still more remarkable than her person . Nature had apparently gloried in investing this rare creature with every moral and physical endowment she could bestow . Not contented with giving her powers 58 HEROINES OF HISTORY .
... , which was still more remarkable than her person . Nature had apparently gloried in investing this rare creature with every moral and physical endowment she could bestow . Not contented with giving her powers 58 HEROINES OF HISTORY .
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... remarkable , and declared that it was from her lips he had first learned the principles of the art of policy . It is well known she studied successfully the maxims of government ; and her extreme power over her husband , the su- preme ...
... remarkable , and declared that it was from her lips he had first learned the principles of the art of policy . It is well known she studied successfully the maxims of government ; and her extreme power over her husband , the su- preme ...
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... remarkable for her virtues , who was called Portia , it is probable that Cato named his daughter , the subject of the present sketch . She was early married , having espoused Bibulus , but in a short time became a widow . After Brutus ...
... remarkable for her virtues , who was called Portia , it is probable that Cato named his daughter , the subject of the present sketch . She was early married , having espoused Bibulus , but in a short time became a widow . After Brutus ...
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