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... oblivion have come down upon even the letters of her country , so as now scarcely to be deciphered by the studious research of the anti- quarian and the scholar . PENELOPE , WIFE OF ULYSSE S. B. C. 1193 . SEMIRAMIS . 47.
... oblivion have come down upon even the letters of her country , so as now scarcely to be deciphered by the studious research of the anti- quarian and the scholar . PENELOPE , WIFE OF ULYSSE S. B. C. 1193 . SEMIRAMIS . 47.
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... scarcely suffered her to live long enough to complete : the celebrated reply of Thesca , the wife of a noble Syracusan , and sister of Dionysius the Tyrant , when accused of con- niving at her husband's escape ; and the voluntary ...
... scarcely suffered her to live long enough to complete : the celebrated reply of Thesca , the wife of a noble Syracusan , and sister of Dionysius the Tyrant , when accused of con- niving at her husband's escape ; and the voluntary ...
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... scarcely a threat left unspoken , to win her from her wife's allegiance to the absent one , and cause her " To set another image in the niche Where shone her vanish'd idol . " For half that period Penelope patiently sustained the load ...
... scarcely a threat left unspoken , to win her from her wife's allegiance to the absent one , and cause her " To set another image in the niche Where shone her vanish'd idol . " For half that period Penelope patiently sustained the load ...
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... scarcely exceed the limits of a single page . We know , however , that she was the daugh- ter of Scipio Africanus , and among other offers of marriage , received one from a crowned head . At- tached at the time to Titus Sempronius ...
... scarcely exceed the limits of a single page . We know , however , that she was the daugh- ter of Scipio Africanus , and among other offers of marriage , received one from a crowned head . At- tached at the time to Titus Sempronius ...
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... scarcely a trace to prove it ever existed ! The woman who , in the pursuit of her own un- justifiable policy , is believed to have murdered her young brother , and who scrupled not to ask , as a first favor of her lover Antony , the ...
... scarcely a trace to prove it ever existed ! The woman who , in the pursuit of her own un- justifiable policy , is believed to have murdered her young brother , and who scrupled not to ask , as a first favor of her lover Antony , the ...
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200 Mulberry-street admiration Advocate and Journal afterward Antony appears arrived Aspasia attended Aurelian beautiful brother Cæsar castle Catherine Catherine de Medici cause character Charles Christian Church Cleopatra countess courage court crown D'Aubigné daughter death declared Duke Edward Elizabeth endeavored enemy England English event eyes faith fatal fate father favor favorite fearful France friends grace grief hand heart Henry Herod honor Huguenots husband interest Isabella Jane Joan Julius Cæsar king King of Navarre king's lady less Lord Louis Madame Madame de Maintenon Madame de Villette Margaret Mariamne Marie Antoinette marriage Mary Mary's ment mind mother Muslin nature never New-York noble Pætus period person Philippa possessed present prince Prince of Condé princess prisoner Ptolemy queen received reign rendered replied Roman royal scarcely Scarron scene Semiramis sister sovereign speedily spirit success tears throne tion took unfortunate widow wife woman young youth Zenobia
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