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... youth , implying identity with its feelings of enthusiasm , even while moderating their effects , enhance the difficulties of the present work , arising from materials at once too much and too little known ; since also condensation ...
... youth , implying identity with its feelings of enthusiasm , even while moderating their effects , enhance the difficulties of the present work , arising from materials at once too much and too little known ; since also condensation ...
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... youth to cling to life , were yet prepared to copy . Exasperated at the resolution of this pious patri- arch , Antiochus sent to the castle of Sosandrum for seven children , with their mother , to be brought , thinking that , from their ...
... youth to cling to life , were yet prepared to copy . Exasperated at the resolution of this pious patri- arch , Antiochus sent to the castle of Sosandrum for seven children , with their mother , to be brought , thinking that , from their ...
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... of the multitude , when the speaker was one whose youth had been passed alternately in the camp and the schools , and who had preserved the most attrac- tive traits of both ; and the writer , that 62 HEROINES OF HISTORY .
... of the multitude , when the speaker was one whose youth had been passed alternately in the camp and the schools , and who had preserved the most attrac- tive traits of both ; and the writer , that 62 HEROINES OF HISTORY .
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... youth . Physical timidity now appears to have overcome her , and she persuaded Antony to engage his oppo- nents by sea , contrary to the opinions of his most experienced advisers- " not on account of the rior chances of victory , but ...
... youth . Physical timidity now appears to have overcome her , and she persuaded Antony to engage his oppo- nents by sea , contrary to the opinions of his most experienced advisers- " not on account of the rior chances of victory , but ...
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... youth of great promise , and idolized by both parents , fell ill of a severe and virulent dis- order . Almost simultaneously the father was struck down by the same malady , and Arria had the un- speakable grief of dividing her time and ...
... youth of great promise , and idolized by both parents , fell ill of a severe and virulent dis- order . Almost simultaneously the father was struck down by the same malady , and Arria had the un- speakable grief of dividing her time and ...
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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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