World-noted Women: Or, Types of Womanly Attributes of All Lands and AgesD. Appleton, 1858 - 407 psl. |
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World-noted Women; Or, Types of Womanly Attributes of All Lands and Ages Mary Cowden Clarke Visos knygos peržiūra - 1858 |
World-noted Women Or, Types of Womanly Attributes of All Lands and Ages Mary Cowden Clarke Visos knygos peržiūra - 1858 |
World-noted Women, Or, Types of Womanly Attributes of All Lands and Ages Mary Cowden Clarke Visos knygos peržiūra - 1867 |
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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 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 never noble occasion passion Pericles person Petrarch Pocahontas poet possessed Powhatan prince princess queen received reign Rome royal Saint 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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