Extraordinary Women: Their Girlhood and Early LifeMaid of Orleans -- Mrs. Fry -- Empress Josephine -- Madame Roland -- Christina, Queen of Sweden -- Elizabeth Woodville -- Mrs. Hutchinson -- Queen Elizabeth -- Madame de Sevigne -- Isabella of Castile -- Anne Boleyn -- Lady Jane Grey -- Mary Queen of Scots -- Lady Mary Wortley Montague -- Marie-Antoinette -- Mrs. Siddons -- Madame de Stael-Holstein -- Charlotte Corday -- Madame Recamier -- Margaret Fuller -- Lady Hester Stanhope -- Madame de Genlis -- Catherine II, Empress of Russia -- Mrs. Opie -- Maria-Theresa. |
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... months before Elizabeth Gurney's eighteenth birthday , William Savery , an eloquent American Friend , arrived in Norwich , and was present " at the gayest meeting of Friends I ever sat in ; and was grieved MRS . FRY . 21.
... months before Elizabeth Gurney's eighteenth birthday , William Savery , an eloquent American Friend , arrived in Norwich , and was present " at the gayest meeting of Friends I ever sat in ; and was grieved MRS . FRY . 21.
Page 31
... months only at Martinique , he and Mademoiselle Tascher de la Pagérie were legally contracted to each other ; and it had been arranged that Joséphine and her aunt should follow him to France as speedily as might be , where the marriage ...
... months only at Martinique , he and Mademoiselle Tascher de la Pagérie were legally contracted to each other ; and it had been arranged that Joséphine and her aunt should follow him to France as speedily as might be , where the marriage ...
Page 36
... rest of her lately fellow - prisoners . Some twelve months must , in play - bill phraseology , be supposed to have passed before the curtain rises upon the second and imperial phase of the fortunes of Joséphine , 36 EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN .
... rest of her lately fellow - prisoners . Some twelve months must , in play - bill phraseology , be supposed to have passed before the curtain rises upon the second and imperial phase of the fortunes of Joséphine , 36 EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN .
Page 50
... month after month , limped slowly past , still no M. Roland ; and upwards of half a year had elapsed when that Platonic lover called at 50 EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN .
... month after month , limped slowly past , still no M. Roland ; and upwards of half a year had elapsed when that Platonic lover called at 50 EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN .
Page 59
... month ; and had fine , regular teeth , that might easily have been white . But her mouth was large , and not , it was thought , agreeable " in repose ; " neither , one would imagine , could it have been so in activity of boisterous ...
... month ; and had fine , regular teeth , that might easily have been white . But her mouth was large , and not , it was thought , agreeable " in repose ; " neither , one would imagine , could it have been so in activity of boisterous ...
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Page 124 - I am with him. And when I am called from him, I fall on weeping, because whatsoever I do else but learning is full of grief, trouble, fear, and whole misliking unto me...
Page 123 - I wist all their sport in the park is but a shadow to that pleasure that I find in Plato. Alas ! good folk, they never felt what true pleasure meant.
Page 123 - Duchess, with all the household, gentlemen and gentlewomen, were hunting in the park. I found her in her chamber reading...
Page 124 - God made the world, or else I am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened, yea, presently, sometimes with pinches, nips, and bobs, and other ways, which I will not name for the honour I bear them, so without measure misordered, that I think myself in hell, till time come that I must go to Mr.
Page 123 - Her parents, the Duke and Duchess, with all the household, gentlemen and gentlewomen, were hunting in the park : I found her...
Page 267 - With unexpected legions bursts away, And sees defenceless realms receive his sway; Short sway! fair Austria spreads her mournful charms, The queen, the beauty, sets the world in arms...
Page 124 - and tell you a truth, which perchance you 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...
Page 130 - Good people, I am come hither to die, and by a law I am condemned to the same. The fact against the queen's highness was unlawful, and the consenting thereunto by me : but touching the procurement and desire thereof by me or on my behalf, I do wash my hands thereof in innocency before God, and the face of yon, good Christian people, this day: " and therewith she wrung her hands, wherein she had her book.
Page 102 - Lauzun marries, next Sunday, at the Louvre, with the king's permission, Mademoiselle — Mademoiselle de — Mademoiselle — guess the name ; he marries Mademoiselle — the great Mademoiselle — Mademoiselle, the daughter of the late Monsieur — Mademoiselle, granddaughter of Henry IV.
Page 123 - And one example, whether love or fear doth work more in a child for virtue and learning, I will gladly report; which may be heard with some pleasure and followed with more profit.