The daughter of a geniusGriffith and Farran, 1879 - 127 pages |
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... woman , had , unfortunately , contracted a rheumatic affection whilst attending on her young family through a fever ; but her active mind was ever seeking to benefit her children , and she endeavoured so thoroughly to impress on their ...
... woman , had , unfortunately , contracted a rheumatic affection whilst attending on her young family through a fever ; but her active mind was ever seeking to benefit her children , and she endeavoured so thoroughly to impress on their ...
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... woman's ' chief glory and her good . " " " True , mamma ; but Solomon tells us , a wise woman buildeth her house ; ' and he is far IO THE DAUGHTER OF A GENIUS .
... woman's ' chief glory and her good . " " " True , mamma ; but Solomon tells us , a wise woman buildeth her house ; ' and he is far IO THE DAUGHTER OF A GENIUS .
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Barbara Hofland. woman buildeth her house ; ' and he is far better authority . Milton was a divine poet , but a cross husband- ' A tyrant even to the wife he loved ; A traitor to the king his heart approved ! " " " Well , well , " said ...
Barbara Hofland. woman buildeth her house ; ' and he is far better authority . Milton was a divine poet , but a cross husband- ' A tyrant even to the wife he loved ; A traitor to the king his heart approved ! " " " Well , well , " said ...
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... woman enter a situ- ation so full of care and labour . The first business of Miss Henville , and the most painful , was to discharge the upper servants , as she in- tended to retain only the lower , for whom she meant to procure ...
... woman enter a situ- ation so full of care and labour . The first business of Miss Henville , and the most painful , was to discharge the upper servants , as she in- tended to retain only the lower , for whom she meant to procure ...
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... Woman of Genius like ice - drops on a burning - glass . She was , in fact , in a kind of indignant constraint , which compelled her every moment_to recall her sister's words to her mind , which were , " For your child's sake , endure a ...
... Woman of Genius like ice - drops on a burning - glass . She was , in fact , in a kind of indignant constraint , which compelled her every moment_to recall her sister's words to her mind , which were , " For your child's sake , endure a ...
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