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... beautiful , virtuous , and learned Polla Argentaria , wife of Lucan , one of the most gifted and unfor- tunate of Latin poets . During his lifetime . she corrected several books of his immortal work , the Pharsalia , and after his death ...
... beautiful , virtuous , and learned Polla Argentaria , wife of Lucan , one of the most gifted and unfor- tunate of Latin poets . During his lifetime . she corrected several books of his immortal work , the Pharsalia , and after his death ...
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... beautiful English style ; in fact , there is little doubt that she was a remarkable woman . We do not learn what became of her . Most likely she was obliged to leave her novel- writing and Greek translations in order to make shirts ...
... beautiful English style ; in fact , there is little doubt that she was a remarkable woman . We do not learn what became of her . Most likely she was obliged to leave her novel- writing and Greek translations in order to make shirts ...
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... beautiful things are Spanish that she loves them . It is because they are Spanish that she finds them good and beautiful . This feeling - which nevertheless does not blind her to the faults of her country - people - be- trays itself in ...
... beautiful things are Spanish that she loves them . It is because they are Spanish that she finds them good and beautiful . This feeling - which nevertheless does not blind her to the faults of her country - people - be- trays itself in ...
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... beautiful , masterful Torero , is a bold and original figure . The story is at best a painful one , but full of colour , life , and reality . Having said thus much for the wide range of this author's powers , and her extensive knowledge ...
... beautiful , masterful Torero , is a bold and original figure . The story is at best a painful one , but full of colour , life , and reality . Having said thus much for the wide range of this author's powers , and her extensive knowledge ...
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... beautiful quality still called forth by helplessness and misfortune . She shields a nameless little orphan , and rears him as her own . She gives bread and shelter to an old man past working , because there is none other to do it in her ...
... beautiful quality still called forth by helplessness and misfortune . She shields a nameless little orphan , and rears him as her own . She gives bread and shelter to an old man past working , because there is none other to do it in her ...
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