Heroines That Every Child Should Know: Tales for Young People of the World's Heroines of All AgesHamilton Wright Mabie, Kate Stephens The Floating Press, 2016 M10 1 - 285 pages From the stirring self-sacrifice of ancient Greek princess Alcestis to the battlefield heroics and later professional achievements of British nurse Florence Nightingale, this volume of biographical sketches geared toward younger readers showcases the accomplishments, virtues, and courageous feats of women throughout history. |
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... lord of the land of Thrace." "Now this is a strange fate and a hard that maketh me fight ever with the sons of Ares, with Lycaon first, and with Cycnus next, and now with this King Diomed. But none shall ever see the son of Alcmena ...
... lord of the land of Thrace." "Now this is a strange fate and a hard that maketh me fight ever with the sons of Ares, with Lycaon first, and with Cycnus next, and now with this King Diomed. But none shall ever see the son of Alcmena ...
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... lord and the lamentation wherewith we servants lamented our mistress. But we suffered not this stranger to see our tears, for so my lord had commanded. Surely this is a grievous thing that I must entertain this stranger, who surely is ...
... lord and the lamentation wherewith we servants lamented our mistress. But we suffered not this stranger to see our tears, for so my lord had commanded. Surely this is a grievous thing that I must entertain this stranger, who surely is ...
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... lord strangely deceived me." "My lord is given to hospitality." "And should it hinder him that there is some stranger dead in the house?" "A stranger, sayest thou? 'Tis passing strange to call her thus." "Hath thy lord then suffered ...
... lord strangely deceived me." "My lord is given to hospitality." "And should it hinder him that there is some stranger dead in the house?" "A stranger, sayest thou? 'Tis passing strange to call her thus." "Hath thy lord then suffered ...
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... lord's children, or the old man, his father?" "Stranger, 'tis the wife of Admetus that is dead." "What sayest thou? And yet he gave me entertainment?" "Yea, for he would not, for shame, turn thee from his house." "O miserable man, what ...
... lord's children, or the old man, his father?" "Stranger, 'tis the wife of Admetus that is dead." "What sayest thou? And yet he gave me entertainment?" "Yea, for he would not, for shame, turn thee from his house." "O miserable man, what ...
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... into trouble for such a cause." "Thou makest a long preface, excusing thyself, but yet hast, as I judge, something to tell." "Fear, my lord, ever causeth delay." "Wilt thou not speak out thy news and then begone?" 30.
... into trouble for such a cause." "Thou makest a long preface, excusing thyself, but yet hast, as I judge, something to tell." "Fear, my lord, ever causeth delay." "Wilt thou not speak out thy news and then begone?" 30.
Contents
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V Joan of Arc | 66 |
VI Catherine Douglas | 110 |
VII Lady Jane Grey | 141 |
VIII Pocahontas | 155 |
IX Flora Macdonald | 183 |
X Madame Roland | 197 |
XI Grace Darling | 234 |
XII Sister Dora | 245 |
XIII Florence Nightingale | 268 |
Endnotes | 284 |
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