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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... death. But Apollo gained this grace for him of the Fates (who order of life and death for men), that he should live, if only he could find some one who should be willing to die in his stead. And he went to all his kinsmen and friends ...
... death. But Apollo gained this grace for him of the Fates (who order of life and death for men), that he should live, if only he could find some one who should be willing to die in his stead. And he went to all his kinsmen and friends ...
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... Death saw him, he said: "What doest thou here, Apollo? Is it not enough for thee to have kept Admetus from his doom? Dost thou keep watch and ward over this woman with thine arrows and thy bow?" "Fear not," the god made answer, "I have ...
... Death saw him, he said: "What doest thou here, Apollo? Is it not enough for thee to have kept Admetus from his doom? Dost thou keep watch and ward over this woman with thine arrows and thy bow?" "Fear not," the god made answer, "I have ...
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... -robed king, even Death. Me-thinks I shall find him nigh unto the tomb, drinking the blood of the sacrifices. There will I lie in wait for him, and run upon him, and throw my arms about him, nor shall anyone deliver him out of my 20.
... -robed king, even Death. Me-thinks I shall find him nigh unto the tomb, drinking the blood of the sacrifices. There will I lie in wait for him, and run upon him, and throw my arms about him, nor shall anyone deliver him out of my 20.
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... dead, and put her in thy hands." "I know thy good will, but what profiteth it? No man may bring back the dead." "Well, time will soften thy grief, which yet is new." "Yea, if by time thou meanest death." "But a new 22.
... dead, and put her in thy hands." "I know thy good will, but what profiteth it? No man may bring back the dead." "Well, time will soften thy grief, which yet is new." "Yea, if by time thou meanest death." "But a new 22.
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... death." "But a new wife will comfort thee." "Hold thy peace; such a thing cometh not into my thoughts." "What? wilt thou always keep this widowed state?" "Never shall woman more be wife of mine." "What will this profit her that is dead ...
... death." "But a new wife will comfort thee." "Hold thy peace; such a thing cometh not into my thoughts." "What? wilt thou always keep this widowed state?" "Never shall woman more be wife of mine." "What will this profit her that is dead ...
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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