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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... fell to Creon their uncle. For not only was he the next of kin to the dead, but also the people held him in great honour because his son Menoeceus had offered himself with a willing heart that he might deliver his city from captivity ...
... fell to Creon their uncle. For not only was he the next of kin to the dead, but also the people held him in great honour because his son Menoeceus had offered himself with a willing heart that he might deliver his city from captivity ...
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... fell in one day, each by the other's spear; and now we two only are left. And shall we not fall into a worse destruction than any, if we transgress these commands of the King? Think, too, that we are women and not men, and of necessity ...
... fell in one day, each by the other's spear; and now we two only are left. And shall we not fall into a worse destruction than any, if we transgress these commands of the King? Think, too, that we are women and not men, and of necessity ...
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... fell upon me. Wherefore I am here, not willingly, for no man loveth him that bringing evil tidings." Then said the chief of the old men: "Consider, O King, for haply this thing is from the gods." But the King cried: "Thinkest thou that ...
... fell upon me. Wherefore I am here, not willingly, for no man loveth him that bringing evil tidings." Then said the chief of the old men: "Consider, O King, for haply this thing is from the gods." But the King cried: "Thinkest thou that ...
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... fell in battle with this man thy brother also?" "Yes, truly, my brother he was." "And dost thou not dishonour him when thou honourest his enemy?" "The dead man would not say it, could he speak." "Shall then the wicked have like honour ...
... fell in battle with this man thy brother also?" "Yes, truly, my brother he was." "And dost thou not dishonour him when thou honourest his enemy?" "The dead man would not say it, could he speak." "Shall then the wicked have like honour ...
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... fell forward on the earth, still holding the dead maiden in his arms. And when they brought the tidings of these things to Queen Eurydice, the wife of King Creon and mother to the Prince, she could not endure the grief, being thus ...
... fell forward on the earth, still holding the dead maiden in his arms. And when they brought the tidings of these things to Queen Eurydice, the wife of King Creon and mother to the Prince, she could not endure the grief, being thus ...
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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