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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... hands every day and think nothing about it; or, if they think of it at all, think of it, as Mr. Kipling would say, as part of the day's work. It is almost impossible to open a daily newspaper without coming upon some story of daring by ...
... hands every day and think nothing about it; or, if they think of it at all, think of it, as Mr. Kipling would say, as part of the day's work. It is almost impossible to open a daily newspaper without coming upon some story of daring by ...
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... hand. And when 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 ...
... hand. And when 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 ...
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... hand to each of them greeting him. There was not one of them so vile but she spake to him and was spoken to again. After this, when the hour was now come when she must die, she cried to her husband (for he held her in his arms, as if he ...
... hand to each of them greeting him. There was not one of them so vile but she spake to him and was spoken to again. After this, when the hour was now come when she must die, she cried to her husband (for he held her in his arms, as if he ...
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... hand upon the pole, who calleth me, saying, 'Hasten; thou delayest us'; and then again, 'A winged messenger of the dead looketh at me from under his dark eyebrows, and would lead me away. Dost thou not see him?'" Then, after this, she ...
... hand upon the pole, who calleth me, saying, 'Hasten; thou delayest us'; and then again, 'A winged messenger of the dead looketh at me from under his dark eyebrows, and would lead me away. Dost thou not see him?'" Then, after this, she ...
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... hands, he drank of red wine untempered with water. And when the food had warmed him, he crowned his head with myrtle ... hand to her, that was as a mother to all that dwell in this place." When the man had so spoken, Hercules came forth ...
... hands, he drank of red wine untempered with water. And when the food had warmed him, he crowned his head with myrtle ... hand to her, that was as a mother to all that dwell in this place." When the man had so spoken, Hercules came forth ...
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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