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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... prayed, saying: "O Queen Heré, behold! I depart this day. Do thou therefore keep my children, giving to this one a ... praying at them. Nor did she weep at all, or groan, or grow pale. But at the last, when she came to her chamber, she ...
... prayed, saying: "O Queen Heré, behold! I depart this day. Do thou therefore keep my children, giving to this one a ... praying at them. Nor did she weep at all, or groan, or grow pale. But at the last, when she came to her chamber, she ...
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... pray thee, bringeth thee to this land?" "I am bound on an errand for King Eurystheus; even to bring back to him horses of King Diomed." "How wilt thou do this? Dost thou not know this Diomed?" "I know naught of him, nor of his land ...
... pray thee, bringeth thee to this land?" "I am bound on an errand for King Eurystheus; even to bring back to him horses of King Diomed." "How wilt thou do this? Dost thou not know this Diomed?" "I know naught of him, nor of his land ...
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... to be counted thy friend, yet thou saidst not that thy wife lay dead in thy house, but suffered me to feast and make merry. For this, therefore, I blame thee. And now I will tell thee why I am returned. I pray thee, keep this 21.
... to be counted thy friend, yet thou saidst not that thy wife lay dead in thy house, but suffered me to feast and make merry. For this, therefore, I blame thee. And now I will tell thee why I am returned. I pray thee, keep this 21.
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... pray thee, keep this woman against the day when I shall come back from the land of Thrace, bringing the horses of King Diomed. And if it should fare ill with me, let her abide here and serve thee. Not without toil came she into my hands ...
... pray thee, keep this woman against the day when I shall come back from the land of Thrace, bringing the horses of King Diomed. And if it should fare ill with me, let her abide here and serve thee. Not without toil came she into my hands ...
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... prayed to Heré, for she was the goddess of the great city of Argos, which had helped him in this enterprise, and Eteocles prayed to Pallas of the Golden Shield, whose temple stood hard by. Then they crouched, each covered with his ...
... prayed to Heré, for she was the goddess of the great city of Argos, which had helped him in this enterprise, and Eteocles prayed to Pallas of the Golden Shield, whose temple stood hard by. Then they crouched, each covered with his ...
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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