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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... sword and then go home to wait for his return; who leave the stockade unarmed and, under a fire of poisoned arrows, run to the springs for water for a thirsting garrison; who quietly stay at their posts and as quietly die without the ...
... sword and then go home to wait for his return; who leave the stockade unarmed and, under a fire of poisoned arrows, run to the springs for water for a thirsting garrison; who quietly stay at their posts and as quietly die without the ...
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... swords and came yet closer together. But Eteocles used a device which he had learnt in the land of Thessaly; for he drew his ... sword, and though he had scarce strength to smite, yet gave the King a mortal blow, so that the two lay dead ...
... swords and came yet closer together. But Eteocles used a device which he had learnt in the land of Thessaly; for he drew his ... sword, and though he had scarce strength to smite, yet gave the King a mortal blow, so that the two lay dead ...
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... And when the King saw him, he cried to him to come forth; but the Prince glared fiercely upon him and answered him not a word, but drew his two-edged sword. Then the King, thinking that his son was minded in his madness to 39.
... And when the King saw him, he cried to him to come forth; but the Prince glared fiercely upon him and answered him not a word, but drew his two-edged sword. Then the King, thinking that his son was minded in his madness to 39.
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... sword into his own heart, and 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 ...
... sword into his own heart, and 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 ...
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... sword shall see right soon whether anyone will dare to take this maiden from me." And now King Agamemnon came forth, saying that all things were ready for the marriage, and that they waited for the maiden. "Tell me," cried the Queen ...
... sword shall see right soon whether anyone will dare to take this maiden from me." And now King Agamemnon came forth, saying that all things were ready for the marriage, and that they waited for the maiden. "Tell me," cried the Queen ...
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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