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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... thou shalt not take from me." "But consider; thou canst have but one life. Wilt thou not take another in her stead?" "Her and no other will I have, for my honour is the greater when I take the young." "I know thy temper, hated both of ...
... thou shalt not take from me." "But consider; thou canst have but one life. Wilt thou not take another in her stead?" "Her and no other will I have, for my honour is the greater when I take the young." "I know thy temper, hated both of ...
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... thou delayest us'; and then again, 'A winged messenger of the dead looketh at me from under his dark eyebrows, and ... wilt. I could not find other wife fair and well born and true as thou. Never more shall I gather revellers in my ...
... thou delayest us'; and then again, 'A winged messenger of the dead looketh at me from under his dark eyebrows, and ... wilt. I could not find other wife fair and well born and true as thou. Never more shall I gather revellers in my ...
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... wilt thou do this? Dost thou not know this Diomed?" "I know naught of him, nor of his land." "Thou wilt not master him or his horses without blows." "Even so, yet I may not refuse the tasks that are set to me." "Thou art resolved then ...
... wilt thou do this? Dost thou not know this Diomed?" "I know naught of him, nor of his land." "Thou wilt not master him or his horses without blows." "Even so, yet I may not refuse the tasks that are set to me." "Thou art resolved then ...
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... thou? This is the food of wild beasts, not of horses." "Yet 'tis true. Thou wilt see their mangers foul with blood." "And the master of these steeds, whose son is he?" "He is son of Ares, lord of the land of Thrace." "Now this is a ...
... thou? This is the food of wild beasts, not of horses." "Yet 'tis true. Thou wilt see their mangers foul with blood." "And the master of these steeds, whose son is he?" "He is son of Ares, lord of the land of Thrace." "Now this is a ...
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... thee keep her, for which thing, haply, thou wilt one day thank me." To this the King answered: "I thought no slight when I hid this truth from thee. Only it would have been for me sorrow upon sorrow if thou hadst gone to the house of ...
... thee keep her, for which thing, haply, thou wilt one day thank me." To this the King answered: "I thought no slight when I hid this truth from thee. Only it would have been for me sorrow upon sorrow if thou hadst gone to the house of ...
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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