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" Most of them are the product of the leisure hours of a young gentlewoman lately dead, who, in a remote country retirement, without any assistance but that of a good library, and without omitting the daily care due to a large family, not only perfectly... "
The Female Worthies: Or, Memoirs of the Most Illustrious Ladies of All Ages ... - Page 110
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A New and General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an ..., Volume 8

Biography - 1762 - 668 pages
...of a young gentle" woman lately dead, who in a remote country retirement, ** without any afliftance but that of a good library, and *' without omitting...perfectly acquired the feveral languages here " made tife of, but the good morals and principles contained " in thofe books, fo as to put them in practice,...
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The European Magazine, and London Review, Volume 38

English literature - 1800 - 532 pages
...Gentlewoman lately dccfifed, who in a remote country retirement, without emitting the daily care of a large family, not only perfectly acquired the feveral languages here made ufo of, but the good morals and principles conf.tined in thofe books, fo as to put them in praftice,...
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Female Biography: Or, Memoirs of Illustrious and Celebrated Women ..., Volume 3

Mary Hays - Women - 1803 - 546 pages
...leisure hours of a young woman, who, in a remote country retirement, without other assistance than that of a good library, and without omitting the daily care due to a large family, not only acquired the several languages here made use of, but the good morals and principles contained in those...
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Female Biography; Or Memoirs of Illustrious and Celebrated Women ..., Volume 5

Mary Hays - Women - 1803 - 542 pages
...leisure hours of a young woman, who, in a remote country retirement, without other assistance than that of a good library, and without omitting the daily care due to a large family, Jiot only acquired the several languages here made use of, but the good morals and principles contained...
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Female Biography: Or, Memoirs of Illustrious and Celebrated Women ..., Volume 2

Mary Hays - Women - 1807 - 528 pages
...leisure hours of a young woman, who, in a remote country retirement, without other assistance than that of a good library, and without omitting the daily care due to a large family, not only acquired the several languages here made use of, but the good morals and principles contained in those...
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The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and ..., Volume 22

Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1815 - 570 pages
...leisure hours of a young woman, who, in a remote country retirement, without other assistance than that of a good library, and without omitting the daily care due to a large family, not only acquired the several languages here made use of, but the good morals and principles contained in those...
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The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical ...

Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1815 - 564 pages
...leisure hours of a young woman, who, in a remote country retirement, without other assistance than that of a good library, and without omitting the daily care due to a large family, not only acquired the several languages here made use of, but the good morals and principles contained in those...
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The General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 22

Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1815 - 572 pages
...leisure hours of a young woman, who, in a remote country retirement; without other assistance than that of a good library, and without omitting the daily care due to a large family, not only acquired the several languages here made use of, but the good morals and principles containud in those...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 41

England - 1837 - 886 pages
...of the leisure hours of a young gentlewoman lately deceased ; who, in a remote country retirement, without omitting the daily care due to a large family, not only perfectly acquired the several languages here made use of (Latin, Italian, Spanish, and French), but the good morals and principles...
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Biographia Hibernica: A Biographical Dictionary of the Worthies of ..., Volume 2

Ireland - 1821 - 670 pages
...leisure hours of a young woman, who, in a remote country retirement, without other assistance than that of a good library, and without omitting the daily care due to a large family, not only acquired the several languages here made use of, but the good' morals and principles contained in those...
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