World-noted Women; Or, Types of Womanly Attributes of All Lands and AgesAppleton and Comp., 1858 - 407 pages |
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... death was a natural one , and a monument was erected to her memory in the place of her birth , where she was buried . The poet Menander positively asserts that Sappho was the first who took the Leucadian leap ; but Menander lived at the ...
... death was a natural one , and a monument was erected to her memory in the place of her birth , where she was buried . The poet Menander positively asserts that Sappho was the first who took the Leucadian leap ; but Menander lived at the ...
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... death , divine honours were paid her ; altars and temples were raised to her memory , and her fame spread far and wide . Sicily erected a statue to her ; and the inhabitants of her native Mitylene stamped Sappho's image on their coin ...
... death , divine honours were paid her ; altars and temples were raised to her memory , and her fame spread far and wide . Sicily erected a statue to her ; and the inhabitants of her native Mitylene stamped Sappho's image on their coin ...
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... death the principal men in Gabii ; and the city , deprived of its chiefs , opened its gates to the Ro- mans . King Tarquin proceeded with his extravagant outlay in Rome . But in the midst of these costly works , an 24 LUCRETIA .
... death the principal men in Gabii ; and the city , deprived of its chiefs , opened its gates to the Ro- mans . King Tarquin proceeded with his extravagant outlay in Rome . But in the midst of these costly works , an 24 LUCRETIA .
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... death impending over her , and hears Tarquin pouring forth his insults . of passionate declaration ; pressing , beseeching , threatening , by turns , and conjuring her by all he deems most capable of moving a woman's heart . But finding ...
... death impending over her , and hears Tarquin pouring forth his insults . of passionate declaration ; pressing , beseeching , threatening , by turns , and conjuring her by all he deems most capable of moving a woman's heart . But finding ...
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... that she sacrificed honor for the sake of keeping reputation , and that good name was dearer to her than chastity itself . Her self - inflicted death , too , has been treated as a crime , -- judging it by quite 38 LUCRETIA .
... that she sacrificed honor for the sake of keeping reputation , and that good name was dearer to her than chastity itself . Her self - inflicted death , too , has been treated as a crime , -- judging it by quite 38 LUCRETIA .
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