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" ... over her. In her family, in her court, in her kingdom, she remained equally mistress : The force of the tender passions was great over her, but the force of her mind was still superior ; and the combat which her victory visibly cost her, serves only... "
Female Biography: Or, Memoirs of Illustrious and Celebrated Women of All ... - Page 347
by Mary Hays - 1807 - 512 pages
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Female Biography: Or, Memoirs of Illustrious and Celebrated Women ..., Volume 1

Mary Hays - Women - 1803 - 520 pages
...struggles.oivhich her victories cost her, served but s.to display the firmness of her resolution, and die .loftiness of her mind. As a monarch, even .the enemies...prejudices, founded on, the consideration of her sex, s cannot, even by her friends, be disallowed. The .force of her mind was jnrobably never exerted to...
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The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the ..., Volume 5

David Hume - Great Britain - 1807 - 552 pages
...force1 of her mind was still superior ( and the combat which her victory visibly cost her, serves only to display the firmness of her resolution, and the loftiness of her ambitious sentiments. THE fame of this princess, though it has surmounted the prejudices both of faction...
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The Arts and Sciences Abridged: With a Selection of Pieces, from Celebrated ...

Charles Peirce - Textbooks - 1811 - 266 pages
...of her mind •was still superior : and the combat which her victory visibly cost her, serves onjy to display the firmness of her resolution, and the loftiness of her ambitio«s sentiments. The fame of this princess, though it has surmounted the prejudices both of faciion...
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The Spanish language, la gramática inglesa, and the English reader

Nicolas Gouin Dufief - Commercial correspondence, Spanish - 1811 - 606 pages
...force of her mind was still superior ; imd the combat which her victory \-isibly cost her serves only to display the firmness of her resolution, and the loftiness of her ambitious sentiments. The íame of this princess, though VOL. i. < it has surmounted the prejudices...
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The history of England, from the invasion of Julius Cæsar to the revolution ...

David Hume - Great Britain - 1812 - 550 pages
...force of her mind was still superior ; and the combat which her victory visibly cost her, serves only to display the firmness of her resolution, and the loftiness of her ambitious sentiments. THE fame of this Princess, though it has surmounted the prejudices both of faction...
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Elegant extracts: a copious selection of passages from the most ..., Volume 4

Elegant extracts - 1812 - 316 pages
...force of her mind was still superior: and the comhat which her victory visibly cost her, serves only to display the firmness of her resolution, and the loftiness of her amhitious sentiments. The fame of this priucess, though it has surmounted the prejudices both of faction...
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The Flowers of Modern History: Comprehending on a New Plan, the Most ...

John Adams - Great Britain - 1813 - 324 pages
...force of her mind was still superior ; and the combat, which her victory visibly cost her, serves only to display the firmness of her resolution, and the loftiness of her ambitious sentiments. The fame of this princess, though it has surmounted the prejudices both of faction...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - English language - 1816 - 328 pages
...force of her mind was still Superior: and the combat which her victory visibly cost her serves only to display the firmness of her resolution, and the loftiness of her ambitious sentiments. The fame of this princess, though it has surmounted the prejudices both of faction...
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Dufief's Nature Displayed in Her Mode of Teaching Language to Man; Or, A New ...

Nicolas Gouin Dufief - English language - 1817 - 594 pages
...force of her mind was still superior ; and the combat which her victory visibly cost her serves only to display the firmness of her resolution, and the loftiness of her ambitious sentiments. The lame of this princess> though it has surmounted the prejudic.es both of faction...
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces, in Prose and Verse, for the ...

William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...force of her mind was still superior ; and the combat which her victory visibly cost her, serves only to display the firmness of her resolution, and the loftiness of her ambitious sentiments. The fame of this princessj'*k»»)gh it has surmounted the prejudices both of...
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