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Annual Register
edited by - 1779
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The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature, Volume 41

Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1776 - 526 pages
...equal perfe&ion the Greek, the Syriac, 9nd the Egyptian languages. She had drawn up for her own atfe an epitome of oriental hiftory, and familiarly compared...beauties of Homer and Plato under the tuition of the Tub litne Longinus. • This accompliflied woman gave her hand to Odenathas, tv-ho from a private flation...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 2

Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1783 - 524 pages
...underftanding was ftrengthened and adorned by ftudy. She was not ignorant of the Latin tongue, but pofiefied in equal perfection the Greek, the Syriac, and the...Plato under the tuition of the fublime Longinus. This accomplifhed woman gave her hand to hervalour. Odcnathus, who from a private ftation raifed himfelf...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 2

Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1787 - 502 pages
...underftanding was ftrengthened and adorned by ftudy. She was not ignorant >of the Latin tongue, but poflefled in equal perfection the Greek , the Syriac , and the...and Plato under the tuition of the fublime Longinus, her valour^" This accomplished woman gave her hand to Odenathus , who from a private ftation raifed...
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The Annual Register of World Events: A Review of the Year, Volume 19

Edmund Burke - History - 1788 - 638 pages
...attractive fweetnefs. Her voice was firong and harmonious. Her manly understanding was ftrtngthcned and adorned by ftudy. She was not ignorant of the...for her own ufe an epitome of oriental hiftory, and fa•niliarly compared the beauti* of Homer and Plato under the tuition of the fublime Ixjnginus. This...
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for ...

History - 1788 - 642 pages
...«nilcrltanding was ftrengthi-ned and adorned by lludy. She was not ignorant of the Latin tongue, but pollt-lled in equal perfection, the Greek the Syriac, and the...familiarly compared the beauties of Homer and Plato tinder the tuition of the fublime Longinus. This accomplished woman gave her hand to Odenathus, who...
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Palmyra: And Other Poems

Thomas Love Peacock - Puritans - 1806 - 168 pages
...understanding was strengthened and adorned by study. She was not ignorant of the Latin tongue, but possessed in equal perfection the Greek, the Syriac, and the Egyptian languages. She had drawn up for her own use an epitome of oriental history, and familiarly :compared the beauties of Homer and Plato, under...
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A New Universal Biography, Containing Interesting Accounts, Volume 2

John Platts - Biography - 1825 - 702 pages
...excellencies, " was strengthened and adorned by study. She was not ignorant of the Latin tongue, and possessed in equal perfection the Greek, the Syriac, and the Egyptian languages ; she had drawn up for her own use an epitome of oriental history, and familiarly compared the beauties of Homer and Plato under the...
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A New Universal Biography: Forming the first volume of series

John Platts - Biography - 1825 - 706 pages
...excellencies, " was strengthened and adorned by study. She was not ignorant of the Latin tongue, and possessed in equal perfection the Greek, the Syriac, and the Egyptian languages ; she had drawn up for her own use an epitome of oriental history, and familiarly compared the beauties of Homer and Plato under the...
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Sketches of the Lives of Distinguished Females: Written for Girls, with a ...

American Lady - Women - 1833 - 248 pages
...Syriac, anft the Egyptian languages. She had drawn up for her own use, an epitome of oriental history, and familiarly compared the beauties of Homer and Plato, under the tuition of the great Longinus.' Of her government, the same author remarks, — ' Instead of the little passions which...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1837 - 1304 pages
...understanding was strengthened and adorned by study. She was not ignorant of the Latin tongue, but possessed in equal perfection the Greek, the Syriac, and the Egyptian languages. She lunl drawn up for her own use an epitome of oriental history, and familiarly compared the beauties...
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