It was in the year 1492, which you know is only 370 years since, on the third of August, a little before sunrise, that Christopher Columbus, undertaking the boldest enterprise that human genius ever conceived, or human talent and fortitude ever accomplished, set sail from Spain, for the discovery of the Western World. His first voyages were short ones, but after several years, desiring to see and learn more of distant countries, and thinking there were still new ones to be discovered, he went into the service of the King of Portugal and made many voyages to the western coast of Africa, and to...
It was in the year 1492, which you know is only 370 years since, on the third of August, a little before sunrise, that Christopher Columbus, undertaki...
It may indeed be true that the happiness of women is generally to be found in the quiet of the domestic circle; but that all, without distinction, should be confined to it, and that whenever one of the sex departs from it. CONTENTS Lucretia and Margaret Davidson -- Mrs. Adams -- Mrs. Washington -- Madame de Stael -- Lady Hester Stanhope -- Hannah More -- Mrs. Barbauld -- Madame de Genlis -- Josephine -- Marie Antoinette -- Madame Roland -- Madame de Sevigne -- Mary, Queen of Scots -- Elizabeth, Queen of England -- Isabella of Spain -- Joan of Arc."
It may indeed be true that the happiness of women is generally to be found in the quiet of the domestic circle; but that all, without distinction, sho...
Lucretia and Margaret Davidson.--Mrs. Adams.--Mrs. Washington.--Madame de Stael.--Lady Hester Stanhope.--Hannah More.--Mrs. Barbauld.--Madame de Genlis.--Josephine.--Marie Antoinette.--Madame Roland.--Madame de Sevigne.--Mary, Queen of Scots.--Elizabeth, Queen of England.--Isabella of Spain.--Joan of Arc
Lucretia and Margaret Davidson.--Mrs. Adams.--Mrs. Washington.--Madame de Stael.--Lady Hester Stanhope.--Hannah More.--Mrs. Barbauld.--Madame de Genli...
