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" As her learning and abilities raised her above her own sex, so they left her no room to envy any, on the contrary, her delight was to see others excel. She was always ready to direct and advise those who applied to her, and was herself willing to be advised. "
The Lady's Miscellany, Or, Weekly Visitor, for the Use and Amusement of Both ... - Page 75
1811
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The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland, to the Time ..., Volume 5

Robert Shiells - 1753 - 366 pages
...are recorded to • have done. • As her learning and abilities raifed her above • her own fex, fo they left her no room to envy • any ; on the contrary, her delight was to fee d• thers excel. She was always ready to advife and • direct thofe who applied to her, and was...
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Biographia Hibernica: A Biographical Dictionary of the Worthies of ..., Volume 2

Ireland - 1821 - 670 pages
...vain, too wise to be conceited, and too clearsighted to be irreligious. As her learning and abilities raised her above her own sex, so they left her no...delight was to see others excel. She was always ready to direct and advise those who applied to her, and was herself willing to be advised. • The following...
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Biographia Hibernica: A Biographical Dictionary of the Worthies of ..., Volume 2

Ireland - 1821 - 754 pages
...vain, too wise to be conceited, and too clearsighted to be irreligious. As her learning and abilities raised her above her own sex, so they left her no...delight was to see others excel. She was always ready to direct and advise those who applied to her, and was herself willing to be advised. • The following...
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 3

1824 - 452 pages
...vain, too wise to be conceited, and too clear-sighted to be irreligious. As her learning and abilities raised her above her own sex, so they left her no...delight was to see others excel. She was always ready to direct and advise those who applied to her, and was herself willing to be advised. So little did she...
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The Ladies' pocket magazine

1829 - 600 pages
...vain, too wise to be conceited, and too clear sighted to be irreligious. As her learning and abilities raised her above her own sex, so they left her no room to envy ; and on the contrary, her delight was to see others excel. She was always ready to direct and advise...
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The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select [by] Sholto and Reuben ..., Volume 20

Anecdotes - 1826 - 418 pages
...vain, too wise to be conceited, and too clear-sighted to be irreligious. Asher learning and abilities raised her above her own sex, so they left her no...delight was to see others excel. She was always ready to direct and advise those who applied to her, and was herself willing to be advised. So little did she...
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The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 32

American literature - 1854 - 604 pages
...vain, too wise to be conceited, and too clear-sighted to be irreligious. As her learning and abilities raised her above her own sex, so they left her no...delight was to see others excel. She was always ready to direct and advise those who applied to her, and .was herself willing to be advised. So little did she...
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A History of the City of Dublin, Volume 2

Sir John Thomas Gilbert - Dublin (Ireland) - 1859 - 392 pages
...figure in the learned world as any of her sex are recorded to have done. As her learning and abilities raised her above her own sex, so they left her no...applied to her ; and was herself willing to be advised. So little did she valuo herself upon her uncommon excellence, that it," adds Mrs. Barber, " has often...
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The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs ..., Volume 1

Mrs. Delany (Mary) - 1861 - 658 pages
...to be conceited, too knowing and too clear-sighted to be irreligious. As her learning and abilities raised her above her own sex, so they left her no...applied to her, and was herself willing to be advised. Lord Carteret, when he was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, obtained a patent for Mr. Grierson, her husband,...
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The autobiography and correspondence of Mary Granville, mrs ..., Volume 1

Mary Delany - 1861 - 682 pages
...to be conceited, too knowing and too clear-sighted to be irreligious. As her learning and abilities raised her above her own sex, so they left her no...applied to her, and was herself willing to be advised. Lord Carteret, when he was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, obtained a patent for Mr. Grierson, her husband,...
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