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" Dismissing with her women the habit of her sex, she assumed that of the other. ' I would become a man] said she; ' but it is not that I love men because they are men, but merely that they are not women. "
Female Biography: Or, Memoirs of Illustrious and Celebrated Women, of All ... - Page 300
by Mary Hays - 1803
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Universal History, Ancient and Modern: From the Earliest Records of Time, to ...

William Fordyce Mavor - World history - 1803 - 494 pages
...Sweden from Denmark, she alighted from her carriage, and leaped over the stream : " At length," said she, " I am free, " and out of Sweden, whither I hope never to " return." She repaired to Rome, where she became a catholic ; on account of which change her character has been...
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Female Biography; Or Memoirs of Illustrious and Celebrated Women ..., Volume 3

Mary Hays - Women - 1803 - 456 pages
...and which so many make, though with little prospect of its attainment, the pursuit of their lires !' The abdication of Christina gave to Europe a new subject...because they are men, but merely that they are not women.' Masculine in her habits no less than in her endowments, she affected on all occasions a contempt...
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Female Biography: Or, Memoirs of Illustrious and Celebrated Women ..., Volume 2

Mary Hays - Women - 1807 - 528 pages
...must be left to casuists to determine. The voluntary abdication of power affords a phenomenon in the history of sovereigns that has rarely been exhibited....because they are men, but merely that they are not women.' Masculine in her habits, no less than in her endowments, she affected on all occasions a contempt...
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The Portfolio of Entertaining & Instructive Varieties in History ..., Volume 3

1824 - 394 pages
...her carriage, and leaping over the stream, exclaimed, " At length I am free, and out of Sweden, where I hope never to return." Dismissing with her women...it is not that I love men because they are men, but because they are not women." The temper of Christina appears to have been vindictive; accustomed to...
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The World Displayed, in Its History and Geography: Embracing a History of ...

Royal Robbins - 1831 - 750 pages
...country from Denmark, she alighted from her carriage, and leaped over the stream : " At length," said she, " I am free, and out of Sweden, whither I hope never to return." She visited Paris, where unbounded homage was paid to her genius, but where her manners gave offence...
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The World Displayed, in Its History and Geography;: Embracing a History of ...

Royal Robbins - World geography - 1833 - 676 pages
...country from Denmark, she alighted from her carriage, and leaped over the stream : " At length," said she, " I am free, and out of Sweden, whither I hope never to return." She visited Paris, where unbounded homage was paid to her genius, but where her manners gave offence...
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Outlines of Ancient and Modern History on a New Plan: Embracing ..., Volume 1

Royal Robbins - History - 1837 - 732 pages
...country from Denmark, she alighted from her carriage, and leaped over the stream : " At length," said she, " I am free, and out of Sweden, whither I hope never to return." She visited Paris, where unbounded homage was paid to her genius, but where her manners gave offence...
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Outlines of Ancient and Modern History

Royal Robbins - History - 1839 - 754 pages
...country from Denmark, she alighted from her carriage, and leaped over the stream: " At length," said she, " I am free, and out of Sweden, whither I hope never to return." She visited Paris, where unbounded homage was paid to her genius, but where her manners gave offence...
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History of the Swedes. Translated, with introduction and notes, by J. H. Turner

Erik Gustaf Geijer - 1845 - 378 pages
...between Sweden and Denmark, she dismounted from her carriage, and leaping across it cried, " At length I am free and out of Sweden, whither I hope never to return*." Thus sank Christina, like a meteor, below the horizon of Sweden. Soon after Axel Oxenstierna descended...
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The History of the Swedes

Erik Gustaf Geijer - Sweden - 1845 - 378 pages
...between Sweden and Denmark, she dismounted from her carriage, and leaping across it cried, " At length I am free and out of Sweden, whither I hope never to return«." Thus sank Christina, like a meteor, below the horizon of Sweden. Soon after Axel Oxenstierna descended...
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