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" I will do what you ask willingly, and shortly, although I might refer you to George Hermann, who knows her well. Her father was Fulvio Morata, a native of Mantua, a man famous for learning and probity, with whom I was very intimate. I have heard her at... "
Olympia Morata: Her Life and Times - Page 53
by Robert Turnbull - 1846 - 234 pages
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The Eclectic Review, Volume 11; Volume 59

Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1834 - 636 pages
...because many deem the name and character fictitious. I will do what you ask willingly, and shortly, although I might refer you to George Hermann, who...questions, as well as any of the females among the ancients would have done. Do not feel a doubt respecting the Sapphic ode, written in Greek, in which she celebrates...
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The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th]

1834 - 550 pages
...because many deem the name and character fictitious. I will do what you ask willingly, and shortly, although I might refer you to George Hermann, who...questions, as well as any of the females among the ancients would have done. Do not feel a doubt respecting the Sapphic ode, written in Greek, in which she celebrates...
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Olympia Morata: Her Times, Life and Writings, Arranged from Contemporary and ...

Caroline Bowles Southey - 1836 - 344 pages
...because many deem the name and character fictitious. I will do what you ask willingly, and shortly, although I might refer you to George Hermann, who...High. It is indeed the work of a real Olympia, whom we hare known from her infancy, and whose other productions we possess. Nor does it at all astonish us....
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The Early Choice; a Book for Daughters

William King Tweedie - 1855 - 332 pages
...mentioned. " I have heard her," one has said, who knew her THE SECRET OP SUCCESS. 195 familiarly, " I have heard her at Court declaiming in Latin, speaking...of the females among the ancients could have done." The same authority adds — " She is skilled in Greek and Roman literature beyond what any one can...
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The Early Choice; a Book for Daughters

William King Tweedie - 1855 - 334 pages
...and was, all that we have mentioned. " I have heard her," one has said, who knew her familiarly, " I have heard her at Court declaiming in Latin, speaking...of the females among the ancients could have done." The same authority adds — " She is skilled in Greek and Roman literature beyond what any one can...
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Our Monthly, Volume 2

1870 - 466 pages
...because many deem the name and character fictitious. I will do what you ask willingly and shortly, although I might refer you to George Hermann, who...answering questions as well as any of the females amoug the ancients could have done. Do not feel a doubt respecting the Sapphic ode written in Greek,...
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Addresses and Speeches on Various Occasions: 1869-1879 [i.e. 1878

Robert Charles Winthrop - 1878 - 606 pages
...Greek and in Latin, in imitation of Plato and Cicero. " I have heard her at court," writes Curio, " declaiming in Latin, speaking Greek, and answering...done. Do not feel a doubt respecting the Sapphic Ode, in which she celebrates the praises of the Most High." This ode or hymn was even compared with those...
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A Catalogue of a Portion of the Library of Charles Isaac Elton and Mary ...

Charles Isaac Elton, Mary Augusta Elton - 1891 - 298 pages
...arranged from contemporary and other authorities. London, 1834. 8vo. Her tutor Curio wrote of her : " I have heard her at Court declaiming in Latin, speaking...doubt respecting the Sapphic Ode, written in Greek. It is indeed the work of a real Olympia^ whom we have known from her infancy." MORE, HENRY. A modest...
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A Catalogue of a Portion of the Library of Charles Isaac Elton and Mary ...

Charles Isaac Elton, Mary Augusta Elton - 1891 - 296 pages
...London, 1834. 8vo. Her tutor Curio wrote of her : " I have heard her at Court declaiming in Lntin, speaking Greek, and answering questions, as well as...doubt respecting the Sapphic Ode, written in Greek. It is indeed the work of a real Olympia, whom we have known from her infancy." MORE, HENRY. A modest...
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