In her description of places our authoress is equally reticent, and yet with what consummate power she places them before our eyes!. From Wordnik.com. [Jane Austen: Her Homes and Her Friends] Reference
Born at Salem, Mass., was well-known as the authoress of. From Wordnik.com. [A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature] Reference
"At the house of the new lady-author -- I hate the word authoress -- Mademoiselle Cicogna!. From Wordnik.com. [The Parisians — Complete] Reference
The authoress was a large person with rich orange-coloured hair, powdered cheeks, and darkened eyelashes. From Wordnik.com. [The Great War As I Saw It] Reference
This was M.ss M. Betham-Edwards, who was already well known as the authoress of "A Winter with the Swallows," and whose travel. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
The authoress was the daughter of Lyman Beecher, who had seven sons and four daughters, each one of whom was either a preacher or reformer in some field. From Wordnik.com. [The Battle of Principles A Study of the Heroism and Eloquence of the Anti-Slavery Conflict] Reference
The authoress was a very able woman, who had travelled much and mixed in cultured society wherever she had been; her book was highly reviewed by various English Magazines. From Wordnik.com. [Is Ulster Right?] Reference
We were delighted when Maria Gertrude Kyle took a seat in our barouche on my mother's invitation, and she was well known as authoress and poetess, in our few Georgia papers. From Wordnik.com. [Country life in Georgia in the days of my youth,] Reference
A daughter of Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Miss Sarah Nicholas Randolph, is favorably known as the authoress of Home Reminiscences of Thomas Jefferson, and other works of merit. From Wordnik.com. [Virginia and Virginians] Reference
I agree with you that "authoress" and "Jewess" and their ilk are belittling. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
While forms such as "authoress" and "lawyeress" sound ridiculous -- I don't see why we should shun altogether nouns that indicate gender. From Wordnik.com. [Sense & Sensuality] Reference
Besides, like "authoress" and "Jewess" the word "hostess" both patronises and diminishes; they all imply something less than their male equivalents. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Westmoreland (and qu. the authoress in question?). From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 75, April 5, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.] Reference
These dreams were of fame, of fame as an authoress. From Wordnik.com. [Wired Love A Romance of Dots and Dashes] Reference
The present volume will only add to her reputation as an authoress. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
She was the mother of the authoress, Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer. From Wordnik.com. [As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century] Reference
MADAME ANITA GEORGE, the authoress of the very clever books entitled. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
Robert Evans, the father of the renowned authoress, was bailiff to Lord. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878] Reference
The authoress has not so many "flourish of trumpets" as some others, but her. From Wordnik.com. [Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886] Reference
William Radcliffe, the husband of the authoress of 'The Mysteries of Udolfo,' edited the. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
A naturalisation certificate has been granted to that clever English authoress, the Countess ARNIM. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 14, 1914] Reference
It is not to be supposed that this authoress is always so startling and original as in these passages. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847.] Reference
Patricia gasped, and in the moment's silence that fell she gave the promising authoress a little shake. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Pat at School] Reference
Author of "Under Two Queens," &c. "'Treasure Trove' is quite up to the usual high standard of the authoress.". From Wordnik.com. [The Girls of St. Olave's] Reference
The prominent authoress, Mrs. Elizabeth F. Ellet, was repeatedly our guest while we were living in F.ederick. From Wordnik.com. [As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century] Reference
There is an introduction to the book by Mr Arthur Symons, giving a few particulars of the life of the authoress. From Wordnik.com. [India and the Indians] Reference
The authoress is mother to the Honourable Mrs. Norton, who has lately distinguished herself in the literary world. From Wordnik.com. [Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 (of 3)] Reference
Edith Phelps found her tart jokes about the "canned-drama authoress" falling rather flat, so she dropped the matter. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding At College or The Missing Examination Papers] Reference
One can imagine the great excitement of the group who then clustered around the authoress and asked questions all at once. From Wordnik.com. [Ten American Girls From History] Reference
Next to him sat a female, -- authoress, I think, of two somewhat feeble novels, and much pleasanter to look at than her books. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866] Reference
We have tried Geibel, and the songs of Heine, and know the difficulties; we heartily congratulate our authoress on her success. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
If it be read as extensively as it deserves to be, by our young people, the authoress, I am sure, will be abundantly encouraged. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of the Humber or the History of the Late Mr. John Ellerthorpe] Reference
And the authoress gives sufficient details on the experiment to make us regard it as genuine, until we have proof to the contrary. From Wordnik.com. [Lola or, The Thought and Speech of Animals] Reference
The authoress is well-known to the public by her many charming works of fiction, and her life has been passed at the North of South. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
The Edinburgh Review, in a high-wrought eulogy on an American authoress, says that she assails slavery with arrows "poisoned by truth.". From Wordnik.com. [Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject] Reference
Yet this authoress is obliged to assume a tone of habitual antagonism towards men, from which the advocates of mere equality are excused. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864] Reference
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