[permalink] [id link]
To her stepdaughter, Mary, now Duchess of Burgundy, she gave immeasurable guidance and help: using her own experiences in the court of Edward IV, where she had largely avoided being used as a pawn and contributed to the arrangement of her own marriage, she wisely guided the Duchess in deciding her marriage ; against the wave of marriage offers that flooded to the two Duchesses in Ghent ( from the recently widowed Duke of Clarence, from the 7-year old Dauphin of France, Charles, from a brother of Edward IV's wife, Elizabeth Woodville ), she stood firm, and advised Mary to marry Maximilian of Habsburg, the 18-year old son of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III, to whom Charles the Bold had betrothed Mary, and who was ambitious and active enough, in Margaret's opinion, to defend Mary's legacy.
from
Wikipedia
Some Related Sentences
her and stepdaughter
His third wife was the Greek Ptolemaic Princess Theoxena, who was the second daughter of Berenice I from her first husband Philip and was a stepdaughter of Ptolemy I Soter.
Felicia Farr had another daughter from a previous relationship ( her marriage to Lee Farr ) called Denise, who would become Lemmon's stepdaughter.
Later Herodias's daughter Salome ( who was both Herod's grand-niece and stepdaughter ) dances before Herod, who offers her a favour in return.
Nancy was thought to be closest to her stepdaughter Maureen during the White House years, but each of the Reagan children experienced periods of estrangement from their parents.
It portrays the rescue of Margaret Helm, the stepdaughter of Chicago resident John Kinzie and wife of Lt. Linai Thomas Helm, by Potawatomi chief Black Partridge, who led her and some others to Lake Michigan and helped her escape by boat.
Nonetheless, Maria Ludovika Beatrix took on a maternal role towards her stepdaughter.
A minor rivalry began to develop between Marie Louise and the Empress of Austria, who was jealous at being upstaged in appearance by her stepdaughter.
Despite having married Octavia, Octavian's sister, in 40 BC ( Octavian had married Antony's stepdaughter Clodia Pulchra three years earlier ), Antony openly lived in Alexandria with Cleopatra VII of Egypt, even siring children with her.
His stepdaughter, Rebecca Lenkiewicz, is an accomplished playwright who has had her work performed at the Royal National Theatre.
Immediately after her wedding, she journeyed with her stepdaughter Mary through Flanders, Brabant and Hainaut, visiting the great towns: Ursel, Ghent, Dendermonde, Asse, Brussels, Oudenaarde and Kortrijk were all impressed by her intelligence and capability.
Margaret was however dealt a devastating blow in 1482: her much loved stepdaughter, Mary, fell from her horse whilst hunting, and broke her back.
With her husband's family, she got on excellently: she became a mother-figure to her stepdaughter, Mary, who shared Margaret's interests in reading, riding, hunting, and falconry ; her mother-in-law, Isabella of Portugal, said of Margaret that she was " well pleased with the sight of this lovely lady, and pleased with her manners and virtues ".
When Aschenputtel was able to accomplished it in a greater speed, not wanting to spoil her daughters ' chances, the stepmother hasted away with them to the ball and left the crying stepdaughter behind.
her and Mary
'' For the last half hour Mary Jane had criss-crossed half the length of the Gardens and, at last, come upon her knight.
His presence there, asleep in the grass, confirmed all that Mary Jane believed it was in his power to teach her: freedom from the tedium of needs such as hotels, the meaning of nature, how to live, simply, with the angels.
The husband points the steps out with his flashlight: `` Its white stare filling her pale eyes To the blind brim with appetite, Bleaching her hands that grazed my thighs And sent us from the table in surprise To let the dishes soak all night, '' ( Mary Jane asked herself if Meredith was blushing at this line, or was it the fire??
Mary Jane took the page from him and began reading it, moving her lips with the words.
At her door, two or three hours later, Mary Jane whispered, `` Everyone is asleep ''.
Her parents, pious Roman Catholics, christened her Mary Anne Elizabeth Magdalene Steichen.
When might Mary have had that moment to hold her child on her lap??
He felt close to Mary, having spent so long concentrating on the beginning of her journey.
only what Mary felt for her son.
Since his Christ was to be life size, how was Mary to hold him on her lap without the relationship seeming ungainly??
He spent concentrated weeks putting his two figures together: a Mary who would be young and sensitive, yet strong enough to hold her son on her lap ; ;
`` Fanny and Mrs. Godwin will probably be glad to hear that Mary has safely recovered from a very favorable confinement, and that her child is well ''.
Thus in Mary wrote an account of the trip first strong stress on Mary marks Mary as the first in a series of people who wrote accounts of the trip, strong stress on wrote marks the writing as the first of a series of actions of Mary's concerned with an account of her trip ( about which she may later have made speeches, for example ), and strong stress on trip makes the trip the first of a series of subjects about which Mary wrote accounts.
Before coming on a visit to Spelman in 1885, Miss Mary had been a successful teacher in Worcester, and her position there was held open for her for a considerable period.
Mary J. Packard, states a Messenger editorial, was `` efficient, pains-taking, self-effacing, loving, radiating the spirit of her Master.
I suddenly thought of Mary Jane Brennan, the way her pretty eyes could flash with anger, her quiet competence, the gentleness and sweetness that lay just beneath the surface of her defenses.
her and now
His plans and dreams had revolved around her so much and for so long that now he felt as if he had nothing.
So simple, in fact, that it might even work -- although Pamela, now, in her new frame of mind, was careful not to pretend too much assurance.
On her bureau lay a small, brass ornament of simple design and faded engraving -- an object which, Pamela believed now, had been the property of her great-grandfather, Major Hiram Munroe Culver.
The slight flutter that had disturbed the motion of her heart when she entered the forest was gone now, and even the dim groves of trees through which she occasionally passed did not reawaken her fear.
Having persisted too long in deliberate ignorance and denial of the forces that threatened her, Pamela was relieved now to admit their potency and to be taking definite steps toward grappling with them.
And now she could see him, looking uncommon handsome, standing there beside Sally Jackson and her folks in front of their trail-worn wagon.
And she was deeply thankful that she could see her now, out there in the midst of a gay, youthful circle, skipping and singing, `` Farmer in the dell, Farmer in the dell, Heigh-ho the dairy-oh, the farmer in the dell ''.
And she really tried to go a step further and say she hoped they'd be just as right as they now were for her and for Rod.
`` From now on, Sally and me and her folks aim to give you our turn when it comes up and fall in behind you and Rod's outfit ''.
There had been a good second or two during which my muffler had been blowing out, and now I was certain I'd seen her somewhere before.
He had never seen her before, but now he thought of the manner in which he and Benson went in and out of the cities, at each end of their run.
The fear had not entirely gone from her face, but there were some other emotions now, crowding into her eyes and the lines of her mouth.
But her hands were calm, now.
He knew her mind pretty well, by now, its quick perceptions and sympathies, its painful insistence on truth and directness, its capacity for love almost too deep for a man to reciprocate, even in part.
He didn't tell her the truth he now freely admitted to himself.
Something was beginning to stir and come alive in her, too ( it may have been there for a good while, since she was twenty now ; ;
They have pulled out all my teeth and now she will carve out my tongue with her hacksaw!!
The supreme object of their lives is now fulfilled, says the wife, her husband has achieved immortality.
Yet this passion for passion, now that I look back on it with passion spent, seems somewhat overblown and operatic, though as a diva Miss Millay perfectly controlled her notes.
Even now I will not intrude upon her except to state a few bare facts.
If there was ever a thought in her mind she might devote her life to religion, it was now dispelled.
0.094 seconds.