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Four Female Professors Of The University...
brid studied ge , found Italian tliem for the so sole excellent that of translating at a very them advanced into Eng age lish he .
He died before its publication purpose , which was undertaken by Hellius , at thof Baron MaseresLondon 1801 . But all this celebrity
e expence , , had conven no t attractions and there for devo A t gnesi e herse . lf Her exc one lusive earnest ly to works desire was of charity to enter and a
loved religion prevented , . The powerful her opposition ing her wis of her hes father into effect , whom _during she p his assiona lifetime tely ,
and respect , for his memory carry , after his death ; but by degrees she dropped her relations with the men qf science , with whom she was in
correspondence throughout Europe : and this we record with genuine reare gret concei , for , v dedica ed b ti C ng atho herself licism to sh the e a practice bandoned of to priva the te great virtues detriment , as they
. of scienceher y mathematical , studies as profan , , and fed the cravings of her intellect , with the study of the fathers of the Komish Church .
In a short time she became an adept in theology ; and on the the bishop occasion care of of f Milan some examining , th confidentiall eologica the l con y work consu troversy lted of , the her Cardinal . Marquis To A Pozzombelli gnesi Gorini was true con , Corio Arch fro fided , -
entitled Politics , Law , Religion , the method of choosing the m declaring the false , which it orthodox work had , the given other rise heterodox to a vio . lent A gnesi iscussion decided , the one party index with
the latter , and the unfortunate book was consigned to _exyjurgatoriiis Graduall withdrawing ( 9 ) herself from the outer worldshe
superintended the y scientific studies of one of her brothers , ; and having induced her father to set apartfor her especial usecertain apartments
in his house , she gave herself , up to the care of , poor and infirm females whom she housed thereinand daily visited the chief hospital
of Milan to assist with money and , assiduous care the afflicted poor of her parish .
her As own these food expenses and dress increased andin , she addition grew to dail the y entire more fortune economical left by in her fathershe sold to an ; Eng , lishman a precious casket of mountain
rock , adorned , with brilliants , together with a diamond ring , presents tfrom > the EMaria Theresato whom she had dedicated her
" Institutes . " mpress " Thus having got , together a small capital , she redoubled the number of patients in her housenot excepting
, the ulcerous or the incurable . Unaided by any , she ministered to them in all their wants , dressing their disgusting wounds with her
own hands , and as soon as one was recovered and chose to leave her abode , another instantly filled the vacant place , thus reducing
( 9 ) Frisi possessed several folio works in M . S . of Agnesi , on religious | | . ( subjec Msto Trattato ts , of which contemp , he g tivo ives sulle the list vir : — tft , sui misteri e le eccellenze di Gresu
Un . rischiaramento del Trattato di S . Lorenzo Giustiniani intitolato De sacro n rischiaramento connubio . del Trattato ¦¦¦ di ¦ S . BernardoDe Passione Domini ,
English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1858, page 380, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081858/page/20/
