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A digital library of texts by Iberian Women from the Middle Ages through the Nineteenth Century

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A un ruiseñor que se puso a cantar al tiempo que una persona estaba contando sus pesares a otro

Ruiseñor, que tus acentos son en gorjeos suaves dulce hechizo((encanto)) de las aves y lisonja((adulación, halago)) de los…

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Soror Tomásia Caetana de Santa Maria

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Posted June 20, 2026

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Soror Tomásia Caetana de Santa Maria

Soror Tomásia Caetana de Santa Maria was a nun born to Manuel de Mira Valedão and Josefa Maria on March 7, 1719, in Lisbon, Portugal. She was born in the…

  • 1719 – 0
  • Alentejo
  • Soneto, Décima
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Adágio 1 – Qual é aquele regalo

Adágio 1 Qual é aquele regalo, de tal circunstância a fé, que o tem, e não tem nenhum, e se come sem o haver. Declaração O papo de Anjo nenhum…

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