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 small circle, devolye on woman, consider what conscientious care it has required; what sacrifices of self; what daily examples as well as precepts in the right way; and then she may, partly, estimate the merits of the mother of such a woman as Victoria the First. How excellent must have been the character that could acquire the authority and influence necessary to direct well and wisely the education of a young Princess! This was done, too, amidst serious obstacles and many discouragements, and therefore must the Duchess of Kent ever hold a noble rank among women worthily distinguished; she has performed great and important duties with such rare firmness, faithfulness, and success, as makes her a model for mothers in every rank of life.

KERALIO, MADAME DE, born at Paris, in 1758. She is known principally as a translator of several works from English and Italian. She wrote a voluminous "History of Queen Elizabeth," several novels, and edited a collection of the best French works composed by women.

KHAULA. Arabian heroine, who, in the famous battle of the Yermonks, between the Greeks and the Arabs, in the seventh century, rallied the Arabs, when they were driven back by the furious onset of their assailants, and, with several other of the chief women, took the command of the army. In leading the van, Khaula was beaten to the ground by a Greek, when Wafeira, one of her female friends, rescued her, by striking off his head with one blow. This courageous conduct so animated the Arabs, that they routed the Greeks with great loss. Khaula afterwards married the Caliph Ali.

KILLIGREW, ANNE, for beauty, and a Muse for wit," as Wood says, was the daughter of Dr. Henry Killigrew, one of the prebendaries of Westminster, and born in London, a little before the restoration of Charles the Second. She showed indications of genius very early, which being carefully cultivated, she became eminent in the arts of poetry and painting. She painted a portrait of the Duke of York, afterwards James the Second, and also of the duchess, to whom she was maid of honour. She also painted some historical pictures and some pieces of still-life, for her own amusement. She was a woman of exemplary piety and virtue. Dryden speaks of her in the highest terms, and wrote long ode to her memory. She died of the small-pox, June, 1685, in her twenty-fifth year. She was buried in the Savoy Chapel.

KILLIGREW, CATHARINE, of Sir Anthony Cooke, was born at Giddy-hall, in Essex, about 1530; and married Henry Killigrew, Esq., a Cornish gentleman, who was knighted, for the good service he did his country when an ambassador. This lady, having an excellent education, and much natural talent, became, like many other women of her time, very learned. She understood Hebrew, Greek, and Latin, and was famous for her poetical skill. Her lines in the latter language, addressed to her sister Mildred, refer, as Dr. Fuller