Lives of Celebrated WomenBradbury, Soden & Company, 1844 - 352 من الصفحات |
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... young ladies , and of a hundred new faces , and new names which are con- stantly ringing in my ears , I have set myself down , and will not rise until I have written an account of every thing to my dear mother . I am contented ; yet ...
... young ladies , and of a hundred new faces , and new names which are con- stantly ringing in my ears , I have set myself down , and will not rise until I have written an account of every thing to my dear mother . I am contented ; yet ...
الصفحة 24
... young lady is ill at examination , they say with a sneer , ' O , she is ill of an examination fever ! ' Thus you see , mamma , we have no mercy either from friends or foes . We must do or die . ' Tell Morris he must write to me . Kiss ...
... young lady is ill at examination , they say with a sneer , ' O , she is ill of an examination fever ! ' Thus you see , mamma , we have no mercy either from friends or foes . We must do or die . ' Tell Morris he must write to me . Kiss ...
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... - examination of rare exist- ence in one so young . Her mother reproved her for some trifling act of disobedience upon which she attempted to justify her- self , and for this aggravation of the fault was 30 LUCRETIA AND MARGARET DAVIDSON .
... - examination of rare exist- ence in one so young . Her mother reproved her for some trifling act of disobedience upon which she attempted to justify her- self , and for this aggravation of the fault was 30 LUCRETIA AND MARGARET DAVIDSON .
الصفحة 46
... young fancy - what glow- ing pictures she had drawn of future usefulness and happiness . I was now called upon at one blow to crush these hopes , to destroy the delightful visions ; it would be cruel and wrong to deceive her . In vain I ...
... young fancy - what glow- ing pictures she had drawn of future usefulness and happiness . I was now called upon at one blow to crush these hopes , to destroy the delightful visions ; it would be cruel and wrong to deceive her . In vain I ...
الصفحة 51
... young lady's education was so scanty , it must not be supposed that the mind was left wholly uncultivated . On the contrary , few women of the present day are so well acquainted with the standard English authors , as those of the period ...
... young lady's education was so scanty , it must not be supposed that the mind was left wholly uncultivated . On the contrary , few women of the present day are so well acquainted with the standard English authors , as those of the period ...
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الصفحة 59 - I wish most sincerely there was not a slave in the province; it always appeared a most iniquitous scheme to me to fight ourselves for what we are daily robbing and plundering from those who have as good a right to freedom as we have.
الصفحة 74 - Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people ? And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
الصفحة 77 - O yes; it is the glorious fourth of July — God bless it — God bless you all." In the course of the day he said, " It is a great and glorious day.
الصفحة 342 - I will assume the undertaking," said she, "for my own crown of Castile, and am ready to pawn my jewels to defray the expenses of it, if the funds in the treasury shall be found inadequate.
الصفحة 86 - It is owing to the kindness of our numerous friends in all quarters, that my new and unwished-for situation is not indeed a burden to me. When I was much younger, I should probably have enjoyed the innocent gayeties of life as much as most persons of my age ; but I had long since placed all the prospects of my future worldly happiness in the still enjoyments of the fireside at Mount Vernon.
الصفحة 75 - My feelings are not those of pride or ostentation upon the occasion. "They are solemnized by a sense of the obligations, the important trusts, and numerous duties connected with it. That you may be enabled to discharge them with honor to yourself, with justice and impartiality to your country, and with satisfaction to this great people, shall be the daily prayer of your "AA...
الصفحة 179 - Ye who beneath the yoke of wedlock bend, With bowed soul, full well ye ken the day Which week, smooth sliding after week, brings on Too soon ; — for to that day nor peace belongs Nor comfort ; — ere the first gray streak of dawn, The red-armed washers come and chase repose.
الصفحة 55 - You cannot be, I know, nor do I wish to see you, an inactive spectator but, if the sword be drawn, I bid adieu to all domestic felicity, and look forward to that country, where there are neither wars nor rumors of war, in a firm belief, that, through the mercy of its King, we shall both rejoice there together.
الصفحة 52 - What wilt thou, Queen Esther, and what is thy request? it shall be given thee to the half of the kingdom" — even then she dared not ask either for her own life, or that of her people.
الصفحة 63 - I went to bed about twelve, and rose again a little after one. I could no more sleep than if I had been in the engagement; the rattling of the windows, the jar of the house, the continual roar of twenty-four pounders, and the bursting of shells, give us such ideas, and realize a scene to us of which we could form scarcely any conception. About six, this morning, there was quiet. I rejoiced in a few hours