The Ladies of the White HouseUnited States Publishing Company, 1870 - 658 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 29
Laura Carter Holloway. sister , Miss Custis . The deceased had been the object of Washington's care from childhood , and been cher- ished by him with paternal affection . Reared under his guidance and instructions , he had been fitted to ...
Laura Carter Holloway. sister , Miss Custis . The deceased had been the object of Washington's care from childhood , and been cher- ished by him with paternal affection . Reared under his guidance and instructions , he had been fitted to ...
الصفحة 166
... Miss , if your memory is small , exercise will strengthen it . Often in reading I do not understand what I read , in fact , it makes no impression upon my brain ; but reading it over perhaps once , or twice , or even more times , the ...
... Miss , if your memory is small , exercise will strengthen it . Often in reading I do not understand what I read , in fact , it makes no impression upon my brain ; but reading it over perhaps once , or twice , or even more times , the ...
الصفحة 168
... Miss Willis ; thank them from me for harboring you in your distress , for I do not know what your situation would have been in a land of strangers , but for their kind attention in offering you an asylum . Once more adieu ...
... Miss Willis ; thank them from me for harboring you in your distress , for I do not know what your situation would have been in a land of strangers , but for their kind attention in offering you an asylum . Once more adieu ...
الصفحة 174
... Miss Martin , a niece of Mrs. Donelson , with whom he became acquainted at the White House , ' where she was staying . He then moved to the young state of Arkansas , where a promising career at the bar was cut short by an early death ...
... Miss Martin , a niece of Mrs. Donelson , with whom he became acquainted at the White House , ' where she was staying . He then moved to the young state of Arkansas , where a promising career at the bar was cut short by an early death ...
الصفحة 182
... Miss Payne was accustomed to a life of simplicity and plentifulness , but never to even comparative wealth . Nor was she re- markable for her literary abilities or acquired attain- ments ; but her warm heart beamed goodness from her ...
... Miss Payne was accustomed to a life of simplicity and plentifulness , but never to even comparative wealth . Nor was she re- markable for her literary abilities or acquired attain- ments ; but her warm heart beamed goodness from her ...
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الصفحة 19 - I should enjoy more real happiness in one month with you at home than I have the most distant prospect of finding abroad, if my stay were to be seven times seven years. But as it has been a kind of destiny that has thrown me upon this service, I shall hope that my undertaking it is designed to answer some good purpose.
الصفحة 13 - Hyperion's curls; the front of Jove himself; An eye like Mars, to threaten and command; A station like the herald Mercury New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill; A combination and a form indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal, To give the world assurance of a man: This was your husband.
الصفحة 322 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me; because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
الصفحة 92 - 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 33 - I am still determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may be ; for I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions, and not on our circumstances..
الصفحة 19 - I shall feel no pain from the toil or the danger of the campaign ; my unhappiness will flow from the uneasiness I know you will feel from being left alone. I therefore beg that you will summon your whole fortitude, and pass your time as agreeably as possible. Nothing will give me so much sincere satisfaction as to hear this, and to hear it from your own pen.
الصفحة 19 - You might, and I suppose did, perceive, from the tenor of my letter, that I was apprehensive I could not avoid this appointment, as I did not pretend to intimate when I should return. That was the case. It was utterly out -of my power to refuse this appointment, without exposing my character to such censures as would have reflected dishonor upon myself, and given pain to my friends.
الصفحة 375 - JUST as I am, without one plea, But that Thy blood was shed for me, And that Thou bidd'st me come to Thee, O Lamb of God, I come.
الصفحة 143 - IT is not the tear at this moment shed, When the cold turf has just been laid o'er him, That can tell how beloved was the friend that's fled, Or how deep in our hearts we deplore him.
الصفحة 41 - Tis well,' said she in the same voice. ' All is now over ; I shall soon follow him ; I have no more trials to pass through.