Model womenHodder & Stoughton, 1870 - 353 pages |
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Page 47
... returned to Dumfries , still on foot , in time to save her sister's life . There are on record innumerable instances of tenacity of purpose displayed by females , but ren- dered so revolting by the details of unparalleled cruelty and ...
... returned to Dumfries , still on foot , in time to save her sister's life . There are on record innumerable instances of tenacity of purpose displayed by females , but ren- dered so revolting by the details of unparalleled cruelty and ...
Page 62
... returned to the place of her birth , and there spent the remainder of her days . Fifty years before , in the bloom of early womanhood , she had left the mighty metropolis , to share in the joys and sorrows of a minister's wife . Then ...
... returned to the place of her birth , and there spent the remainder of her days . Fifty years before , in the bloom of early womanhood , she had left the mighty metropolis , to share in the joys and sorrows of a minister's wife . Then ...
Page 77
... returned home with improved health . 66 Her father's health had been for some time declin- ing , and in the autumn of 1847 the family left Catter- ton and removed to Boston Spa . Regret was naturally felt at quitting the old house , but ...
... returned home with improved health . 66 Her father's health had been for some time declin- ing , and in the autumn of 1847 the family left Catter- ton and removed to Boston Spa . Regret was naturally felt at quitting the old house , but ...
Page 78
... returned to Boston Spa the following spring . Her brother had been delicate , and it was deemed desirable to try the effect of his native air . We now arrive at the period of Miss Hessel's con- version . The instruments were ministers ...
... returned to Boston Spa the following spring . Her brother had been delicate , and it was deemed desirable to try the effect of his native air . We now arrive at the period of Miss Hessel's con- version . The instruments were ministers ...
Page 110
... returned . In 1826 , Professor Tscharner of Berne , who had been imprisoned in his own country , was giving lectures in Hamburg , and Miss Sieveking spent many happy hours with himself , his wife , and his son . Here also , in 1828 ...
... returned . In 1826 , Professor Tscharner of Berne , who had been imprisoned in his own country , was giving lectures in Hamburg , and Miss Sieveking spent many happy hours with himself , his wife , and his son . Here also , in 1828 ...
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Page 287 - If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will and it shall be done unto you. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit ; so shall ye be my disciples. As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you : continue ye in my love.
Page 316 - For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children : That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments...
Page 19 - Give unto me, made lowly wise, The spirit of self-sacrifice ; The confidence of reason give ; And in the light of truth thy bondman let me live ! 1805.
Page 44 - I have given suck, and know How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me: I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums, And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this.
Page 185 - Not there, not there, my child." " Is it where the feathery palm-trees rise, And the date grows ripe under sunny skies ? Or 'midst the green islands of glittering seas. Where fragrant forests perfume the breeze, And strange bright birds, on their starry wings, Bear the rich hues of all glorious things ! " "Not there, not there, ray child.
Page 186 - THE stately Homes of England, How beautiful they stand! Amidst their tall ancestral trees, O'er all the pleasant land. The deer across their greensward bound, Through shade and sunny gleam, And the swan glides past them with the sound Of some rejoicing stream.
Page 289 - Yet, ere we part, one lesson I can leave you For every day. Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever ; Do noble things, not dream them, all day long : And so make life, death, and that vast for-ever One grand, sweet song.
Page 186 - Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath, And stars to set, but all — Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death...
Page 39 - O Woman ! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!
Page 203 - I asked the next (Emily, afterwards Ellis Bell), what I had best do with her brother Branwell, who was sometimes a naughty boy; she answered, 'Reason with him, and when he won't listen to reason, whip him.