Eminent Women of the Age: Being Narratives of the Lives and Deeds of the Most Prominent Women of the Present Generation |
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... to elapse before she was prepared to speak with the authority of a master . Mrs. Gamp still flourished for a while , although her days were numbered . It must not be supposed that this noble - minded FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE . 13.
... to elapse before she was prepared to speak with the authority of a master . Mrs. Gamp still flourished for a while , although her days were numbered . It must not be supposed that this noble - minded FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE . 13.
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... speak to one and to another , and nod and smile to as many more ; but she couldn't do it to all , you know ; we lay ... Speaking of the delight which the sick take in flowers , she says : " I have seen in fevers ( and felt when I was a ...
... speak to one and to another , and nod and smile to as many more ; but she couldn't do it to all , you know ; we lay ... Speaking of the delight which the sick take in flowers , she says : " I have seen in fevers ( and felt when I was a ...
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... speak to us from the other side of Jordan , we doubt not he would say that the vigilance of the Anti - slavery Society was never more needed than at the present crisis , and that , consequently , he was never more disposed to aid it ...
... speak to us from the other side of Jordan , we doubt not he would say that the vigilance of the Anti - slavery Society was never more needed than at the present crisis , and that , consequently , he was never more disposed to aid it ...
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... speak of her as yet retaining all the spirit and wit of what are called " a woman's best days , " but which were , to her , days of care , trial , and toil , that would have borne down a heart less brave , and prostrated an organization ...
... speak of her as yet retaining all the spirit and wit of what are called " a woman's best days , " but which were , to her , days of care , trial , and toil , that would have borne down a heart less brave , and prostrated an organization ...
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... faithfully doing the work nearest to her hand she may be consoled by the consciousness that art has been shouldered aside by duty alone . Speaking of her little grand - daughter , in a private letter , she FANNY FERN - MRS . PARTON . 83.
... faithfully doing the work nearest to her hand she may be consoled by the consciousness that art has been shouldered aside by duty alone . Speaking of her little grand - daughter , in a private letter , she FANNY FERN - MRS . PARTON . 83.
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Page 225 - Of a slight, delicate figure, with a shower of dark curls falling on either side of a most expressive face, large tender eyes richly fringed by dark eyelashes, a smile like a sunbeam...
Page 432 - No one but himself ever lifted her from her bed to her sofa, and he always helped to wheel her on her bed or sofa into the next room. For this purpose he would come instantly, when sent for, from any part of the house. As years went on, and he became overwhelmed with work (for his attentions were the same in all the Queen's subsequent confinements), this was often done at much inconvenience to himself, but he ever came with a sweet smile on his face. In short," the Queen adds, " his care of her was...
Page 591 - ... condition, will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Page 430 - ... watch every part of the public business, in order to be able to advise and assist her at any moment in any of the multifarious and difficult questions or duties brought before her, sometimes international, sometimes political, or social, or personal.
Page 48 - I am fully aware of the unpopularity of the task I have undertaken ; but though I expect ridicule and censure, I do not fear them. A few years hence, the opinion of the world will be a matter in which I have not even the most transient interest ; but this book will be abroad on its mission of humanity long after the hand that wrote it is mingling with the dust.
Page 223 - And I think of those long mornings Which my thought goes far to seek, When, betwixt the folio's turnings, Solemn flowed the rhythmic Greek. Past the pane, the mountain spreading, Swept the sheep-bell's tinkling noise, While a girlish voice was reading Somewhat low for ai's and oit.
Page 304 - Can the Immortality of the Soul be Proved by the Light of Nature ?'...! chose to adopt the negative.
Page 97 - There spake a wishful tenderness, a doubt Whether to grieve or sleep, which innocence Alone may wear. With ruthless haste he bound The silken fringes of those curtaining lids Forever.
Page 34 - I was brought up, both by scientific men and ignorant women, distinctly to believe that small-pox, for instance, was a thing of which there was once a first specimen in the world, which went on propagating itself, in a perpetual chain of descent, just as much as that there was a first dog (or...
Page 233 - Never flinch, But still, unscrupulously epic, catch Upon the burning lava of a song The full-veined, heaving, double-breasted Age : That, when the next shall come, the men of that May touch the impress with reverent hand, and say " Behold, — behold the paps we all have sucked ! This bosom seems to beat still, or at least It sets ours beating : this is living art, Which thus presents and thus records true life.