Noble Deeds of American Women: With Biographical Sketches of Some of the More ProminentJesse Clement Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1854 - 480 páginas |
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... ..... 445 446 Mohawk Women ...... 448 emale in the Revolutionary Army . 450 lizabeth Brant ........ 459 rief Anecdotes ..... 465 Miss D. L. Dix .... 474 INTRODUCTION . THE advantages of Biography are obvious and great. CONTENTS . XI.
... ..... 445 446 Mohawk Women ...... 448 emale in the Revolutionary Army . 450 lizabeth Brant ........ 459 rief Anecdotes ..... 465 Miss D. L. Dix .... 474 INTRODUCTION . THE advantages of Biography are obvious and great. CONTENTS . XI.
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... army during the whole eight years of the Revolutionary war , at first as a common soldier , afterwards as an officer . My mother had the sole charge of us , four little ones . Our house was a poor one , and far from neighbors . I have a ...
... army during the whole eight years of the Revolutionary war , at first as a common soldier , afterwards as an officer . My mother had the sole charge of us , four little ones . Our house was a poor one , and far from neighbors . I have a ...
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... army , which at the North opposed the foe . The father lay enfeebled and sick . Around his bedside the Mother called their three sons , of the ages of thirteen , fif- teen , and seventeen . " Go forth , children , " said she , " to the ...
... army , which at the North opposed the foe . The father lay enfeebled and sick . Around his bedside the Mother called their three sons , of the ages of thirteen , fif- teen , and seventeen . " Go forth , children , " said she , " to the ...
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... army , he per- suaded his mother to leave her country residence , and assisted in effecting her removal to Fredericksburg . There she took up a permanent abode , and there died of a lingering and painful disease , a cancer in the breast ...
... army , he per- suaded his mother to leave her country residence , and assisted in effecting her removal to Fredericksburg . There she took up a permanent abode , and there died of a lingering and painful disease , a cancer in the breast ...
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... army and the summers at Mount Vernon ; and it was in the camp that she shone with the lustre of the true woman . " She was at Valley * We have the authority of Mr. Sparks for asserting that while Wash- ington's pursuits were those of a ...
... army and the summers at Mount Vernon ; and it was in the camp that she shone with the lustre of the true woman . " She was at Valley * We have the authority of Mr. Sparks for asserting that while Wash- ington's pursuits were those of a ...
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Página 49 - 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.
Página 268 - Droop not though shame, sin, and anguish are round thee ; Bravely fling off the cold chain that hath bound thee, Look to yon pure heaven smiling beyond thee ; Rest not content in thy darkness — a clod. Work for some good, be it ever so slowly ; Cherish some flower, be it ever so lowly ; Labor ! all labor is noble and holy ; Let thy great deeds be thy prayer to thy God.
Página 387 - I had ; a princess wrought it me,) And I did never ask it you again ; And with my hand at midnight held your head ; And, like the watchful minutes to the hour, Still and anon cheered up the heavy time ; Saying, What lack you ? and, Where lies your grief?
Página 80 - Yet further may relent : for mightier far Than strength of nerve and sinew, or the sway Of magic potent over sun and star, Is love, though oft to agony distrest, And though his favourite seat be feeble woman's breast. But if thou goest, I follow...
Página 39 - The mother in her office holds the key of the soul; and she it is who stamps the coin of character, and makes the being who would be a savage but for her gentle cares, a Christian man!
Página 279 - Howe'er it be, it seems to me, Tis only noble to be good. Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood.
Página 118 - Merrill, however being a perfect Amazon, both in strength and courage, guarded it with an axe, and successively killed or badly wounded four of the enemy as they attempted to force their way into the cabin. The Indians then ascended the roof, and attempted to enter by way of the chimney; but here again they were met by the same determined enemy.
Página 28 - Washington acquitted herself with great fidelity to her trust, and with entire success. Her good sense, assiduity, tenderness, and vigilance overcame every obstacle; and, as the richest reward of a mother's solicitude and toil, she had the happiness to see all her children come forward with a fair promise into life, filling the sphere allotted to them in a manner equally honorable to themselves, and to the parent who had been the only guide of their principles, conduct, and habits. She lived to witness...
Página 166 - With life all other passions fly, All others are but vanity. In heaven ambition cannot dwell, Nor avarice in the vaults of hell ; Earthly these passions of the earth, They perish where they have their birth ; But love is indestructible.
Página 43 - These are times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of" a pacific station, that great characters are formed.