Colonial Days & DamesJ. B. Lippincott Company, 1894 - 248 páginas "Colonial Days and Dames is a historical non-fiction book written by Anne Hollingsworth Wharton. The book takes readers on a journey back in time to the colonial era of America, exploring the daily lives of the women who lived during that time. The author provides a vivid and detailed account of the social customs, traditions, and lifestyles of colonial women, including their roles in the family, community, and society at large. Through a series of anecdotes and stories, readers are introduced to a range of fascinating characters, from wealthy socialites to hardworking farmers and artisans. The book also delves into the political and cultural landscape of the colonial period, providing insight into the events and ideas that shaped the early American experience. With its engaging prose and rich historical detail, Colonial Days and Dames is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of America and the lives of its early settlers." -- |
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... honored . Heroic and much - enduring women we naturally think of in connection with the Revolutionary struggle , but of such there were not a few in the early settlement of the country , whether upon the bleak hill- sides of New England ...
... honored . Heroic and much - enduring women we naturally think of in connection with the Revolutionary struggle , but of such there were not a few in the early settlement of the country , whether upon the bleak hill- sides of New England ...
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... honor . Among family heirlooms , still to be seen , are a large ring containing a miniature likeness of Charles I. , and a pendant from a necklace , oval in form , set in brilliants and pearls , and encircling a figure of the Blessed ...
... honor . Among family heirlooms , still to be seen , are a large ring containing a miniature likeness of Charles I. , and a pendant from a necklace , oval in form , set in brilliants and pearls , and encircling a figure of the Blessed ...
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... honor of her royal sponsor . " * After the execution of the king in 1648 , Captain Neale brought his family to were naturalized on coming to Maryland in 1666. One account of this lady tells us that she was a maid of honor at the court ...
... honor of her royal sponsor . " * After the execution of the king in 1648 , Captain Neale brought his family to were naturalized on coming to Maryland in 1666. One account of this lady tells us that she was a maid of honor at the court ...
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... honor that would have opened for her . The more tolerant doctrine of the inner light found no place in the spiritual furni- ture of those who had shaken off the iron hand of a State Church , and when we look back upon the dealings of ...
... honor that would have opened for her . The more tolerant doctrine of the inner light found no place in the spiritual furni- ture of those who had shaken off the iron hand of a State Church , and when we look back upon the dealings of ...
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... honor . " A not unworthy daughter - in - law of the thrifty mistress of the Blue Ball was Deb- orah Reed , the wife of Benjamin Frank- lin , whose dignity , discretion , and great patience during the long absences abroad of her " dear ...
... honor . " A not unworthy daughter - in - law of the thrifty mistress of the Blue Ball was Deb- orah Reed , the wife of Benjamin Frank- lin , whose dignity , discretion , and great patience during the long absences abroad of her " dear ...
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Página 129 - I desire you would remember the ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation.
Página 129 - And, by the way, in the new code of laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make, I desire you would remember the ladies and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands. Remember, all men would be tyrants if they could.
Página 48 - We had for our chaplain a zealous Presbyterian minister, Mr. Beatty, who complained to me that the men did not generally attend his prayers and exhortations. When they enlisted, they were promised, besides pay and provisions, a gill of rum a day, which was punctually served out to them, half in the morning, and the other half in the evening ; and I observed they were as punctual in attending to receive it, upon which I said to Mr.
Página 161 - But as that's only adding fuel to fire, it makes me the more uneasy, for by often, and unavoidably, being in company with her revives my former passion for your Lowland beauty; whereas, was I to live more retired from young women, I might in some measure eliviate my sorrows, by burying that chaste and troublesome passion in the grave of oblivion...
Página 39 - ... about three or four Miles out of Town, where they have Houses of entertainment at a place called the Bowery, and some go to friends Houses who handsomely treat them.
Página 228 - ... apprehending him. To see Dr. Samuel Johnson lying in that bed, in the Isle of Sky, in the house of Miss Flora Macdonald, struck me with such a group of ideas as it is not easy for words to describe as they passed through the mind. He smiled, and said, "I have had no ambitious thoughts in it.
Página 134 - Right careful to save what I gain ; Yet cheerfully spends, and smiles on the friends I've the pleasure to entertain. ' Some faults have we all, and so has my Joan, But then they're exceedingly small ; And, now I'm grown used to them, so like my own, I scarcely can see them at all, "Were the finest young princess, with millions in purst.
Página 39 - Chest by the bed side, and setting up, fell to my old way of composing my Resentments, in the following manner: I ask thy Aid, O Potent Rum! To Charm these wrangling Topers Dum. Thou hast their Giddy Brains possest— The man confounded wth the Beast — And I, poor I, can get no rest. Intoxicate them with thy fumes: O still their Tongues till morning comes!
Página 220 - He trusts not to be considered as unpardonably offending by laying out a street that infringes upon nobody's private rights, and appropriating a lot of land which had no visible owner, and building a house of materials long in use for constructing castles in the air.
Página 165 - Knox] and the ladies of the two latter, with all the gentlemen of my family, Mrs. Lear and the two children, we visited the old position of Fort Washington, and afterwards dined on a dinner provided by Mr. Mariner, at the house lately of Colonel Morris, but confiscated and in the possession of a common Fanner.