The Ladies' Wreath, Volume 3Martyn & Ely, 1850 |
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... Husband - By Mrs. S. T. Martyn , 77 Hymns for a Mother - By S. C. Merrigate , 94 , 125 , 207 , 311 Household Sketches By Mrs. Mary Graham , 168 , 232 , 283 , 307 , 350 , 392 Hints to Parents - From the German , by Mrs. St. Simon , 246 ...
... Husband - By Mrs. S. T. Martyn , 77 Hymns for a Mother - By S. C. Merrigate , 94 , 125 , 207 , 311 Household Sketches By Mrs. Mary Graham , 168 , 232 , 283 , 307 , 350 , 392 Hints to Parents - From the German , by Mrs. St. Simon , 246 ...
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... husband , L. J. H. TONNA . M. W. Dodd , New York , Brick Church Chapel . her This volume is published uniform with the preceding , in a neat and beautiful 18mo . , and to those who have read " Personal Recollections " it is unnecessary ...
... husband , L. J. H. TONNA . M. W. Dodd , New York , Brick Church Chapel . her This volume is published uniform with the preceding , in a neat and beautiful 18mo . , and to those who have read " Personal Recollections " it is unnecessary ...
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... husband was summoned away to be a butcher of his fellow - men , in his brave heart thinking it duty so to serve his country . But the poor wife wept with a sad foreboding , then , that her home was left desolate ; nor scarcely more sure ...
... husband was summoned away to be a butcher of his fellow - men , in his brave heart thinking it duty so to serve his country . But the poor wife wept with a sad foreboding , then , that her home was left desolate ; nor scarcely more sure ...
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... husband , and how she struggled against poverty , and how the little ones had helped her- even the little sick boy , -and how all the village children helped them ; and then to the private history of that little basket , - " and never ...
... husband , and how she struggled against poverty , and how the little ones had helped her- even the little sick boy , -and how all the village children helped them ; and then to the private history of that little basket , - " and never ...
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... husband . When he saw them safely through the first wild transport , neigh- bor John drove to his home , a man ... husband's return , which told that the shot which wounded him , threw him into the sea , -that he floated on a sliver of ...
... husband . When he saw them safely through the first wild transport , neigh- bor John drove to his home , a man ... husband's return , which told that the shot which wounded him , threw him into the sea , -that he floated on a sliver of ...
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Page 136 - O'ER wayward childhood would'st thou hold firm rule, And sun thee in the light of happy faces ; Love, Hope, and Patience, these must be thy graces, And in thine own heart let them first keep school.
Page 340 - Here, where the end of earthly things Lays heroes, patriots, bards, and kings ; Where stiff the hand, and still the tongue, Of those who fought, .and spoke, and sung ; Here, where the fretted aisles prolong The distant notes of holy song, As if some angel spoke agen, All peace on earth, good-will to men...
Page 288 - The bell strikes one. We take no note of time, But from its loss. To give it then a tongue, Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours: Where are they?
Page 5 - If I were to pray for a taste which should stand me in stead, under every variety of circumstances, and be a source of happiness and cheerfulness to me through life, and a shield against its ills, however things might go amiss, and the world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading.
Page 311 - The depth saith, It is not in me : And the sea saith, It is not with me. It cannot be gotten for gold, Neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
Page 341 - Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings leaned to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all ; And, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.
Page 374 - The sluggard Pity's vision-weaving tribe! Who sigh for wretchedness, yet shun the wretched, Nursing in some delicious solitude Their slothful loves and dainty sympathies!
Page 188 - O, how wonderful is the human voice ! It is indeed the organ of the soul ! The intellect of man sits enthroned visibly upon his forehead and in his eye ; and the heart of man is written upon his countenance. But the soul reveals itself in the voice only ; as God revealed himself to the prophet of old in the still, small voice ; and in a voice from the burning bush.
Page 97 - A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an angel 13 light. XV.— I WANDERED LONELY. 1804. I WANDERED lonely as a cloud...
Page 5 - Give a man this taste, and the means of gratifying it, and you can hardly fail of making a happy man, unless, indeed, you put into his hands a most perverse selection of books.