Female Biography: Containing Notices of Distinguished Women, in Different Nations and AgesThomas Wardle, 1846 - 501 σελίδες |
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... husband being one of the embassadors , she followed them closely , but did not join them until they had travelled several hundred miles . At this distance she presumed that they would not drive her home ; she reasoned correctly . They ...
... husband being one of the embassadors , she followed them closely , but did not join them until they had travelled several hundred miles . At this distance she presumed that they would not drive her home ; she reasoned correctly . They ...
Σελίδα 34
... husband in the disastrous cam- paign of 1777 , from Canada to Saratoga . In the battle of Still- water , October 7th , 1777 , her husband commanded the grenadiers of the British army , and bravely sustained the attack upon his forces ...
... husband in the disastrous cam- paign of 1777 , from Canada to Saratoga . In the battle of Still- water , October 7th , 1777 , her husband commanded the grenadiers of the British army , and bravely sustained the attack upon his forces ...
Σελίδα 35
... husband for many years , and died not long since , in a good old age . The anecdotes of that campaign would fill many volumes . The baroness of Reidesel has pub- lished a graphic account of the battle . Her husband com- manded the ...
... husband for many years , and died not long since , in a good old age . The anecdotes of that campaign would fill many volumes . The baroness of Reidesel has pub- lished a graphic account of the battle . Her husband com- manded the ...
Σελίδα 37
... husband were mem- bers of the congregational church in the place , and were as regular as the holy sabbath came , at divine service ; and every boy was required to be in readiness to attend her to the place of worship ; and there the ...
... husband were mem- bers of the congregational church in the place , and were as regular as the holy sabbath came , at divine service ; and every boy was required to be in readiness to attend her to the place of worship ; and there the ...
Σελίδα 39
... husband was overwhelmed with affliction at her loss , and erected a monument to her memory , in the city in which she expired , inscribed with an epitaph com- memorative of her virtues . The learned strove to outdo each other in ...
... husband was overwhelmed with affliction at her loss , and erected a monument to her memory , in the city in which she expired , inscribed with an epitaph com- memorative of her virtues . The learned strove to outdo each other in ...
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Σελίδα 54 - And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.
Σελίδα 391 - Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him (xxii.
Σελίδα 24 - Mamre in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burying-place. There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife : there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
Σελίδα 383 - YE say, they all have passed away, That noble race and brave; That their light canoes have vanished From off the crested wave; That, 'mid the forests where they roamed, There rings no hunter's shout; But their name is on your waters, — Ye may not wash it out.
Σελίδα 23 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind...
Σελίδα 440 - It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore. The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
Σελίδα 305 - THE playful smiles around the dimpled mouth, That happy air of majesty and truth, So would I draw : but oh ! 'tis vain to try ; My narrow genius does the power deny. The equal lustre of the heavenly mind, Where every grace with every virtue's...
Σελίδα 95 - But if you have already determined of me, and that not only my death, but an infamous slander must bring you the enjoying of your desired happiness ; then I desire of God, that he will pardon your great sin therein, and likewise mine...
Σελίδα 23 - On some fond breast the parting soul relies, Some pious drops the closing eye requires ; E'en from the tomb the voice of Nature cries, E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of th...
Σελίδα 194 - Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give ; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.