Select female biography; comprising memoirs of eminent British ladies. By the author of 'The wonders of the vegetable kingdom displayed'.1829 |
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... and who willed me to stick to my opinion ? " I said , ' that there was no creature that therein did strengthen me , and as for the help that I had in the Counter , it was by the 6 6 means of my maid ; for , as 8 MRS . ANN ASKEW .
... and who willed me to stick to my opinion ? " I said , ' that there was no creature that therein did strengthen me , and as for the help that I had in the Counter , it was by the 6 6 means of my maid ; for , as 8 MRS . ANN ASKEW .
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Mary Roberts. 6 6 means of my maid ; for , as she went abroad in the streets , she made moan to the ' prentices , and they by her did send me money ; but who they were I never knew . ' Then they said , there were divers gentlewomen that ...
Mary Roberts. 6 6 means of my maid ; for , as she went abroad in the streets , she made moan to the ' prentices , and they by her did send me money ; but who they were I never knew . ' Then they said , there were divers gentlewomen that ...
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... means of bringing many of their fellow - mortals to share a portion of their felicity , and that the same means are still operating , and will still continue to operate , on the minds of unnumbered others , 12 MRS . ANN ASKEW .
... means of bringing many of their fellow - mortals to share a portion of their felicity , and that the same means are still operating , and will still continue to operate , on the minds of unnumbered others , 12 MRS . ANN ASKEW .
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... means of preserving the country from the most deplorable calami- ties . No sooner was the settlement adjusted , than the health of Edward , which had long been in a precarious state , began still more visibly to decline , and this ...
... means of preserving the country from the most deplorable calami- ties . No sooner was the settlement adjusted , than the health of Edward , which had long been in a precarious state , began still more visibly to decline , and this ...
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... means agreeable to her . She nobly pleaded the preferable title of the princesses , deplored the calamities which ... mean , than an exalted condition , exposed to the wind , and followed by some dismal fall . ” At length , overcome by ...
... means agreeable to her . She nobly pleaded the preferable title of the princesses , deplored the calamities which ... mean , than an exalted condition , exposed to the wind , and followed by some dismal fall . ” At length , overcome by ...
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acquaintance admirable affection affectionate affliction afforded amiable ANN ASKEW attention beautiful beloved benevolence blessing Catharine character cheerful Christian comfort consolation Cottagers of Glenburnie countess countess of Suffolk countess of Warwick daugh daughter death decease delight desired devoted disposition Divine duties elegant Elizabeth ELIZABETH CARTER endeavoured engaged Epictetus eternal evinced excellent expressed faith father feelings felicity friends glory grace Graham happiness heart heaven holy honour hope human humble instruction James Hurdis kind knew lady Jane LADY JANE GREY live Lord lord Guildford Dudley ment mercy mind Miss Carter MISS ELIZABETH Miss Hamilton moral morning mother nature ness never observed Ossian parents passed peace peculiarly perfect person Peter Reid piety pleasure poor pray prayer racter religion rendered rience Scriptures seemed sentiments sister society soul spirit sufferings Suffolk sweetness Talbot talents tears thee thing thou thought tion tranquil virtue whilst widow young youth
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Página 91 - But Thou wilt heal that broken heart, Which, like the plants that throw Their fragrance from the wounded part, Breathes sweetness out of woe.
Página 172 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me; because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Página 17 - and tell you a truth which, perchance, ye will marvel at. One of the greatest benefits that ever God gave me, is, that he sent me so sharp and severe parents, and so gentle a schoolmaster. For when I am in presence...
Página 18 - I bear them, so without measure misordered, that I think myself in hell, till time come that I must go to Mr Elmer ; who teacheth me so gently, so pleasantly, with such fair allurements to learning, that I think all the time nothing while I am with him.
Página 69 - I should return to the service of my earthly master, " for he who knoweth his Master's will, and doeth it not, shall be beaten with many stripes, and thus have I chastened you.
Página 54 - As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: So the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.
Página 330 - Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
Página 31 - Weep not for those whom the veil of the tomb, In life's happy morning, hath hid from our eyes, Ere Sin threw a blight o'er the spirit's young bloom, Or earth had profaned what was born for the skies.
Página 289 - Dear as thou wert, and justly dear, We will not weep for thee ; One thought shall check the starting tear — It is that thou art free.
Página 35 - I cannot refrain from adding that the collection of tracts, which we call from their excellence the Scriptures, contain (independently of a Divine origin) more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, purer morality, more important history, and finer strains both of poetry and eloquence, than could be collected within the same compass from all other books that were ever composed in any age or in any idiom.