Noble Deeds of American Women: With Biographical Sketches of Some of the More ProminentJesse Clement Geo. H. Derby and Company, 1851 - 480 Seiten |
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... soldier's destiny , did the Mother labor to perform to their little ones both his duties and her own , having no witness of the extent of her heavy burdens , and sleepless anxieties , save the Hearer of Prayer . A good and hoary headed ...
... soldier's destiny , did the Mother labor to perform to their little ones both his duties and her own , having no witness of the extent of her heavy burdens , and sleepless anxieties , save the Hearer of Prayer . A good and hoary headed ...
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... soldier's lot was harder than all . We saw that she never complained , but always kept in her heart a sweet hope , like a well of living water . Every night ere we slept , and every morning when we arose , we lifted our little hands for ...
... soldier's lot was harder than all . We saw that she never complained , but always kept in her heart a sweet hope , like a well of living water . Every night ere we slept , and every morning when we arose , we lifted our little hands for ...
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... interior settlement . party of soldiers was sent to protect them on their retreat . The families assembled , the line of march A was taken towards their place of destination , and they 66 NOBLE DEEDS A Christian Woman in the Hour of Danger.
... interior settlement . party of soldiers was sent to protect them on their retreat . The families assembled , the line of march A was taken towards their place of destination , and they 66 NOBLE DEEDS A Christian Woman in the Hour of Danger.
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... soldiers marching in a hollow square , with the refugee fami- lies in the centre . The Indians who had watched these movements , had laid a plan for their destruc- tion . The road to be traveled lay through a dense forest in the fork of ...
... soldiers marching in a hollow square , with the refugee fami- lies in the centre . The Indians who had watched these movements , had laid a plan for their destruc- tion . The road to be traveled lay through a dense forest in the fork of ...
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... soldier to soldier , as they stood behind the trees , bade each who needed powder put down his hat , and poured a ... soldiers ran about among the women and children , looking for her and making inquiries . Directly came in others ...
... soldier to soldier , as they stood behind the trees , bade each who needed powder put down his hat , and poured a ... soldiers ran about among the women and children , looking for her and making inquiries . Directly came in others ...
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Seite 385 - When your head did but ache, I knit my handkercher about your brows (The best 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 cheer'd up the heavy time, Saying, What lack you ? and, Where lies your grief...
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 112 - ... possession of the fort. That if men should go down to the spring, the Indians would immediately suspect that something was wrong, would despair of succeeding by ambuscade, and would instantly rush upon them, follow them into the fort, or shoot them down at the spring. The decision was soon over.
Seite 130 - She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
Seite 166 - Love is indestructible. Its holy flame for ever burneth, From Heaven it came, to Heaven returneth ; Too oft on Earth a troubled guest, At times deceived, at times opprest, It here is tried and purified, Then hath in Heaven its perfect rest : It soweth here with toil and care, But the harvest time of Love is there.
Seite 42 - Let me enjoin it upon you to attend constantly and steadfastly to the precepts and instructions of your father, as you value the happiness of your mother and your own welfare. His care and attention to you render many things unnecessary for me to write, which I might otherwise do; but the inadvertency and heedlessness of youth require line upon line and precept upon precept, and, when enforced by the joint efforts of both parents, will, I hope, have a due influence upon your conduct; for, dear as...
Seite 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.
Seite 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!