Heroines that Every Child Should Know: Tales for Young People of the World's Heroines of All AgesHamilton Wright Mabie, Kate Stephens Grosset & Dunlap, 1908 - 281 pages A collection of biographical sketches of great heroines from ancient and modern times. |
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... girl of sixteen , was Eustochium , a character strongly contrasting with her beautiful mother and sister . Even in early years she had fixed her choice upon a secluded life and shown herself untouched by the gaudy luxury about her . And ...
... girl of sixteen , was Eustochium , a character strongly contrasting with her beautiful mother and sister . Even in early years she had fixed her choice upon a secluded life and shown herself untouched by the gaudy luxury about her . And ...
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... girl who knew her mind , and was blessed with a natural seriousness . Her aunt's household she permitted to have their pleasure that day . Then again she donned her little brown gown ; and wore the habit all her life . To return to ...
... girl who knew her mind , and was blessed with a natural seriousness . Her aunt's household she permitted to have their pleasure that day . Then again she donned her little brown gown ; and wore the habit all her life . To return to ...
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... girls of her class , she had few outdoor tasks , but spent most of her time at her mother's side , doing the work of the house , learning to sew and spin , to repeat the Belief , and the legends of the saints . Her work done , her ...
... girls of her class , she had few outdoor tasks , but spent most of her time at her mother's side , doing the work of the house , learning to sew and spin , to repeat the Belief , and the legends of the saints . Her work done , her ...
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... girl , ” testified an old peasant , " such a daughter as I would gladly have had . " A good girl , indeed : they were pure and helpful hands that for a while held the fate of France . There was a prophecy current during that unhappy ...
... girl , ” testified an old peasant , " such a daughter as I would gladly have had . " A good girl , indeed : they were pure and helpful hands that for a while held the fate of France . There was a prophecy current during that unhappy ...
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... girl to venture among rude men - at - arms ? How could a dutiful child leave her parents and her home ? " Alas ! " she pleaded , " I am a poor girl ; I know neither how to ride nor how to fight . " She had a short , hard struggle with ...
... girl to venture among rude men - at - arms ? How could a dutiful child leave her parents and her home ? " Alas ! " she pleaded , " I am a poor girl ; I know neither how to ride nor how to fight . " She had a short , hard struggle with ...
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Page 280 - WHENE'ER a noble deed is wrought, Whene'er is spoken a noble thought, Our hearts, in glad surprise, To higher levels rise. The tidal wave of deeper souls Into our inmost being rolls, And lifts us unawares Out of all meaner cares.
Page 265 - I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Page 144 - I pray you all, good Christian people, to bear me witness that I die a true Christian woman, and that I...
Page 281 - I in that house of misery A lady with a lamp I see Pass through the glimmering gloom, And flit from room to room.
Page 257 - They climbed the steep ascent of heaven Through peril, toil, and pain : O God, to us may grace be given To follow in their train.
Page 55 - LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
Page 279 - Another extraordinary fallacy is the dread of night air. What air can we breathe at night but night air ? The choice is between pure night air from without and foul night air from within. Most people prefer the latter. An unaccountable choice. What will they say if it is proved to be true that fully one-half of all the disease we suffer from is occasioned by people sleeping with their windows shut ? An open window most nights in the year can never hurt any one.
Page 136 - I wist all their sport in the park is but a shadow to that pleasure that I find in Plato. Alas ! good folk, they never felt what true pleasure meant.
Page 109 - While the woman spoke, the King's horse reared As if it would breast the sea, And the Queen turned pale as she heard on the gale The voice die dolorously. When the woman ceased, the Steed was still, But the King gazed on her yet, And in silence save for the wail of the sea His eyes and her eyes met.