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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... face the perils and hardships of pioneers . Ever since the war of the Revolution the skirmish line of civilisation ... faces his foes or bears the strain of his work : we often forget that there was as much courage in the log house as on ...
... face the perils and hardships of pioneers . Ever since the war of the Revolution the skirmish line of civilisation ... faces his foes or bears the strain of his work : we often forget that there was as much courage in the log house as on ...
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... face flushed with wine . And he cried to the servant , saying : " Ho , there ! why lookest thou so solemn and full of care ? Thou shouldst not scowl on thy guest after this fashion , being full of some sorrow that concerns thee not ...
... face flushed with wine . And he cried to the servant , saying : " Ho , there ! why lookest thou so solemn and full of care ? Thou shouldst not scowl on thy guest after this fashion , being full of some sorrow that concerns thee not ...
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... face and breast of a fair woman , but the feet and claws of a lion ; and it was wont to ask a riddle of such as encountered it ; and such as answered not aright it would tear and devour . When it had laid waste the land many days ...
... face and breast of a fair woman , but the feet and claws of a lion ; and it was wont to ask a riddle of such as encountered it ; and such as answered not aright it would tear and devour . When it had laid waste the land many days ...
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... face again . " So he went away in a rage ; and the old men would have appeased the King's wrath , but he would not hearken to them , but said that the two maidens should die . " Her that " Wilt thou then slay them both ? " said the old ...
... face again . " So he went away in a rage ; and the old men would have appeased the King's wrath , but he would not hearken to them , but said that the two maidens should die . " Her that " Wilt thou then slay them both ? " said the old ...
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... face with his mantle ; but she stood by him , and said : " I give my body with a willing heart to die for my country and for the whole land of Greece . I pray the gods that ye may prosper , and win the victory in this war , and come ...
... face with his mantle ; but she stood by him , and said : " I give my body with a willing heart to die for my country and for the whole land of Greece . I pray the gods that ye may prosper , and win the victory in this war , and come ...
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Page 262 - I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Page 277 - 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 279 - A Lady with a Lamp shall stand In the great history of the land, A noble type of good, Heroic womanhood. Nor even shall be wanting here The palm, the lily, and the spear, * The symbols that of yore Saint Filomena bore.
Page 255 - 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 143 - I pray you all, good Christian people, to bear me witness that I die a true Christian woman, and that I do look to be saved by no other mean but only by the mercy of God, in the blood of his only Son Jesus Christ...
Page 56 - LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
Page 135 - 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 276 - 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 - ... perfectly, as God made the world; or else I am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened, yea presently sometimes with pinches, nips...
Page 127 - And the traitor looked on the King's spent strength And said : " Have I kept my word ? — Yea, King, the mortal pledge that I gave ? No black friar's shrift thy soul shall have, But the shrift of this red sword...