Memoirs of Mrs. Susan Huntington, of Boston, Mass: Designed for the YoungA.H. Maltby, 1831 - 131 pages |
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... never heard of her telling a falsehood , or of her giving even an evasive answer . So very scrupulous was she on this subject , that she seemed afraid to assert any thing with regard to the past without some qualifying expression like ...
... never heard of her telling a falsehood , or of her giving even an evasive answer . So very scrupulous was she on this subject , that she seemed afraid to assert any thing with regard to the past without some qualifying expression like ...
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... never heard of a Sabbath school ; as for religious books like those with which children are now favored , they were almost unknown . Watts ' Hymns , the Catechisms , the New - England Primer , with the religious lessons of the spelling ...
... never heard of a Sabbath school ; as for religious books like those with which children are now favored , they were almost unknown . Watts ' Hymns , the Catechisms , the New - England Primer , with the religious lessons of the spelling ...
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... ting combination . She had never been taught to dance , or been present at a fashionable dinner or tea party ; and yet she was refined and lovely . A little girl accustomed to the society of a large city , MRS . HUNTINGTON . 9.
... ting combination . She had never been taught to dance , or been present at a fashionable dinner or tea party ; and yet she was refined and lovely . A little girl accustomed to the society of a large city , MRS . HUNTINGTON . 9.
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... never conversed upon the subject with any interest . " This indif- ference was very obvious during the subsequent periods of her life . It has been said that her vivacity in childhood did not incline her to the ordi- nary sports of ...
... never conversed upon the subject with any interest . " This indif- ference was very obvious during the subsequent periods of her life . It has been said that her vivacity in childhood did not incline her to the ordi- nary sports of ...
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... never been generally the custom in New England , and in the present case we know that no such advan- tages were enjoyed . The father of this little girl , not only had the duties of a large parish to prevent , but was obliged to work ...
... never been generally the custom in New England , and in the present case we know that no such advan- tages were enjoyed . The father of this little girl , not only had the duties of a large parish to prevent , but was obliged to work ...
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