Willing hearts and ready hands; or, The labours and triumphs of earnest women |
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“ To be happy at home , " said Dr. Johnson , “ is the ultimate result of all ambition ; the end to which every enterprise and labour tends , and of which every desire prompts the prosecution . ” Progress and civilization have been in ...
“ To be happy at home , " said Dr. Johnson , “ is the ultimate result of all ambition ; the end to which every enterprise and labour tends , and of which every desire prompts the prosecution . ” Progress and civilization have been in ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Willing hearts and ready hands; or, The labours and triumphs of earnest women |
| Author | Joseph Johnson |
| Published | 1869 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 20 Jun 2006 |
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