Heroines of our time: sketches [by J. Johnson].1860 |
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Page 13 - Thy nightly visits to my chamber made, That thou mightst know me safe and warmly laid...
Page 122 - So fades a summer cloud away; So sinks the gale when storms are o'er; So gently shuts the eye of day; So dies a wave along the shore.
Page 205 - I asked an inhabitant whether those children belonged to that part of the town, and lamented their misery and idleness. ' Ah ! sir,' said the woman to whom I was speaking, ' could you take a view of this part of the town on...
Page 193 - O'EE the gloomy hills of darkness, Look, my soul, be still, and gaze; All the promises do travail With a glorious day of grace; Blessed jubilee! Let thy glorious morning dawn.
Page 162 - City, and holding a pure faith in the unity of the Spirit and in the bond of peace...
Page 194 - O GoD, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home.
Page 110 - I have endeavoured not only attentively to observe all the duties a woman ought to fulfil, but to feel deeply interested in them. I don't always succeed, for sometimes when I'm teaching or sewing I would rather be reading or writing ; but I try to deny myself; and my father's approbation amply rewarded me for the privation.
Page 35 - Let Mrs. Herbert also know that I wish Miss Nightingale and the ladies would tell these poor, noble wounded and sick men that no one takes a warmer interest or feels more for their sufferings or admires their courage and heroism more than their Queen. Day and night she thinks of her beloved troops. So does the Prince. Beg Mrs. Herbert to communicate these my words to those ladies, as I know that our sympathy is much valued by these noble fellows.
Page 221 - He begged I would not think of bringing any religion into the country; it was the worst thing in the world for the poor, for it made them lazy and useless.
Page 215 - ... to grow too small to gratify them ; and how, with a bottle of water, a bed, and a blanket, we set out to seek our fortunes ; and how we found a great house, with nothing in it ; and how it was like to remain so, till looking into our knowledge-boxes, we happened to find a little laming...