Life and Letters of Harriet Beecher StoweAnnie Fields Houghton, Mifflin, 1897 - 406 strán (strany) Individual letters and fragments of letters composed by author Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe (1811-96) between 1827 and 1893 are incorporated here into a continuous biographical narrative of Stowe's life. Though the materials assembled inadequately represent Stowe's correspondence, they do give a sense of her views on religion, marriage, child rearing, slavery, and writing. |
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... seen in his son and his grandchildren . Dr. Lyman Beecher's mother was of Scotch descent , a Miss Lyman . He says of her : " She was a woman tall , well - proportioned , dignified in her movements , fair to look upon , intelligent in ...
... seen in his son and his grandchildren . Dr. Lyman Beecher's mother was of Scotch descent , a Miss Lyman . He says of her : " She was a woman tall , well - proportioned , dignified in her movements , fair to look upon , intelligent in ...
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... seen in that land , behind a pleasant house on the grassy street very near to the tumbling sea . Here their life of tireless industry went on . Mrs. Beecher added to everything else a love of painting , and finished twenty - four fine ...
... seen in that land , behind a pleasant house on the grassy street very near to the tumbling sea . Here their life of tireless industry went on . Mrs. Beecher added to everything else a love of painting , and finished twenty - four fine ...
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... seen or known of her . 66 Then came the funeral . Henry was too little to go . I remember his golden curls and little black frock , as he frolicked like a kitten in the sun in ignorant joy . " I remember the mourning dresses , the tears ...
... seen or known of her . 66 Then came the funeral . Henry was too little to go . I remember his golden curls and little black frock , as he frolicked like a kitten in the sun in ignorant joy . " I remember the mourning dresses , the tears ...
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... seen , they enjoyed much together . Mrs. Stowe writes of this visit : " Among my earliest recollections are those of a visit to Nutplains immediately after my mother's death . Aunt Harriet Foote , from whom I was named , who was with ...
... seen , they enjoyed much together . Mrs. Stowe writes of this visit : " Among my earliest recollections are those of a visit to Nutplains immediately after my mother's death . Aunt Harriet Foote , from whom I was named , who was with ...
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... seen , had her own ideas of Aunt Harriet's strict methods of government , and the dreaming child found shel- ter under her wing at Nutplains as well as in her father's study at Litchfield . CHAPTER II LIFE AT LITCHFIELD Two years after ...
... seen , had her own ideas of Aunt Harriet's strict methods of government , and the dreaming child found shel- ter under her wing at Nutplains as well as in her father's study at Litchfield . CHAPTER II LIFE AT LITCHFIELD Two years after ...
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Andover anti-slavery Aunt Esther beautiful Beecher blessed Boston brother Brunswick called Catherine cheerful child Christ Christian church Cincinnati Cleon comfort daughters dear death Duchess Duchess of Argyll England eyes faith father feel felt Florida flowers friends genius George Eliot girl give H. B. STOWE hand Harriet Harriet Beecher Stowe Hartford hear heard heart heaven Henry Henry Ward Beecher hope hour Howard husband labor Lady Byron letter Litchfield live look Lord Lyman Beecher Mandarin mind Minister's Wooing morning mother never night once Orr's Island pleasant poor Professor Stowe remember scene seemed sister slave slavery sorrow soul spirit story Stowe wrote Stowe's strong suffering sympathy talk tell things thought tion told Uncle Tom Uncle Tom's Cabin wife winter wish woman women wonderful write written young
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Strana 40 - Thrice he assay'd, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such as Angels weep, burst forth: at last Words, interwove with sighs, found out their way.
Strana 38 - The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
Strana 321 - Therefore, whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light ; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
Strana 40 - To speak; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose him round With all his peers: Attention held them mute.
Strana 323 - And some among you held, that if the King Had seen the sight he would have sworn the vow : Not easily, seeing that the King must guard That which he rules, and is but as the hind To whom a space of land is given to plow. Who may not wander from the allotted field Before his work be done...
Strana 309 - Fear not ; I am the first and the last, and the Living one ; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.
Strana 107 - ... we arrive at heaven our home, Faith is our guide, and faith our light. 2 The want of sight she well supplies; She makes the pearly gates appear ; Far into distant worlds she pries, And brings eternal glories near. 3 Cheerful we tread the desert through, While faith inspires a heavenly ray, Though lions roar, and tempests blow, And rocks and dangers fill the way.
Strana 391 - Tis joy enough, my All in All, At thy dear feet to lie ; Thou wilt not let me lower fall, And none can higher fly.
Strana 278 - Purest ! There is a temple, sacred evermore, And all the babble of life's angry voices Dies in hushed stillness at its peaceful door.