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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... soul from every wandering to the faith in which she lived and died . " Of this sad year after her mother's death , Catherine Beecher wrote : " The experience of this year in our family history was similar to that of a landscape in ...
... soul from every wandering to the faith in which she lived and died . " Of this sad year after her mother's death , Catherine Beecher wrote : " The experience of this year in our family history was similar to that of a landscape in ...
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... soul despaired of finding an end . At last her patient search was rewarded , for at the very bottom of a barrel of musty sermons she discovered an ancient vol- ume of ' The Arabian Nights . ' With this her fortune was made , for in ...
... soul despaired of finding an end . At last her patient search was rewarded , for at the very bottom of a barrel of musty sermons she discovered an ancient vol- ume of ' The Arabian Nights . ' With this her fortune was made , for in ...
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... soul was already overflowing with thought and feeling . She was only twelve years old when a school exhibition took place , whereat three of the best compositions were read aloud be- fore " all the literati of Litchfield . " " When my ...
... soul was already overflowing with thought and feeling . She was only twelve years old when a school exhibition took place , whereat three of the best compositions were read aloud be- fore " all the literati of Litchfield . " " When my ...
Strana 30
... Soul be proved by the Light of Nature , " was indeed an extraordi- nary one to be treated by a child of twelve years , but the manner of the treatment is that of undeveloped genius . Her arguments , drawn from history , from Addison ...
... Soul be proved by the Light of Nature , " was indeed an extraordi- nary one to be treated by a child of twelve years , but the manner of the treatment is that of undeveloped genius . Her arguments , drawn from history , from Addison ...
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... soul . " The next Sunday father preached a funeral sermon on this text : ' The name of the just is as brightness , but the memory of the wicked shall rot . ' The main idea of the sermon was that goodness only is immortal , and that no ...
... soul . " The next Sunday father preached a funeral sermon on this text : ' The name of the just is as brightness , but the memory of the wicked shall rot . ' The main idea of the sermon was that goodness only is immortal , and that no ...
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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.