and we discover by the natural course of things that all that is done under the sun is vanity, we are drawing near the awful close of the drama. The
When Anne's brother-in-law, John Woodbridge, the husband of her sister Mercy, left for England on business, he took Anne's poems with him. "...how it came about, no one knows. Did Anne hastily put the finishing touches on her manuscript and place it in John's hands? Did he urge...
This is begging the question; for servitude not only debases the individual, but its effects seem to be transmitted to posterity. Considering the length of time that women have been dependent, is it surprising that some of them hug their chains, and fawn like the spaniel? ‘These dogs,’ ...
Today’s post is dedicated to those of you who, like me, have an ongoing situation in your life which has not yet been resolved. You’ve held on, and on, and on to God’s Word. You believe. You’ve prayed. You may even have resorted to begging. Or bargaining! Yet still the pro...
with her youth, health, and good spirits, than a certain fretful, feeble old lady who couldn’t enjoy her comforts, a third that, disagreeable as it was to help get dinner, it was harder still to go begging for it and the fourth, that even carnelian rings were not so valuable as goo...
I’m sure I wish it would, for if I can’t be an artist myself, I should like to be able to help those who are,’ said Amy, smiling, as if the part of Lady Bountiful would suit her better than that of a poor drawing teacher. ‘Hum!’ said Jo, with a sigh. ‘If you ...
It includes the whole of the common people, except such as were in former times altogether below the level of respectability, the éta and hinin,[39]—outcasts who lived by begging, slaughtering1 animals, caring for dead bodies, tanning skins, and other employments which rendered them unclean...
with her youth, health, and good spirits, than a certain fretful, feeble old lady who couldn’t enjoy her comforts, a third that, disagreeable as it was to help get dinner, it was harder still to go begging for it and the fourth, that even carnelian rings were not so valuable as goo...
‘Begging your pardon, ma’am, it wasn’t a billiard saloon, but a gymnasium, and I was taking a lesson in fencing.’ ‘I’m glad of that.’ ‘why?’ ‘You can teach me, and then when we play HAMLET, you can be Laertes, and we’ll make a fine thing of the fencing scen...
but all were enjoying themselves, and when Jo collected her damaged property to go, her escort accompanied her, begging her to come again, ‘It was such fun to hear about Laurie’s larks.’ ‘Capital boys, aren’t they? I feel quite young and brisk again after that.’ said Jo, ...