Heart Whispers: Or, A Peep Behind the Family Curtain, Interspersed with Sketches of a Tour Through Nine Southern States |
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... acquaintance , admire their innocent countenances , fall in love with their pleasant ways , re- member them hereafter with deep affection , and be ever ready to protect them , and those like them , with your strong arms and potent ...
... acquaintance , admire their innocent countenances , fall in love with their pleasant ways , re- member them hereafter with deep affection , and be ever ready to protect them , and those like them , with your strong arms and potent ...
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... acquaintance but Kendall . Just as we were arriving at Saulsbury , I embraced a private oppor- tunity to tell him the only way to cure a disease or settle a difficulty was to remove the cause ' ; that Mrs. D. was perfectly honest , did ...
... acquaintance but Kendall . Just as we were arriving at Saulsbury , I embraced a private oppor- tunity to tell him the only way to cure a disease or settle a difficulty was to remove the cause ' ; that Mrs. D. was perfectly honest , did ...
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... mortgage on the slave property of both to secure the debt . They subsequently moved to different parts of an adjoining state . His brother endorsed the bonds of acquaintances there , who 34 A PEEP BEHIND THE FAMILY CURTAIN ;
... mortgage on the slave property of both to secure the debt . They subsequently moved to different parts of an adjoining state . His brother endorsed the bonds of acquaintances there , who 34 A PEEP BEHIND THE FAMILY CURTAIN ;
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... acquaintances there , who had been sued . These failed to pay . The sheriff sold the former's property under the hammer , and the mortgage not having been recorded in that county , was void . Both brothers , who in the mean time had ...
... acquaintances there , who had been sued . These failed to pay . The sheriff sold the former's property under the hammer , and the mortgage not having been recorded in that county , was void . Both brothers , who in the mean time had ...
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... acquaintance , and introduced myself to him ; spent the morning in attend- ing to business , and in the afternoon travelled to Columbus . The ensuing day , the stage turned over between these villages . Accidents seem always to happen ...
... acquaintance , and introduced myself to him ; spent the morning in attend- ing to business , and in the afternoon travelled to Columbus . The ensuing day , the stage turned over between these villages . Accidents seem always to happen ...
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Page 193 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him. But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Page 216 - ... the sufferings of this present world are not worthy to be compared with the glory that shall be revealed.
Page 281 - to eat their " fodder " — (blossoms to their noses tied.) Near them stands the willow wagon — in it " Birdie's" mammoth doll, And our faithful " Brave" beside them, noble guardian over all. Above them float the butterflies, around them hum the bees...
Page 138 - Hope for the best, and be prepared for the worst, is the helm with which I steer my little bark.