Life of Abby Hopper Gibbons: Told Chiefly Through Her Correspondence, Volumen1G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1897 |
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... believe dinner we had ! When tired , we went to the orchard , gathered rushes , and made baskets . " The henhouse was not far off ; we fed the chickens and thought we owned them all . There were speckled bantams and their baby brood ...
... believe dinner we had ! When tired , we went to the orchard , gathered rushes , and made baskets . " The henhouse was not far off ; we fed the chickens and thought we owned them all . There were speckled bantams and their baby brood ...
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... believe he could see just a little . " My uncle Josiah , of whom I was very fond , was a most agreeable man ; he had been well educated and took great pleasure in books . When he worked at his plough , he always carried a book in his ...
... believe he could see just a little . " My uncle Josiah , of whom I was very fond , was a most agreeable man ; he had been well educated and took great pleasure in books . When he worked at his plough , he always carried a book in his ...
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... believe that no patriarch ever looked on a spectacle such as that , with deeper feelings of af- fectionate pride , than did that dear father of his flock , on the occasion of the review , to answer the question , 666 In- Doctor , how ...
... believe that no patriarch ever looked on a spectacle such as that , with deeper feelings of af- fectionate pride , than did that dear father of his flock , on the occasion of the review , to answer the question , 666 In- Doctor , how ...
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... in the prospect of her leaving my family , I believe it right for me to say , that I find no cause to put any obstacle in the way of your proceeding as thou hast proposed . In 54 [ 1831- Abby Bopper Gibbons II Friend.
... in the prospect of her leaving my family , I believe it right for me to say , that I find no cause to put any obstacle in the way of your proceeding as thou hast proposed . In 54 [ 1831- Abby Bopper Gibbons II Friend.
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... believe you to be worthy of each other . I do think you congenial minds , and him the only man I have ever seen that would suit thee . I hope fortune will turn her wheel so far as to make it proper for a further step in due time . But ...
... believe you to be worthy of each other . I do think you congenial minds , and him the only man I have ever seen that would suit thee . I hope fortune will turn her wheel so far as to make it proper for a further step in due time . But ...
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Abby's Anti-Slavery asked Aunt Battle of Brandywine beautiful believe blessing brother called Charles Marriott child comfort daugh daughter dear Abbie dear Willie delighted dress duty EDWARD HOPPER Elias Hicks father feel gave Gibbons girl give glad happy hear heart hope Hospital hour husband Isaac James James Gibbons Julia kind knew leave letter live look Lucretia Lucretia Mott Lucy Lydia Maria Child Mary Meeting mind Miss morning mother never New-York night nurses passed Philadelphia pleasant Point Lookout poor fellow Quaker Rachel Randall's Island Richard Price Sally Sedgwick seems sent sick sister slave Society soon suffering Surgeon talk things thou thought tion to-day told took Uncle week WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON Willie's Winchester wish woman women wounded write yesterday York young
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Página 295 - We are coming, Father Abraham, three hundred thousand more, From Mississippi's winding stream and from New England's shore; We leave our ploughs and workshops, our wives and children dear, With hearts too full for utterance, with but a silent tear; We dare not look behind us, but steadfastly before: We are coming*, Father Abraham, three hundred thousand more...
Página 295 - If you look across the hill-tops that meet the northern sky, Long moving lines of rising dust your vision may descry ; And now the wind, an instant, tears the cloudy veil aside, And floats aloft our spangled flag in glory and in pride, And bayonets in the sunlight gleam, and bands brave music pour : We are coming, Father Abraham...
Página 296 - And bayonets in the sunlight gleam, and bands brave music pour; We are coming, Father Abraham, three hundred thousand more! If you look all up our valleys where the growing harvests shine, You may see our sturdy farmer boys fast forming into line; And children from their...
Página 122 - And let us not be weary in well doing : for 'in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Página 296 - And learning how to reap and sow against their country's needs; And a farewell group stands weeping at every cottage door; We are coming, Father Abraham, three hundred thousand more. You have called us, and we're coming, by Richmond's bloody tide, To lay us down, for Freedom's sake, our brothers
Página 39 - There was an old woman who lived in a shoe. She had so many children she didn't know what to do.
Página 263 - Ruffians to impose on them. This I believe to be the most important work to be done in Kansas at the present time. Many of the Free-State leaders being engaged in speculations are willing to accept peace on any terms. Brown and his friends will hold to the original principle of making Kansas free, without regard to private interests. If you agree with me, I should like to have your money appropriated for the use of Captain John Brown. If not that, the other proposition, to aid parties of settlers...
Página 43 - Governor Penn finally charged the Jury, who brought in a verdict sufficiently ambiguous and ineffective for such a dubious offence, saying they find her " guilty of having the common fame of a witch, but not guilty in the manner and form as she stands indicted.
Página 220 - ... the great central Fire and Light of all the world, the loadstone of the universe, and thus recruit, grow young again, and so are blessed and strong. There may be a daily, conscious communion with God, marked by reverence, gratitude, aspiration, trust, and love ; it will not be the highest prayer. "T is the most difficult of tasks to keep Heights that the soul is competent to gain.