Life of Abby Hopper Gibbons: Told Chiefly Through Her Correspondence, Volumen1G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1897 |
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... father being a Friend by conviction only ; his father having forfeited the right of membership by " marrying out of Meet- ing . " Levi , Isaac's father , attended Meeting but was not a member , and married Rachel Tatem , of rigid ...
... father being a Friend by conviction only ; his father having forfeited the right of membership by " marrying out of Meet- ing . " Levi , Isaac's father , attended Meeting but was not a member , and married Rachel Tatem , of rigid ...
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... father . Other young people often joined the party , and now and then they crossed the Delaware , and took a ramble on the other shore . The father amused them with entertaining talk , telling them stories , or calling attention to the ...
... father . Other young people often joined the party , and now and then they crossed the Delaware , and took a ramble on the other shore . The father amused them with entertaining talk , telling them stories , or calling attention to the ...
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... father helped to deepen the originality of her mind , and ripen her judg- ment , while her keen sense of humor - a birthright of all the Hoppers - served to make smooth many of the rough places of life . As her father's circumstances ...
... father helped to deepen the originality of her mind , and ripen her judg- ment , while her keen sense of humor - a birthright of all the Hoppers - served to make smooth many of the rough places of life . As her father's circumstances ...
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... father was very fond of little children and had so many happy ways , that they were very much inclined to come to him for the stories he used to tell them - and he knew a great many . " One Saturday , he said , ' If your mother con ...
... father was very fond of little children and had so many happy ways , that they were very much inclined to come to him for the stories he used to tell them - and he knew a great many . " One Saturday , he said , ' If your mother con ...
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... father and mother , who always gave him a warm welcome . He invited my sister Elizabeth and myself to pay him a visit . We were the happiest of children , and danced for joy . We were dressed and ready , when the wind began to blow and ...
... father and mother , who always gave him a warm welcome . He invited my sister Elizabeth and myself to pay him a visit . We were the happiest of children , and danced for joy . We were dressed and ready , when the wind began to blow and ...
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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 - 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...
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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.
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