Noble Womanhood: A Series of Biographical SketchesSociety for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1894 - 361 страници |
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... Quakers , so that on both sides . Elizabeth Fry was descended from families occu- pying prominent positions in the Society of Friends . The Gurney family is a very ancient one , and can trace an uninterrupted line to the Norman lords of ...
... Quakers , so that on both sides . Elizabeth Fry was descended from families occu- pying prominent positions in the Society of Friends . The Gurney family is a very ancient one , and can trace an uninterrupted line to the Norman lords of ...
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... Quakers in garb and speech , and their numerous children were also brought up with more knowledge and enjoyment of the world than is usually the case . Nevertheless , Mrs. Gurney , who was a woman of a noble and beautiful spirit ...
... Quakers in garb and speech , and their numerous children were also brought up with more knowledge and enjoyment of the world than is usually the case . Nevertheless , Mrs. Gurney , who was a woman of a noble and beautiful spirit ...
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... Quaker asceticism on the other . Two or three extracts from her diary will reveal something of her character , and of her mental struggles . " " Monday , May 21st . — I am seventeen to - day . Am I happier , or a better creature , than ...
... Quaker asceticism on the other . Two or three extracts from her diary will reveal something of her character , and of her mental struggles . " " Monday , May 21st . — I am seventeen to - day . Am I happier , or a better creature , than ...
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... Quaker family in London . Being divided in her mind as to whether a married life would interfere with her philanthropic and religious work , she consulted her ... Quakers , who had so little parleying with the world ELIZABETH FRY . 273.
... Quaker family in London . Being divided in her mind as to whether a married life would interfere with her philanthropic and religious work , she consulted her ... Quakers , who had so little parleying with the world ELIZABETH FRY . 273.
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A Series of Biographical Sketches George Barnett Smith. Quakers , who had so little parleying with the world that even Elizabeth's urbane and ladylike manners seemed almost to wear a temporizing character . In the slums of London Mrs ...
A Series of Biographical Sketches George Barnett Smith. Quakers , who had so little parleying with the world that even Elizabeth's urbane and ladylike manners seemed almost to wear a temporizing character . In the slums of London Mrs ...
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Страница 340 - :— " To thee the love of woman hath gone down, Dark flow thy tides o'er manhood's noble head, O'er youth's bright locks and beauty's flowery crown, Yet must thou hear a voice—Restore the Dead ! Earth shall reclaim her precious things from thee— Restore the Dead, thou Sea !
Страница 146 - I have been at to arrive where I am. My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it.'
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Страница 85 - On England's annals, through the long Hereafter of her speech and song, That light its rays shall cast From portals of the past. A lady with a lamp shall stand In the great history of the land, A noble type of good, Heroic womanhood ? Nor even shall be wanting here The palm, the lily, and the spear, The symbols that of yore Saint Filomena bore.
Страница 259 - I am no longer eager, bold, and strong, All that is past ; I am ready not to do At last—at last. My half-day's work is done, And this is all my part. I give a patient God My patient heart.
Страница 84 - Her shadow, as it falls Upon the darkening walls. As if a door in heaven should be Opened and then closed suddenly, The vision came and went, The light shone and was