The Weldron Family: Or, Vicissitudes of Fortune. A Story of Real Life in New EnglandWeeden & Peek, 1848 - 304 pagini An ambitious story of virtue and vice, set just after the end of the War of 1812, the story chronicles the shifting fortunes of generations of a family descended from the Mayflower settlers. |
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... true , ' continued Mrs. Johnson , that they believed the gospel would be planted here , and its ever - attendant blessings realized by their descendants ; this was what cheered them and upbore their spirits amid great and innumerable ...
... true , ' continued Mrs. Johnson , that they believed the gospel would be planted here , and its ever - attendant blessings realized by their descendants ; this was what cheered them and upbore their spirits amid great and innumerable ...
Pagina 5
... true , that even among them no perfection was found ; they had failings , and in giving an impartial ac- count of the individual character of some of their descend- ants , we must delineate the foibles , as well as dwell upon the ...
... true , that even among them no perfection was found ; they had failings , and in giving an impartial ac- count of the individual character of some of their descend- ants , we must delineate the foibles , as well as dwell upon the ...
Pagina 7
... true , some congeniality of taste and sentiment , in regard to the most important subjects , relative to the interests of a family , existing in the minds of young Mr. Weldron and his wife ; still , there was little sympathy manifested ...
... true , some congeniality of taste and sentiment , in regard to the most important subjects , relative to the interests of a family , existing in the minds of young Mr. Weldron and his wife ; still , there was little sympathy manifested ...
Pagina 19
... true she was not reduced to poverty ; but she must retrench her expenditures , dismiss some of her servants , and take the care of her children upon herself , a task from which she had been hitherto exempt . From such a change in her ...
... true she was not reduced to poverty ; but she must retrench her expenditures , dismiss some of her servants , and take the care of her children upon herself , a task from which she had been hitherto exempt . From such a change in her ...
Pagina 20
... unhappy . Such was lamentably true , as she was led to regard with a feeling of distrust those who , but for her unjust sus- picions of their motives , would have proved themselves valuable 20 VICISSITUDES OF FORTUNE , ETC.
... unhappy . Such was lamentably true , as she was led to regard with a feeling of distrust those who , but for her unjust sus- picions of their motives , would have proved themselves valuable 20 VICISSITUDES OF FORTUNE , ETC.
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Pagina 268 - YES — my native land ! I love thee ; All thy scenes I love them well ; Friends, connections, happy country, Can I bid you all farewell '( Can I leave you, Far in heathen lands to dwell?
Pagina 133 - And went with meekness, charity, and love. Where'er a tear was dried ; a wounded heart Bound up ; a bruised spirit with the dew Of sympathy anointed ; or a pang Of honest suffering soothed ; or injury Repeated oft, as oft by love forgiven ; Where'er an evil passion was subdued, Or Virtue's feeble embers fanned ; where'er A sin was heartily abjured, and left; I BOOK V.
Pagina 161 - Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Pagina 203 - His little weapon in the narrower sphere Of sweet domestic comfort, and cuts down The fairest bloom of sublunary bliss. ] Bliss ! sublunary bliss! proud words, and vain!
Pagina 268 - I say a last farewell? Can I leave you, Far in heathen lands to dwell? 4 Yes ! I hasten from you gladly, From the scenes I love so well ; Far away, ye billows ! bear me ; ' Lovely native land ! — farewell ! Pleased I leave thee, Far in heathen lands to dwell.
Pagina 268 - tis sure I love thee, Can I, can I say farewell ? Can I leave thee, Far in heathen lands to dwell...
Pagina 274 - Trials make the promise sweet, Trials give new life to prayer ; Trials bring me to his feet, Lay me low, and keep me there.
Pagina 137 - That man may last, but never lives, Who much receives, but nothing gives; Whom none can love, whom none can thank, Creation's blot, creation's blank...
Pagina 131 - Before the willing spirit takes Her mansion near the throne. 3 Faith strives, but all its efforts fail To trace her...
Pagina 16 - And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes ; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved : but truly, as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.