Elsie's Womanhood: A Sequel to "Elsie's Girlhood"Dodd, Mead, 1903 - 343 pages A grown-up Elsie meets her wealthy Aunt Stanhope-and another relative with more diabolical plans. Can faith find the truth before dreams are shattered? |
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Elsie's Womanhood: A Sequel to Elsie's Girlhood (Classic Reprint) Martha Finley No preview available - 2015 |
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Adelaide Allison Andersonville answered Arthur asked Aunt Chloe Aunt Wealthy baby Balis beautiful better blush Bress brother caressing cheek child chile comfort cried darling daugh daughter dear dearest delight Dinsmore Dinsmore's Duncan Edward Elsie's Enna exclaimed eyes face father fear Fort Sumter gazing glad Good-morning grandpa hand happy Harold Harry Harry Duncan head heart heyah hope Horace hour husband Jesus kiss ladies Lansdale laugh lips little wife look Lord Lottie Lucy mamma mammy Massa Miss Stanhope missus morning mother never night Oaks papa poor precious remarked returned Rose Roselands seat side smile sobbed sofa soft eyes softly sorrow Spriggs stay sweet tears tell tender tenderly Thank thought Tom Jackson tones Travilla trembling turned Uncle Joe veranda Viamede voice Walter wee Elsie whispered words young
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Page 283 - In peace, Love tunes the shepherd's reed; In war, he mounts the warrior's steed; In halls, in gay attire is seen; In hamlets, dances on the green. Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above ; For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
Page 141 - The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad. The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.
Page 148 - To basest things. Revenge, at first though sweet, Bitter ere long, back on itself recoils...
Page 119 - Bring flowers, fresh flowers, for the bride to wear! They were born to blush in her shining hair. She is leaving the home of her childhood's mirth, She hath bid farewell to her father's hearth, Her place is now by another's side — Bring flowers for the locks of the fair young bride ! Bring flowers, pale flowers, o'er the bier to shed, A crown for the brow of the early dead!
Page 48 - Wilt thou draw near the nature of the gods? Draw near them then in being merciful s Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
Page 76 - A MIGHTY pain to love it is, And 'tis a pain that pain to miss ; But, of all pains, the greatest pain It is to love, but love in vain.
Page 271 - And, forasmuch as it is appointed to men. once to die, and after that the judgment...
Page 171 - Across the threshold led, And every tear kissed off as soon as shed, His house she enters — there to be a light Shining within, when all without is night ; A guardian- angel o'er his life presiding, Doubling his pleasures, and his cares dividing...
Page 61 - Only as idols are. She was the pride Of her familiar sphere — the daily joy Of all who on her gracefulness might gaze, And, in the light and music of her way, Have a companion's portion.