New Chronicles of RebeccaHoughton, Mifflin, 1907 - 277 pages Home life in New England, with portrayals of girls and women-folk. |
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Page 80
... Baxter is different and calls his wife dear which is lovely and the first time I ever heard it in Riverboro . Mrs. Baxter is another kind of people too , from those that live in Temper- ance . I like to watch her in meeting and see her ...
... Baxter is different and calls his wife dear which is lovely and the first time I ever heard it in Riverboro . Mrs. Baxter is another kind of people too , from those that live in Temper- ance . I like to watch her in meeting and see her ...
Page 122
... Baxter , the present incumbent ; and he was voted to be as near perfection as a minister can be in this finite world . His young wife had a small income of her own , a distinct and unusual advantage , and the subscrip- tion committee ...
... Baxter , the present incumbent ; and he was voted to be as near perfection as a minister can be in this finite world . His young wife had a small income of her own , a distinct and unusual advantage , and the subscrip- tion committee ...
Page 123
... Baxter communicated her patriotic idea of a new flag to the Dorcas Society , proposing that the women should cut and make it themselves . " It may not be quite as good as those manufac- tured in the large cities , " she said , " but we ...
... Baxter communicated her patriotic idea of a new flag to the Dorcas Society , proposing that the women should cut and make it themselves . " It may not be quite as good as those manufac- tured in the large cities , " she said , " but we ...
Page 127
... Baxter , I'll make such fine stitches you'll think the white grew out of the blue ! " The new minister's wife looked pleased to see her spark kindle a flame in the young heart . " You can sew so much of yourself into your star , " she ...
... Baxter , I'll make such fine stitches you'll think the white grew out of the blue ! " The new minister's wife looked pleased to see her spark kindle a flame in the young heart . " You can sew so much of yourself into your star , " she ...
Page 135
... Baxter ; now will you please tell me if you like the last verse ? " she asked , taking out her paper . " I've only read it to Alice Robinson , and I think perhaps she can never be a poet , though she's a splendid writer . Last year when ...
... Baxter ; now will you please tell me if you like the last verse ? " she asked , taking out her paper . " I've only read it to Alice Robinson , and I think perhaps she can never be a poet , though she's a splendid writer . Last year when ...
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Abijah Flagg Abner Simpson Acreville Adam Ladd afraid afternoon ain't Aladdin Alice Robinson asked Aunt Jane Aunt Miranda baby barège barn chamber Baxter be'n beautiful becca braids brick house brown Buttercup Candace carissima child Clara Belle cried Daughters of Zion dear door dress Edgewood Elisha Emma Jane Perkins Emmy exclaimed eyes farm father flag flag-raising Fogg girls guess hair hand head heart hill hollyhock horse Huldah Jack-o'-lantern Jacob Moody Jane's Jimmy Watson John Winslow looked Meserve Milltown mind minister minister's wife Minnie Smellie Miranda Sawyer Miss Dearborn Miss Miranda Moses mother never night North Riverboro perhaps pink poor-farm porcupine quills remember Remerniscences road rosetted Sawyer Squire Bean's star story Sunnybrook there's things Thirza Thought Book Tory Hill Uncle Cash Uncle Sam village voice wagon walked Wareham window wonder write young
Popular passages
Page 37 - Waft, waft, ye winds, his story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till, like a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole
Page 46 - Arise, for the night of thy sorrow is o'er. 2 Strong were thy foes ; but the arm that subdued them, And scattered their legions, was mightier far; They fled like the chaff from the scourge that pursued them ; Vain were their steeds and their chariots of war. 3 Daughter of Zion, the power that hath saved thee Extolled with the harp and the timbrel should be ; Shout, for the foe is destroyed that enslaved thee ; The oppressor is vanquished, and Zion is free ! Pi«lm 102.
Page 251 - Oh! hush these suspicions," Fair Imogine said, "Offensive to love and to me! For, if you be living, or if you be dead, I swear by the Virgin, that none in your stead Shall husband of Imogine be.
Page 28 - ... the east: Shine, be increased ; O Lady Moon, your horns point toward the west: Wane, be at rest. What do the stars do Up in the sky, Higher than the wind can blow, Or the clouds can fly? Each star in its own glory Circles, circles still ; As it was lit to shine and set, And do its Maker's will. Motherless baby and babyless mother, Bring them together to love one another.
Page 130 - Not by appointment do we meet delight And joy; they heed not our expectancy; But round some corner in the streets of life They on a sudden clasp us with a smile.
Page 137 - ... wonder what becomes of them! That's a pretty idea, little Rebecca, and I don't know whether you or my wife ought to have the more praise. What made you think of the stars lying on the flag's 'mother-breast'? Where did you get that word?
Page 243 - With virtues equall'd by her wit alone ; She made the cleverest people quite ashamed, And even the good with inward envy groan, Finding themselves so very much exceeded, In their own way, by all the things that she did.
Page 142 - I want to know! That'll be grand, won't it?" (Still not a sign of consciousness on the part of Abner.) "I hope Mrs. Fogg will take Clara Belle, for it will be splendid to look at ! Mr. Cobb is going to be Uncle Sam and drive us on the stage. Miss Dearborn — Clara Belle's old teacher, you know — is going to be Columbia; the girls will be the States of the Union, and O Mr. Simpson, I am going to be the State of Maine!
Page 143 - ... can't bear to say anything about it, but please give us back our flag! Don't, don't take it over to Acreville, Mr. Simpson! We've worked so long to make it, and it was so hard getting the money for the bunting! Wait a minute, please; don't be angry, and don't say no just yet, till I explain more. It'll be so dreadful for everybody to get there to-morrow morning and find no flag to raise, and the band and the mayor all disappointed, and the children crying, with their muslin dresses all bought...
Page 242 - High is the rank we now possess ; But higher we shall rise ; Though what we shall hereafter be Is hid from mortal eyes...