 He then lost his wife, and remained fifteen years a widower, when he married again a young girl, the daughter of a clergyman, who died, leaving a numerous offspring in extreme poverty. My maternal grandfather had been a man of sensibility and genius ;...  The Keepsake - Página 2031837Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Emily Percival - 1849 - 314 páginas
...whose voice hath no reply ; Forever answering grief with grief's own bitter cry! THE PARVENUE. •T MRS. SHELLEY. WHY do I write my melancholy story?...poor, and all the family assisted each other. My elder half-sisters were strong, industrious, rustic young women, and submitted to a life of labor with great... | |
 | G. S. Munroe - 1850 - 316 páginas
...wishing to rise to rank superior to that in which they are born? No! miserable as I am, others might hnve been happy, I doubt not, in my position : the chalice...poor, and all the family assisted each other. My elder half-sisters were strong, industrious, rustic young women, and submitted to a life of labor with great... | |
 | Emily Percival - 1849 - 320 páginas
...endowments. She was an earthly angel ; all her works were charity, all her thoughts were love. THE PAUVEXUE. Within a year after her marriage, she gave birth to...poor, and all the family assisted each other. My elder half-sisters were strong, industrious, rustic young women, and submitted to a life of labor with great... | |
 | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - 1891 - 414 páginas
...after her marriage, she gave birth to twins — I and my sister ; soon after she fell into ill-health, and from that time was always weakly. She could endure...poor, and all the family assisted each other. My elder half-sisters were strong, industrious, rustic young women, and submitted to a life of lahour with great... | |
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