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... wife in her husband's house is his servant ; it is in his heart that she is queen . Whatever of the best he can conceive , it is her part to be ; whatever of the highest he can hope , it is hers to promise ; all that is dark in him she ...
... wife in her husband's house is his servant ; it is in his heart that she is queen . Whatever of the best he can conceive , it is her part to be ; whatever of the highest he can hope , it is hers to promise ; all that is dark in him she ...
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Augusta J. Evans, Augusta Evans. ΤΟ J. C. DERBY , IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF MANY YEARS OF KIND AND FAITHFUL FRIENDSHIP , THESE PAGES ARE AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED . " Ah ! the true rule is a true wife.
Augusta J. Evans, Augusta Evans. ΤΟ J. C. DERBY , IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF MANY YEARS OF KIND AND FAITHFUL FRIENDSHIP , THESE PAGES ARE AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED . " Ah ! the true rule is a true wife.
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... wife in her husband's house is his servant ; it is in his heart that she is queen . Whatever of the best he can conceive , it is her part to be ; whatever of the highest he can hope , it is hers to promise ; all that is dark in him she ...
... wife in her husband's house is his servant ; it is in his heart that she is queen . Whatever of the best he can conceive , it is her part to be ; whatever of the highest he can hope , it is hers to promise ; all that is dark in him she ...
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... wife's spirit passed gently to the everlasting re- union . Before sunrise on the ensuing day , a sad group clustered once more under the dripping chestnuts , and where a pool of blood had dyed the sod , a wide grave yawned . The coffins ...
... wife's spirit passed gently to the everlasting re- union . Before sunrise on the ensuing day , a sad group clustered once more under the dripping chestnuts , and where a pool of blood had dyed the sod , a wide grave yawned . The coffins ...
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... wife , looked out beseechingly at her . Frequently , in the warm light of day , ere shadows stalked to and fro in the thick woods , she would steal , with an apronful of wild flowers , to the solitary grave , scatter her treasures in ...
... wife , looked out beseechingly at her . Frequently , in the warm light of day , ere shadows stalked to and fro in the thick woods , she would steal , with an apronful of wild flowers , to the solitary grave , scatter her treasures in ...
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