Download or read book A Daughter of the Puritans an Autobiography written by Mrs. Caroline Alathea Stickney Creevey and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book A Daughter of the Puritans an Autobiography written by Caroline Alathea Stickney Creevey and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ... XI IN CHURCH In church I generally pushed by my mother in order to sit at the "head of the pew." Adjoining ours a maiden lady sat, old to me, but not much over forty. She brought sprigs of dill and fennel seeds, one or two of which she invariably passed over to me. The nibbling of these spicy seeds would while away the dreary hour of the sermon, before I was old enough to take an interest in the discourse. If she had not the fennel that delightful old lady would unroll a corner of her big, red handkerchief, and disclose two or three red peppermints which she fed to me, one at a time, with long intervals between. She took snuff, tapping a shell box which I thought exceedingly pretty. Once I reached my hand over the separating partition and she allowed me to gratify my unspoken wish. I took a pretty fair pinch which made me sneeze terribly, upsetting mother's and Miss Ely's gravity for several minutes. For a few Sundays after that, I was denied my favorite seat. The choir was located in a gallery at the back of the church. When they sang, the congregation arose, turned around, faced the choir, and leaned comfortably against the backs of the front pews. After a time, it was suggested that it was treating the minister with disrespect to turn our backs upon him, and it was determined to stand facing front. Well I remember what a stir this innovation against a long-established custom made, and how, for many Sundays, the congregation was divided, some turning to face the choir, others facing the minister. And after the custom to face forward became well established, one man, noted for his independence of thought and action, continued to turn towards the choir and sing a heavy bass, while everyone looked on with mingled amusement and...
Download or read book A Daughter of the Puritans an Autobiography written by Caroline A. Stickney Creevey and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Daughter of the Puritans written by Caroline A. Stickney Creevey and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-16 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Daughter of the Puritans: An Autobiography It is to Show the strictness and severity Of my early training, as well as to portray the ordinary life Of a New England girl in the middle Of the last century, that I am reviewing my childhood. If some of my experiences and the extracts from my diary seem impossible as judged by the children of this age, I wish to emphasize that they are not in the least particular overdrawn. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Daughters of the Puritans written by Seth Curtis Beach and published by . This book was released on 2008-11 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seth Curtis Beach (1837-1932) was the American author of Daughters of the Puritans: A Group of Brief Biographies (1905). aDuring the first half of the nineteenth century, Miss Sedgwick would doubtless have been considered the queen of American letters, but, in the opinion of her friends, the beauty of her character surpassed the merit of her books. In 1871, Miss Mary E. Dewey, her life-long neighbor, edited a volume of Miss Sedgwickas letters, mostly to members of her family, in compliance with the desire of those who knew and loved her, athat some printed memorial should exist of a life so beautiful and delightful in itself, and so beneficent in its influence upon others. a Truly a alife beautiful in itself and beneficent in its influence, a the reader will say, as he lays down this tender volume. a
Download or read book The Puritan and His Daughter written by James Kirke Paulding and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Daughters of the Puritans written by Seth Curtis Beach and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-03-18 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the first half of the nineteenth century, Miss Sedgwick would doubtless have been considered the queen of American letters, but, in the opinion of her friends, the beauty of her character surpassed the merit of her books. In 1871, Miss Mary E. Dewey, her life-long neighbor, edited a volume of Miss Sedgwick's letters, mostly to members of her family, in compliance with the desire of those who knew and loved her, "that some printed memorial should exist of a life so beautiful and delightful in itself, and so beneficent in its influence upon others." Truly a "life beautiful in itself and beneficent in its influence," the reader will say, as he lays down this tender volume.
Download or read book Daughters of the Puritans written by Seth Curtis Beach and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-04-20 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the first half of the nineteenth century, Miss Sedgwick would doubtless have been considered the queen of American letters, but, in the opinion of her friends, the beauty of her character surpassed the merit of her books. In 1871, Miss Mary E. Dewey, her life-long neighbor, edited a volume of Miss Sedgwick's letters, mostly to members of her family, in compliance with the desire of those who knew and loved her, "that some printed memorial should exist of a life so beautiful and delightful in itself, and so beneficent in its influence upon others." Truly a "life beautiful in itself and beneficent in its influence," the reader will say, as he lays down this tender volume.
Download or read book Daughters of the Puritans a Group of Brief Biographies Classic Reprint written by Seth Curtis Beach and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-22 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Daughters of the Puritans, a Group of Brief Biographies Madame Quincy gives an account of a visit, in her girlhood, paid to the mother of Miss Pamela, Madame Dwight, in her mansion house, and says that her husband, brig.-gen. Joseph Dwight, was one of the leading men of Massachusetts in his day. Madame Dwight was presumably not inferior to her husband. She was daughter of Col. Williams, of Wil liamstown, who commanded a brigade in the old French War, and whose son founded Williams College. A daughter of Madame Dwight. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Daughters of the Puritans A Group of Brief Biographies written by Seth Curtis Beach and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-10 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a brief glimpse into the lives of famous daughters of American Puritans who lived between the 18th and 19th century. Seven individuals are profiled with each chapter dedicated to them: Harriet Beecher Stowe, Dorothea Lynde Dix, Louisa May Alcott, Catharine Maria Sedgwick, Mary Lovell Ware, Lydia Maria Child, and Sarah Margaret Fuller Ossoli.
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Download or read book The American Puritans written by Dustin W. Benge and published by Reformation Heritage Books. This book was released on 2020-05-20 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The American Puritans , Dustin Benge and Nate Pickowicz tell the story of the first hundred years of Reformed Protestantism in New England through the lives of nine key figures: William Bradford, John Winthrop, John Cotton, Thomas Hooker, Thomas Shepard, Anne Bradstreet, John Eliot, Samuel Willard, and Cotton Mather. Here is sympathetic yet informed history, a book that corrects many myths and half-truths told about the American Puritans while inspiring a current generation of Christians to let their light shine before men. Table of Contents: Introduction: Who Are the American Puritans? 1. William Bradford 2. John Winthrop 3. John Cotton 4. Thomas Hooker 5. Thomas Shepard 6. Anne Bradstreet 7. John Eliot 8. Samuel Willard 9. Cotton Mather
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