| Robert Baird - 1839 - 122 Seiten
...to regret, that the gifted and noble authoress did not oftener employ her pen in the cause of truth. Perhaps it may be interesting to know what was the...overwhelming topic. More than once, when speaking of H 2 her mother, her eyes filled with tears. For she could not have been unacquainted with her whole... | |
| 1840 - 844 Seiten
...seriously to the subject of religion. She replied, with deep emotion, that her mother, in the latter port of her life especially, was in the practice of reading...sometimes found her engaged in prayer in her room. " But,1' said she, " one does not know ; one tries to hope for the best in such cases." It was easy... | |
| Horatio Hastings Weld - 1851 - 250 Seiten
...excellency of Christ Jesus ? Her daughter has said that, in the latter part of her life especially, she was in the practice of reading the Bible, and that...sometimes found her engaged in prayer in her room. Madame de Stael was undeniably a woman of genius; and she was one of those few remarkable individuals... | |
| Charles Benjamin TAYLER - 1876 - 176 Seiten
...excellency of Christ Jesus ? " Her daughter has said that, in the latter part of her life especially, she was in the practice of reading the Bible, and that...she had sometimes found her engaged in prayer in her own room. The French royal family had repeatedly inquired after her during her illness, and the Duke... | |
| Charles Bullock - 1876 - 346 Seiten
...excellency of Christ Jesus " ? Her daughter has said that, in the latter part of her life especially, she was in the practice of reading the Bible, and that...she had sometimes found her engaged in prayer in her own room. The French Boyal family had repeatedly inquired after her during her illness, and the Duke... | |
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