Crusader in Crinoline: The Life of Harriet Beecher StoweAn absorbingly interesting portrait of a personality and an age. |
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Page 530
... offered Harriet the flat sum of $ 6,000 for serial rights here and in England and for all book rights for one year after book publication . It was much the largest sum the Atlantic had ever offered her for any thing , and it tempted her ...
... offered Harriet the flat sum of $ 6,000 for serial rights here and in England and for all book rights for one year after book publication . It was much the largest sum the Atlantic had ever offered her for any thing , and it tempted her ...
Page 595
... offered during the trial a bribe of $ 10,000 to vote against Henry . The jury reported and was dis- charged on July 2 , 1875. The trial had cost Henry Ward Beecher $ 118,000 . The opinion of Plymouth Church was expressed five days later ...
... offered during the trial a bribe of $ 10,000 to vote against Henry . The jury reported and was dis- charged on July 2 , 1875. The trial had cost Henry Ward Beecher $ 118,000 . The opinion of Plymouth Church was expressed five days later ...
Page 610
... offered . It seems probable that Mr. Houghton , for one , suspected or knew that Harriet was more than seventy . On the great day he acted as master of ceremonies , and he opened the formal proceedings with the words : “ We are come ...
... offered . It seems probable that Mr. Houghton , for one , suspected or knew that Harriet was more than seventy . On the great day he acted as master of ceremonies , and he opened the formal proceedings with the words : “ We are come ...
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