Crusader in Crinoline: The Life of Harriet Beecher StoweAn absorbingly interesting portrait of a personality and an age. |
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Page 398
... winter . One was the somewhat aston- ishing feat of procuring a portrait of Eliza Stowe , Harriet's predecessor in the conjugal bed . There were no models to copy . Eliza had lived before the day of Daguerre's chemical pictures and had ...
... winter . One was the somewhat aston- ishing feat of procuring a portrait of Eliza Stowe , Harriet's predecessor in the conjugal bed . There were no models to copy . Eliza had lived before the day of Daguerre's chemical pictures and had ...
Page 519
... winter , " My thoughts never run free till the sap begins to rise in the trees ; winter months freeze me . " For writing , Harriet wanted " warm weather , and not to be in the state of a ' froze and thawed ' apple . " Winter weather and ...
... winter , " My thoughts never run free till the sap begins to rise in the trees ; winter months freeze me . " For writing , Harriet wanted " warm weather , and not to be in the state of a ' froze and thawed ' apple . " Winter weather and ...
Page 622
... winter . The trees had re- covered from the freezing and were as beautiful as ever . Harriet's own health was none too good during the early part of the winter . But the climate had its effect , and by March she was much like her former ...
... winter . The trees had re- covered from the freezing and were as beautiful as ever . Harriet's own health was none too good during the early part of the winter . But the climate had its effect , and by March she was much like her former ...
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