Crusader in Crinoline: The Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe
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... Calvin's complete dismay . How could Harriet so well love this fat and palpitating professor , nine years her senior , who seems so unattractive to us now ? Leaving aside the fact that Harriet's ideal was the man of God ( and Calvin ...
... Calvin's complete dismay . How could Harriet so well love this fat and palpitating professor , nine years her senior , who seems so unattractive to us now ? Leaving aside the fact that Harriet's ideal was the man of God ( and Calvin ...
Page 164
... Calvin's repertory . Even from the platform in England Calvin threw out his quaint solecisms ; and British audiences , to whom the speaker must have been as refreshing as a Hottentot , seemed to enjoy his Yankee expressions as much as ...
... Calvin's repertory . Even from the platform in England Calvin threw out his quaint solecisms ; and British audiences , to whom the speaker must have been as refreshing as a Hottentot , seemed to enjoy his Yankee expressions as much as ...
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... Calvin wrote reminiscently , " of all the books that I read at this period , there was none that went to my heart like Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress . I read it and reread it night and day ; I took it to bed with me and hugged it to my ...
... Calvin wrote reminiscently , " of all the books that I read at this period , there was none that went to my heart like Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress . I read it and reread it night and day ; I took it to bed with me and hugged it to my ...
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