Pleasant Memories; A Woman's Thoughts and Life-Work. a Woman's Thoughts and Life-Work (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1878. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER III. Omnivorous appetite for books -- Divined their merits -- Kingsley's Glancus--'Daughter at school'--Kingsley's At Last-- Conversation -- Sabbath -- Its obligation -- Positive law -- Why enacted--'A Gospel'--Brilliant talker---No 'bluestocking ' -- Abreast of literature -- Review --- Cockburn's Memorials--Edinburgh society--'Attic salt'--Irreligiousness--Bewildered--Christian motives--' Female Nestors '-- Profane oaths--Protest---Types of female piety--Manysidedness--Review--' Monarchs retired from business'-- Usual characteristics--Wide field--Majesty not sublime-- Weaknesses and follies--Thackeray--Quaint anecdotes-- William III.--Lords Justices--French Ambassador--Order to quit--Old boots--'Five shillings'--Arrest--Charles V. --At St. Just--Choir--Imperial gratification--' Very throat' --False note--Offender not spared--Sixty servants--Thirty books--Polish kings--One of them--Left the chase--Porter in market-place--More sleep--Less care--Charlotte Bronte -- Life a failure--Abounding gifts--No happiness--Girlhood--Womanhood -- Uncared for -- Face of nature -- Newspapers--Prematurely old--School controversy--Dim gropings--Shadow of death -- Christian perfection --' Never be saved' -- No genuine love---God or man --Distrust human nature--Heart never revealed--'No earthly creature'-- Successful authorship -- Congenial society--Better circumstances -- Overshadowed -- ' Clock ticking loud' -- Death of sister--' Moments so dark.' 'Since, then, my God, Thou hast So brave a palace built; oh, dwell in it, That it may dwell with Thee at last Till then afford us so much wit That, as the world serves us, we may serve Thee; And both Thy servants be ' OUR friend had an omnivorous appetite for books of every sort; and, by a kind of instinct, she quickly divined i...