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id: 16199
title: Memoirs of the Author of a Vindication of the Rights of Woman
author: Godwin, William
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  About the time that Mary completed the fifth year of her age, her father One of the acquaintances Mary formed at this time was with a Mr. Clare, Mary was the only person that had lived with her in that situation, in The judgment which experience had taught Mary to form of the mind of her Mary made many friends in Ireland, among the persons who visited lord This little work, if Mary had never produced any thing else, would Mary had objected to a marriage with Mr. Imlay, who, at the time their connection was formed, had no property [A] A person, from whose society at this time Mary derived particular Mary called at Mr. Christie''s one evening, at a time when Mr. Imlay was Two of the persons, the loss of whose acquaintance Mary principally they relate to the last period of the life of such a person as Mary.


id: 19718
title: The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II)
author: James, Henry
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  Miss Chancellor," Verena added, with just a perceptible air of feeling "Well, if I don''t tell Olive, then you must leave me here," said Verena, At this moment a gentleman made his way through the clusters of Mrs. Burrage''s guests and presented himself to Olive. "Don''t fear, Miss Tarrant, she shall be satisfied," Ransom said, with a "I thought that you might mean Verena," said Mrs. Luna casually. Basil Ransom was the person she had least expected to meet at Mrs. Burrage''s; it had been her belief that they might easily spend four days "Why, Olive Chancellor, what do you think?" Verena asked, feeling now completely miss Basil Ransom, was easier than to tell Olive just now aware of more things than I." And Olive had to believe this, as Mrs. Burrage held up, smiling, her intelligent, proud, good-natured, said Mrs. Luna; and Ransom too, by this time, had placed the young man


id: 19717
title: The Bostonians, Vol. I (of II)
author: James, Henry
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  The people who had just come in were Doctor and Mrs. Tarrant and their daughter Verena; he was a mesmeric healer and she was She had been diverted again, after her greeting with Doctor and Mrs. Tarrant, by stopping to introduce the tall, dark young man whom Miss knew his cousin, Miss Chancellor, whom he indicated, beside Mrs. Farrinder; _she_ believed, on the contrary, in wonderful times (she "Ah, well, I see you are drawing her out," said Miss Birdseye to Mrs. Farrinder; and at the idea that this process had been necessary Basil Greenstreet." Miss Birdseye presented her companion; she was sure Mrs. Farrinder would be interested; she wouldn''t want to lose an opportunity, "Mother told me I had better come right in," said Verena, looking now hand to Verena and said, "Good-bye, Miss Tarrant; are we not to have the "I can''t tell what you like," Verena said, still looking into Olive''s


id: 23233
title: Posthumous Works of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
author: Wollstonecraft, Mary
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  having wrecked minds continually under his eye; and almost to wish reading with eyes and heart, till the return of her guard to extinguish ACTIVE as love was in the heart of Maria, the story she had just heard open my heart to new pleasures and affection. MY best love, your letter to-night was particularly grateful to my heart, I did not receive your letter till I came home; and I did not expect it, I HAVE been wishing the time away, my kind love, unable to rest till I pleasure to your poor sick girl, her heart smote her to think that you I shall probably receive a letter from you to-day, sealing my pardon--and My heart longs for your return, my love, and only looks for, and seeks observe with me how her mind unfolds, and her little heart becomes views of life were impressed by a disappointed heart on my mind.


id: 3529
title: Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark
author: Wollstonecraft, Mary
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  good-natured man; but men with common minds seldom break through general The day was fine, and I enjoyed the water till, approaching the little present state of manners and acquirements I think I have formed a often insupportably fatiguing, renders the inhabitants of little towns As I wish to give you a general idea of this country, I shall continue in appeared to me the country in the world most proper to form the botanist nothing like vegetable life appears to cheer with hope the heart. The Norwegians appear to me a sensible, shrewd people, with little Copenhagen; and the people of this country, having the good sense to What little I have seen of the manners of the people does not please me Little art appeared, yet sublimity everywhere gave place the family increases, a little more land is cultivated; thus the country works, great as they are termed, and little as they appear, I could not


id: 4220
title: An Autobiography
author: Spence, Catherine Helen
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  My mother felt that her children were receiving a much better education done in New South Wales and Western Australia, to people with influence Like Mrs. Oliphant, I was born (three years earlier) in the south some picture of the state of society in South Australia in the years My mother always thought me like her sister Mary, and when I asked Mr. Taylor if he saw any resemblance between us, he said, with cruel Whitham, who took charge of the Unitarian Church while our pastor (Mr. Woods) had a long furlough in England, asked me to lecture on her works just read your little book on ''State Children in Australia;'' and, South Australia did a great work in building, were intensely interested in South Australian work for State children. of 1896 women, for the first time in Australia, had the right to vote. time to interest myself in the State children''s work with which my


id: 6855
title: Ideala
author: Grand, Sarah
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  "The feeling _I_ excite?" Ideala seemed to think a moment; then she of the novelist possible.'' But I think," said Ideala, "that those women "And do you call that kind of thing new?" said Ideala. "You do not think people write books about what they really feel?" said "I know it has," Ideala answered; "and all best thoughts give pleasure. "Now, tell me," Lorrimer said to Ideala. "I know many people say so, and believe it," Ideala answered; "and better than all the ages." "I think," said Ideala, "that it is more "Every one seems to like Mr. Lorrimer," Ideala said. "Such things are being done every day, Ideala, and a man of the world "You come to me from Ideala?" he said. "Yes," said Ideala, as, if it were the most natural thing in the world. remained for a long time thinking over all that Ideala had said, and


id: 12044
author: Birney, Catherine H.
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  Sarah and Angelina Grimké were born in Charleston, South Carolina; and was a merciful dispensation to draw his young wife nearer to God. We read not one word of solicitude for mother, or brothers, or sisters, About the same time Sarah says in her diary: "My dear Angelina observed About this time, Angelina was admitted as a member of Friends'' Society, Soon after Sarah''s return, Angelina went to live with Mrs. Frost, in An Anti-slavery Society meeting was held in Providence while Angelina At the anti-slavery office in New York, Angelina and Sarah learned, the hearts and minds of American women; and to Sarah and Angelina place, that, up to the time when Sarah and Angelina Grimké began their While Angelina was writing these letters, Sarah was publishing her It was fortunate for the anti-slavery cause that Sarah and Angelina Some time later, Angelina writes of another of the family slaves,

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  The Grimké Sisters Sarah and Angelina Grimké: the First American Women Advocates of Abolition and Woman''s Rights


id: 13106
title: Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume II
author: Fuller, Margaret
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  ''I feel that my impatient nature needs the dark days. best-loved friends; and she wished to communicate the graceful story Sometime, in God''s good time, let me live as For life''s worst ills, to have no time to feel them. ''But at such times the soul rises up, like some fair child in great-souled friend spent some days with us nearly two years great powers of nature, harmonizing with all beauty of the soul or affection in life, glorious moments, great thoughts?--why must they be opened them with more feeling of hope and good cheer, than for a long care of myself." Again, two days later, she says:--"I feel, love, a this, I hope your heart will be happy; for I still like to know that soon now I must do something, and hope I shall feel able when the time natural life, _at home_, learning of my child, and writing only when


id: 13105
title: Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume I
author: Fuller, Margaret
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  crisis of youth I owe the true life,--the love of Truth and persons study human nature in its universal laws, and become great her mind,--to understand her aims, her hopes, her views of life. "Here let me say a word respecting the character of Margaret''s mind. knew; her light was life, was love, was warm with sympathy and a ennobled humanity into ideal beauty, Margaret saw all her friends thus in life,--seeing with ready eye the beauty of Nature and of opinions of a great man, who had made good use of time; but Margaret, like every really earnest and deep nature, felt the romances of life and love had been confided, counselled, thought, and Margaret was one of the few persons who looked upon life as an Margaret''s love of beauty made her, of course, a votary of nature, but Margaret''s love of art, like that of most cultivated persons in this


id: 34856
title: My Own Story
author: Pankhurst, Emmeline
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  break down opposition to suffrage by showing the men that women possess the women guardians'' demand for a reform of one part of the Poor Law. That section deals with the little children who are boarded out, not by opening day of Parliament, the association sent a deputation of women to responsible leaders that the new Government would make women''s suffrage Government, calling themselves Liberal, were reactionary so far as women Liberal Government would give women the vote. voice: "Will the Liberal Government give women the vote?" Liberal party until women are given votes on equal terms with men. Government still refused to notice the women''s question; they declared offenders in a common police court, and I said that we were not women women meeting outside the House." And that this committee said to the House of Commons not only that they must vote for a women''s suffrage


id: 34413
title: The Love Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft to Gilbert Imlay
author: Wollstonecraft, Mary
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  who wrote a short account of Mary''s life in London at this time, says she throughout her letters to Imlay of how tenderly she loved the little one. Wollstonecraft addressed these letters with a breaking heart to the man nay, I think that you must love me, for, in the sincerity of my heart let My best love, your letter to-night was particularly grateful to my heart, I did not receive your letter till I came home; and I did not expect it, I have been wishing the time away, my kind love, unable to rest till I that even those letters were full of love; and I shall ever recollect, I shall probably receive a letter from you to-day, sealing my pardon--and My heart longs for your return, my love, and only looks for, and seeks I hope this will be the last letter I shall write from England to you--are


id: 32603
title: Reminiscences, 1819-1899
author: Howe, Julia Ward
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  Mrs. Jameson''s visit to the United States, in the year 1835, gave me the He said to his wife, "My dear, Mrs. Howe wishes to know afterwards said to an American friend, "Mrs. Howe was quite cruel to He came to my husband''s office one day, and said, "Howe, In the most trying days of the civil war, this same old lady came to Dr. Howe''s office, anxious to learn his opinion concerning the progress of friend received us with a warm welcome, and presently said to me, "Mrs. Howe, you must speak to my men." Feeling my utter inability to do this, of my good friends said, "Mrs. Howe ought to die now, for she has done me for my speech, but said, "Oh, dear Mrs. Howe, why did you speak of calls on Mrs. Howe''s father on New Year''s Day, 32;


id: 43152
title: The Career of Claudia
author: Peard, Frances Mary
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  "Claudia again, I suppose?" said her sister, with a laugh. "Why?" said Claudia, opening her eyes and smiling. "Of course you couldn''t, with that thing of yours," Claudia said Claudia thought of Mrs Hilton''s tired eyes, and wondered whether they Why should you think so?" said Claudia, opening her eyes "And if you go," said Claudia discontentedly, "no one else knows a thing "I don''t think you understand," said Claudia impatiently. "It''s very good," said Claudia, eyeing it critically, "I wish I hadn''t "Yes, it is improving," said Claudia, with scorn, "it doesn''t think Claudia and Captain Fenwick ride away together out of his life, Harry "I should like to come, please," said Claudia at once. "Well, then," she said, looking meditatively at Claudia, "you three are "I like the Marchmonts'' better," said Claudia coldly. Both men laughed, and as Claudia and Fenwick walked away, she said--


id: 43502
title: Votes for Women: A Play in Three Acts
author: Robins, Elizabeth
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  MISS JEAN DUNBARTON _Niece to Lady John want her to know the moment she comes down that the new plans arrived LADY JOHN (_taking_ JEAN''S _two hands_). Geoffrey Stonor isn''t going to be--a little too old for you? (_To_ LORD JOHN, _as she goes to writing-table._) Miss Levering wasn''t We''ve only got a few minutes to talk over the terms of the late Mr. Soper''s munificence before the carriage comes for Miss Levering---(LADY JOHN _lays her hand on_ MISS LEVERING''S _shoulder._) (JEAN _and_ LADY JOHN _stand close together_ (C.), _the girl (STONOR _turns to speak to_ JEAN. JEAN (_perplexed, as_ STONOR _turns away, says to_ GREATOREX). LADY JOHN (_turning and seeing_ JEAN. (JEAN, _a little confused, looks at_ MISS LEVERING.) JEAN (_looking at_ STONOR _to see how he''s taken it_). (JEAN _looks wondering at_ STONOR''S _sphinx-like face as_ VIDA (STONOR _makes a motion towards_ JEAN _and she turns away


