To the homes of good men and greatW. H. Wise, 1916 |
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... mother ; but the sons of brave women do not always make brave men . In one quality Swift was lamentably inferior to his mother he did not have her capacity for happiness . He had wit ; she had humor . We have seen how Swift's father ...
... mother ; but the sons of brave women do not always make brave men . In one quality Swift was lamentably inferior to his mother he did not have her capacity for happiness . He had wit ; she had humor . We have seen how Swift's father ...
Page 185
... mother a woman of rare grace and brave good sense . Victor was the third of three sons . Six weeks before the birth of her youngest boy , the mother wrote to a very dear friend of her husband , this letter : " To General Victor Lahorie ...
... mother a woman of rare grace and brave good sense . Victor was the third of three sons . Six weeks before the birth of her youngest boy , the mother wrote to a very dear friend of her husband , this letter : " To General Victor Lahorie ...
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... mother by her first marriage The unpoetic exactness of that pedigree gave me a slight chill . But here they sleep - mother and son in one grave . She who gave him his first caress also gave him his last ; and when he was found dead in ...
... mother by her first marriage The unpoetic exactness of that pedigree gave me a slight chill . But here they sleep - mother and son in one grave . She who gave him his first caress also gave him his last ; and when he was found dead in ...
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