 | Jane Currie Hoge - 1867 - 504 pages
...philanthropic intent. Opening her porte-monnaie, she counted out — how much do you think, readers ? Nineteen dollars and thirty-seven cents ! Every penny...away into the hours of midnight, on every one of the workingdays of the week. We call that an instance of patriotism married to generosity. Some farmers'... | |
 | Jane Currie Blaikie Hoge ("Mrs. A.H. Hoge") - United States - 1867 - 592 pages
...porte-monnaic, she counted out — how much do you think, readers? Nineteen dollars and thirty-seven cents 1 Every penny was earned by the slow needle, and she...away into the hours of midnight, on every one of the workingdays of the week. We call that an instance of patriotism married to generosity. Some farmers'... | |
 | Mary Ashton Livermore - Flags - 1889 - 726 pages
...Opening her porte-monnaie, she counted out nineteen dollars and thirtyseven cents. She had stitched into the hours of midnight on every one of the working days of those two weeks. A little girl, not nine years old, with sweet and timid grace, entered one afternoon,... | |
 | Mary Ashton Livermore - United States - 1890 - 636 pages
...Opening her porte-monnaie, she counted out nineieen_dMars andJJi'irtyseven ceiits. She had stitched into the hours of midnight on every one of the working days of those two weeks. A little girl, not nine years old, with sweet and timid grace, entered one afternoon,... | |
 | Linus Pierpont Brockett - Booksellers and bookselling - 1892 - 580 pages
...philanthropic intent. Opening her portemonnaie, she counted out — how much do you think, reader ? — nineteen dollars and thirty-seven cents ! Every penny...midnight, on every one of the working days of the week. We call that an instance of patriotism married to generosity. SOME farmers' wives in the north of Wisconsin,... | |
 | United States - 1903 - 450 pages
...Opening her porte-monnaie, she counted out ninteen dollars and thirty-seven cents. She had stitched into the hours of midnight on every one of the working days of those two weeks. A little girl, not nine years old, with sweet and timid grace, entered one afternoon,... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart, Elizabeth Stevens - Slavery - 1903 - 448 pages
...Opening her porte-monnaie, she counted out ninteen dollars and thirty-seven cents. She had stitched into the hours of midnight on every one of the working days of those two weeks. A little girl, not nine years old, with sweet and timid grace, entered one afternoon,... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale (Jr.) - Readers - 1904 - 440 pages
...Opening her porte-monnaie, she counted out — how much do you think, readers of "The New Covenant" ? — nineteen dollars and thirty-seven cents ! Every penny...midnight on every one of the working days of the week. We call that an instance of patriotism married to generosity. A little girl not nine years old, with... | |
 | MARY A. LIVERMORE - 1892 - 786 pages
...Opening her porte-monnaie, she counted out nineteen dollars and thirtyseven cents. She had stitched into the hours of midnight on every one of the working days of those two weeks. A little girl, not nine years old, with sweet and timid grace, entered one afternoon,... | |
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Opening her portemonnaie, she counted out — how much do you think, reader? — nineteen dollars and thirty-seven cents ! Every penny was earned by the slow needle, and she had stitched away into the hours of midnight, on every one of the working days... 