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Laura E. Richards, Maud Howe, Florence Howe Hall, Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910, in two volumes, with portraits and other illustrations: volume 1 1 1 Browse Search
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Laura E. Richards, Maud Howe, Florence Howe Hall, Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910, in two volumes, with portraits and other illustrations: volume 1, Chapter 4:
241 Beacon Street
: the New Orleans Exposition 1883-1885; aet. 64-66 (search)
back upon the Dearly beloved, for the rest of the service.... To the same 241 Beacon Street, February 11, 1884. Oh, thou, who art not quite a Satan! Question is, dost thou not come very near it? ... I have been very busy, and have orated tremendous, this winter. I did n't go for to do it, you know, but I cou'na avoin it. [A household expression, dating back to her childhood, when a gentleman with a defect of speech, speaking of some trouble incurred by her father, said, Poor Mr. Warn! He cou'na avoin it! This gentleman was a clergyman, and was once heard to assure his congregation that their hens [heads] wou'n be crownen with glory! ] February 12. Hearing at State House, Committee of Probate, etc., on the petition of Julia Ward Howe and others that the laws concerning married women may be amended in three respects. We had prepared three separate bills, one providing that the mother shall have equal rights with the father in their children, especially in determini