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Lydia Maria Child, Letters of Lydia Maria Child (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier, Wendell Phillips, Harriet Winslow Sewall) 8 2 Browse Search
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 3 4 0 Browse Search
Mary Thacher Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson: the story of his life 3 1 Browse Search
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Lydia Maria Child, Letters of Lydia Maria Child (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier, Wendell Phillips, Harriet Winslow Sewall), Miss Lucy Osgood. (search)
o much. It seems to me that if one half, or at least one third, had been omitted, the remaining portion would have been more unqualifiedly interesting. In the second place, the arrangement is not orderly. In the third place, the sentences of Mr. Weiss sometimes need studying to discover his meaning. I have great respect and admiration for Mr. Weiss, but I do not like his style. I often wish that his large and noble thoughts were expressed with more simplicity. He reminds me of an anecdote for Mr. Weiss, but I do not like his style. I often wish that his large and noble thoughts were expressed with more simplicity. He reminds me of an anecdote of Mr. Berrien of Georgia. A stranger, who had just been hearing Foote of Mississippi speak in Congress, remarked to Mr. Berrien, Foote has great command of language. On the contrary, replied Berrien, I think language has great command of him. I think scorn of simplicity and directness is the crying sin of writers of the present day.
Lydia Maria Child, Letters of Lydia Maria Child (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier, Wendell Phillips, Harriet Winslow Sewall), Index. (search)
mation, 171; death of her brother, 172; her indebtedness to him, 173; her sorrow at Colonel Shaw's death, 176; partial destruction of her house by fire, 177; reads Weiss's Life of Parker, 179; meets George Thompson, 181; her happiness over Lincoln's reflection, 183; success of her Looking towards Sunset, 185; her enjoyment of wintehe slaves bequeathed to him, 56; influenced by Mrs. Child's Appeal, 77. Parker, Theodore, his first return from Europe, 57; farewell note to Mrs. Child, 139; Weiss's biography of, 179; magnetic power of, 191. Parsons, Mrs. S. M., letters to, 137, 229, 242, 243. Paul, the Apostle, 201,202. Personal Liberty Bill of MasWasson, David A.. 80, 91. Wayland, Mass., Mrs. Child's home in XV. Webster, Daniel, willing to defend the slave-child Med, 20; statue of, 190; Ichabod, 259. Weiss's (Rev. John) biography of Theodore Parker. 179. Weld, Angelina Grimke, memorial of, 258. Weld, Theodore D., letter to, 258. Westminster Review, The, 202.