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The Barnabys in America, Vol. 1: Or, Adventures of the Widow Wedded (Classic Reprint)
The Barnabys in America Vol 1 Or Adventures of the Widow Wedded - Classic Reprint Author:Frances Milton Trollope THE — BARNABYS IN AMERICA. — 'CHAPTER I. — INTRODUCTORY. — The affections of the human heart are various; all equally genuine, when nature is untampered with, but infinitely modified as to their intensity. The love of a parent for its offspring has been acknowledged on all hands to be one of the strongest, and least uncertain of these affections, pa... more »rtaking so largely of instinct, as fairly to class it among the immutable laws of nature, and though certainly shared by the beasts which perish, yet felt to be venerable from the'divinity of the origin whence the common well-spring rises. There is a modification, however, of this parental love, which is wholly free from, and
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ILLUSTRATIONS, BY LEECH; VOL I; Page; Mine Hostess of New Orleans Frontispiece Mrs Barnaby commences her Work on America 208; Mrs Barnaby contemplating her dresses 242; VOL II; Mrs Barnabv introduced to Mrs Rachel Wil-; liams Frontispiece; Mrs Barnaby reading her Work to the " free and enlightened citizens" 42; VOL III; The Barnabys, after a successful Swindle; Frontispiece; Patty's D£but58; The Major becomes a Saint 219 The Rev Mr O'Donagough finds it difficult to express his feelings241
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