Memoirs of the Life of Martha Laurens Ramsay: With an Appendix, Containing Extracts from Her Diary, Letters, and Other Private Papers; and Also, from Letters Written to Her by Her Father, Henry Laurens, 1771-1776Burton and Briggs; sold also by J. Hatchard, 1815 - 259 pagina's A member of a distinguished South Carolina family, Martha Laurens Ramsay was one of few eighteenth-century Southern women whose written records provide a window into her life, her experiences, convictions, and ambivalences during the crucial epoch of the nation's founding decades. Ramsay's spiritual diary and correspondence reveal her views on patriotism, daughterly duty, household management, wifely affection, motherly aspiration, and personal autonomy. |
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Pagina 4
... whole of that interesting period , which extended from the 11th to the 22d year of her age , she continued to receive letters from him . From 1771 till 1775 his paternal instructions , communicated by letter , were calculated to forward ...
... whole of that interesting period , which extended from the 11th to the 22d year of her age , she continued to receive letters from him . From 1771 till 1775 his paternal instructions , communicated by letter , were calculated to forward ...
Pagina 5
... whole frame of her na- ture , all the faculties of her mind , and all the members of her body , as a living sacrifice holy and acceptable unto God . " And " not only con- secrates all that she was , and all that she had to his service ...
... whole frame of her na- ture , all the faculties of her mind , and all the members of her body , as a living sacrifice holy and acceptable unto God . " And " not only con- secrates all that she was , and all that she had to his service ...
Pagina 11
... whole of the time of their resi- dence in England , they were almost wholly cut off from their usual means of support , for their property was in America , three thousand miles distant . - War raged , and the Atlantic ocean rolled ...
... whole of the time of their resi- dence in England , they were almost wholly cut off from their usual means of support , for their property was in America , three thousand miles distant . - War raged , and the Atlantic ocean rolled ...
Pagina 12
... but the loss of the whole capital extremely probable . The alarms of her father at the commencement of the war , seemed to be on the point of being realized . About the same time intelligence was received that 12 MEMOIRS OF.
... but the loss of the whole capital extremely probable . The alarms of her father at the commencement of the war , seemed to be on the point of being realized . About the same time intelligence was received that 12 MEMOIRS OF.
Pagina 14
... whole number at market ; gave them away ** among the poor , in and near Vi gan , and also established a school for the in- struction of the youth in the same place , engaged a master to preside over it , and constituted a fund to defray ...
... whole number at market ; gave them away ** among the poor , in and near Vi gan , and also established a school for the in- struction of the youth in the same place , engaged a master to preside over it , and constituted a fund to defray ...
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Pagina 155 - He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; He burneth the chariot in the fire. Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
Pagina 20 - Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him (xxii.
Pagina 74 - I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
Pagina 145 - Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
Pagina 34 - Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Pagina 35 - Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church : and he is the saviour of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
Pagina 86 - THEREFORE with angels and archangels, and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious name, evermore praising thee, and saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts ! heaven and earth are full of thy glory. Glory be to thee, O Lord most high.
Pagina 98 - Plenteous grace with thee is found, Grace to cover all my sin : Let the healing streams abound : Make and keep me pure within. Thou of life the fountain art. Freely let me take of thee : Spring thou up within my heart, Rise to all eternity.
Pagina 96 - Trials make the promise sweet, Trials give new life to prayer ; Trials bring me to his feet, Lay me low, and keep me there.
Pagina 42 - There the wicked cease from troubling; And there the weary are at rest. There the prisoners are at ease together ; They hear not the voice of the taskmaster.