 GRANDMOTHER'S mother: her age, I guess, Thirteen summers, or something less; Girlish bust, but womanly air; Smooth, square forehead with uprolled hair; Lips that lover has never kissed ; Taper fingers and slender wrist; Hanging sleeves of stiff brocade;...  Child Life in Colonial Days - Page 107by Alice Morse Earle - 1899 - 418 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...melodies were poured, As sad as earth, as sweet as heaven I J)OSOTSr Q. A FAMILY PORTRAIT. GBANDMOTHEE'S mother: her age I guess, Thirteen summers, or something...of stiff brocade ; So they painted the little maid. On her hand a parrot green Sits unmoving and broods serene. Hold up the canvas full in view, — Look!... | |
 | 1871 - 970 pages
...practice of whatsoever things are just and good. January 21st, 1871. WF DOROTHY Q. — A FAMILY PORTRAIT. GRANDMOTHER'S mother : her age, I guess Thirteen summers,...stiff brocade, — So they painted the little maid. On her hand a parrot green Sits unmoving and broods serene. Hold up the canvas full in view — Look... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1874 - 584 pages
...Inclines to think there is a God, Or something very like him. AH CLOUQH. DOROTHY Q. A FAMILY PORTIIAIT. GRANDMOTHER'S mother; her age, I guess, Thirteen summers,...stiff brocade — So they painted the little maid. On her hand a parrot green Sits unmoving and broods serene; Hold n|) the canvas full in view — Look!... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1875 - 560 pages
...FAMILV TOKTRAIT. GRANDMOTHER'S mother; herage, I guess. Thirteen summers, or something less ; CJirlish bust, but womanly air, Smooth, square forehead, with...sleeves of stiff brocade, — So they painted the little moid. On her hand a parrot green Sits unmnving and broods serene; Hold up the canvas full in view,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1875 - 588 pages
...is a God, Or something very like him. AH CI.OUGH. DOROTHY Q. A FAMILY РОВТНАГГ. GRANDMOTHERS mother; her age, I guess, Thirteen summers, or something " less ; Girlish bust, but womanly air. Smooth, sijuare forehead, with uprolled hair, Lips that lover has never kissed, Taper fingers and slender wrist.... | |
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...Inclines to think there is a God, Or something very like him. AH CLOUGH. DOROTHY Q. A FAMILY POUTItAIT. GRANDMOTHER'S mother; her age, I guess, Thirteen summers, or something less ; Girlish bust, hut womanly air. Smooth, square forehead, with uprolled hair, Lips that lover has never kissed, Taper... | |
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...better land." OLIVEE WENDELL HOLMES. Born at Cambridge, Mass : 1809. DOROTHY Q. (A Family Portrait.) GRANDMOTHER'S mother ! her age, I guess, Thirteen...bust, but womanly air, Smooth, square forehead, with uproll'd hair, Lips that lover has never kiss'd, Taper fingers and slender wrist, Hanging sleeves of... | |
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...Thirteen summers, or something less ; Girlish bust, but womanly air, Smooth, square forehead, and up-mlled hair, Lips that lover has never kissed, Taper fingers...stiff brocade, — So they painted the little maid. On her hand a parrot green Sits unmoving, and broods serene." This little maiden was a daughter of... | |
 | Arthur Gilman - Authors, American - 1879 - 340 pages
...keep it. The one, of a lady ( which once had a rent in the canvas ), represents " Dorothy Q.," — " Grandmother's mother, — her age, I guess, Thirteen...Girlish bust, but womanly air, Smooth, square forehead, and up-rolled hair, Lips that lover has never kissed, Taper fingers and slender wrist, Hanging sleeves... | |
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...PORTRAIT. GRANDMOTHER'S mother; her age, I guess, Thirteen summers, or something less ; Girlish bust, hut womanly air, Smooth, square forehead, with uprolled...stiff brocade — So they painted the little maid. On her hand a parrot green Sits uumoving and broods serene; Hold u)) the canvas full in view — Look!... | |
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