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The Elected Mother

Daviess, Maria Thompson
The Elected Mother
Excerpt from The Elected Mother: A Story of Woman's Equal Rights "Yes, and one of the very nicest parts about getting home is to find the astonishing faithfulness of Pa, " said Mrs. Pettibone as her eyes roamed over the garden, the yard, down the long arbor and across the meadow bars to return to the wistaria on the side porch, which was riotous with the bumble of bees and blooms. "Why, you didn't expect to find anything else, did you?" dema...

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The Daredevil (Classic Reprint)

Daviess, Maria Thompson
The Daredevil (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from The Daredevil Was there ever a woman who did not very greatly desire for herself, at long moments, the doublet and hose of a man, perhaps also his sword, as well as his attitude in the Viewing oflife? Ithinknot. Toaverysmallnumber of those ladies of great curiosity it has been granted that they climb to those ramparts of the life of a man, but it was needful that they be stout of limb and sturdy of heart to sustain themselves upo...

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The Tinder-Box (Classic Reprint)

Daviess, Maria Thompson
The Tinder-Box (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from The Tinder-Box Also, I am glad, now that I know what is going to happen to me, that I had last week on shipboard, with Richard Hall bom barding my cardiac regions with his honest eyes and booming voice discreetly muf¿ed to accord with the moonlight and the quiet places around the deck. I may never get that sort of a joy-drink again, but it was sowell done that it will help me to admin ister the same to others when the awful oc ca...

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Over Paradise Ridge a Romance (Classic Reprint)

Daviess, Maria Thompson
Over Paradise Ridge a Romance (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from Over Paradise Ridge a RomanceThe waiters even knew who Sam was on account of the last Thanksgiving game, and beamed on him with the greatest awe and admiration. And I beamed with the rest, perhaps even more proudly. Still, that twinkle in Sam's hazel eyes ought to have made me uneasy even then. I had seen it often enough when Sam had made up his mind to things he was not talking about.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes h...

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Andrew the Glad

Daviess, Maria Thompson / 1stworld Library
Andrew the Glad
There are some women who will brew mystery from the decoction of even a very simple life. Matilda is one of them, remarked the major to himself as he filled his pipe and settled himself before his high-piled, violet-flamed logs. "It was waxing strong in h

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The Heart's Kingdom

Daviess, Maria Thompson / 1stworld Library
The Heart's Kingdom
A beautiful woman is intended to create a heaven on earth and she has no business wasting herself making imaginary excursions into any future paradise. The present is her time for action, and again, Charlotte, I ask you to name the day upon which you inte

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The Golden Bird

Daviess, Maria Thompson / 1stworld Library
The Golden Bird
The primary need of a woman's nature is always supposed to be love, but very suddenly I discovered that in my case it was money, a lot of it and quick. That is, I thought I needed a lot and in a very great hurry, but if I had known what I know now, I migh

CHF 44.50

The Tinder-Box

Daviess, Maria Thompson / 1stworld Library
The Tinder-Box
All love is a gas, and it takes either loneliness, strength of character, or religion to liquefy it into a condition to be ladled out of us, one to another. There is a certain dangerously volatile state of it, and occasionally people, especially of opposi

CHF 44.90

The Tinder-Box

Daviess, Maria Thompson / 1stworld Library
The Tinder-Box
All love is a gas, and it takes either loneliness, strength of character, or religion to liquefy it into a condition to be ladled out of us, one to another. There is a certain dangerously volatile state of it, and occasionally people, especially of opposi

CHF 22.90

The Golden Bird

Daviess, Maria Thompson / 1stworld Library
The Golden Bird
The primary need of a woman's nature is always supposed to be love, but very suddenly I discovered that in my case it was money, a lot of it and quick. That is, I thought I needed a lot and in a very great hurry, but if I had known what I know now, I migh

CHF 22.90

The Heart's Kingdom

Daviess, Maria Thompson / 1stworld Library
The Heart's Kingdom
A beautiful woman is intended to create a heaven on earth and she has no business wasting herself making imaginary excursions into any future paradise. The present is her time for action, and again, Charlotte, I ask you to name the day upon which you inte

CHF 46.50