Glances and Glimpses; Or, Fifty Years Social, Including Twenty Years Professional Life.cHarriot Kesia Hunt
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1856 edition. Excerpt: ... other revered forms -- I knew them all! -- Cordwell, Howard, Stanwood, Rogers, Barnard, Dickinson, Harris, Bray, Smith, Lash, Goodwin, Palfrey, King, and many more, -- they are nearly all gone. A blessing rest on their descendants, and may they prove worthy their North End origin! I am proud of mine. I am grateful that my childhood lived in the sound of those sad or merry peals of musical church bells, which gladdened or subdued my soul! I am thankful for the freshness and the life I drew from those morning walks with my father on the wharves, and through the ancient streets and pleasant gardens of that old North End he loved! It was in that Fleet street home, my sister and myself grew up to youth. As our childish characters de"veloped, and our dispositions unfolded, we were very carefully guarded from temptation. Habits of trust and obedience were thus more easily formed. Our early playmates were chosen with more care -- yes, a great deal more care -- than is now given to elect a member for Congress. Our hearts were kept enlarged by family needs; and the difference between wants and needs was wisely taught us. We were not suffered to grow up in ignorance of the distinction between the apparent and the real--What Is and What Seems. Our fingers were kept busy out of school and play hours, aiding the shirt-maker -- helping her in the fine stitching, ruffled bosoms, and button-holes. In the making of the latter, even now, I am considered an adept. But with all this work, (which would be accounted a terrible hardship in 1855!) there was always blended a merriment and joy, for our mother managed to make us feel that younger eyes were aiding older ones. Children always like to think they can be of service; and love transfigures every task, and...
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