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Weston, even in her own deep sorrow, was not unmindful of others; she frequently tried to induce Phillis to go home, knowing that she must be much fatigued. "I cannot feel tired, Phillis; a mother could not sleep with her only child as Alice is; I do not require the rest that you do." "You needs it more, Miss Anna, though you don't think so now. I can take care of myself.
Alcott taught private classes, or held "conversations"; the older daughters, Anna and Louisa, found employment; and we may think of the family as fairly comfortable during the seven or eight years of its life in Boston. "Our poor little home," says Miss Alcott, "had much love and happiness in it, and was a shelter for lost girls, abused wives, friendless children, and weak and wicked men.
Lehntman, now the thing was done seemed very lifeless, without interest in the house, uneasy in her mind and restless in her ways, and more diffuse even than before in her attention. She was good and kind to all the people in her house, and let them do whatever they thought best. Anna did not fail to see that Mrs. Lehntman had something on her mind that was all new. What was it that disturbed Mrs.
'Draw the blind and sit down, said Madame Odintsov; 'I want to have a talk with you before you go away. Tell me something about yourself; you never talk about yourself. 'I try to talk to you upon improving subjects, Anna Sergyevna. 'You are very modest.... But I should like to know something about you, about your family, about your father, for whom you are forsaking us.
He turned away from her with a grimace that distorted his handsome face, kissed Anna Pavlovna's hand, and screwing up his eyes scanned the whole company. "You are off to the war, Prince?" said Anna Pavlovna. "General Kutuzov," said Bolkonski, speaking French and stressing the last syllable of the general's name like a Frenchman, "has been pleased to take me as an aide-de-camp...."
The same who, though scarcely able to stand on a severely wounded foot, made such a fuss about riding in a carriage while "real ladies" had to walk. Of course he did not recognize us, any more than we would have known him if Dr. Brown had not pointed him out. I hear all of them are at Port Hudson. Anna told me, as we got here, that Dr.
"What was yours?" said Mary Anna. "The squirrel." "The squirrel!" repeated Mary Anna; "you went to ask him what sort of a boy you had been." "O!" said Caleb "there! I forgot all about that. I'll run and ask him now." "No, stop," said Mary Anna; "it is time for supper now; and besides, I will take your word for it; you are a pretty honest boy. You say you was a pleasant boy all day."
The Beresina had changed from a whining, fretful tune into a lilting, sweet song that would set the legs of lovers dancing. Anna pointed to a green bud on a bush beside the door. "It came this minute," she murmured. "Yes," said Ivan. "The little fairies brought it there to show us that spring has come to stay." Together they turned and walked to the mantel.
Men, like dogs, were much more satisfactory: that was it. Her mind was throwing out feelers towards the wonders of the world and this was the feeler that was most developed. She came to her sisters very highly sensitive to the difference between men and women. And her sisters showed her the difference. Anna was twenty then. Anna had "finished her education" four years ago.
From her own story, and information gathered from other sources the year 1835 is as near a correct date as possible to obtain. Anna Smith's parents were William Clarke and Miranda Toll. Her father was a slave belonging to Judge Toll. It was common practice for slaves to assume the last name of their owners.
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