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"Work for my children," she replied, arousing herself and speaking with some resolution. "I have hands to work, and I am willing to work." "Much better go home to your father," said the woman. "That is impossible. He has disowned me. Has ceased to love me or care for me. I cannot go to him again; for I could not bear, as I am now, another harsh repulse. No no I will work with my own hands.

As it was, I was thrown off roughly and pitilessly my demand upon the brother for the particulars of the accusation against me my appeal to the sister loving and earnest as words could make it for permission to visit her and learn from her own lips that she trusted or disowned me, were alike disregarded. Mr.

The indignities which he suffered when his Italian patriotism possibly quite sincere caused him to be disowned by his relations were not forgotten. He had no heart for a bold stroke, and the exhortations of the English Government to remain neutral were hardly needed. If he wavered, it was only for a moment; nor did he care to place his son in the false position he declined for himself.

But I assure thee that I expect nothing less than that my labors in this blessed cause will result in my being disowned by Friends, but none of these things will move me.

As a soldier and a Christian, I will rejoice on account of the Sovereign Pontiff, who will have been restored to his people, and because of France, which will have accomplished a noble and most worthy mission.” To the Odillon Barrot ministry, which at one time disowned the letter, and at another acknowledged it, and ordered its publication, the general declared that he would never identify himself with an act which, besides being unjust, would endanger the peace of all Europe.

If Uncle Thorpe disowned you, cast you off, or anything like that, tell me; I'll take your part, and I'll defend you." "Would you, Cousin William?" Azalea's voice was wistful; "would you defend me?" The serious tone disturbed Farnsworth more than her anger had done, and he looked at her keenly. "Yes," he answered, "but only if you are frank and truthful with me.

"As for the divorce I so much lamented, it was to be regretted only for the sake of the son whom it had outlawed, for he was the son of a lawful marriage in the eyes of the world, if not a sacred one in the eyes of the church. "For the boy thus cruelly wronged there seemed no opening on earth. He was disowned, disinherited, delegalized, deprived even of a name in this world.

This throws a comical side-light on his own accusation against his relatives, that they had "forgotten natural duty" and disowned him because he was poor.

You didn't do such awful things to get in bad with the law, you see. But you're hiding out just the same, with the police sleuthing around after you, and disowned by your mother and all, just like the real thing. Why, it's a story in real life! And I want to live in that story, too, and help you just like a book heroine.

More honest or more civilised, or from opposition, the Latin fathers have long given up and disowned the disgusting mummery of the Eastern Fire which lie the Greeks continue annually to tell. Their travellers' house and convent, though large and commodious, are of a much poorer and shabbier condition than those of the Greeks.