Category: British Literature

Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 48, February, 1854

Various; Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell, 1788-1879 [Editor]· 2 chapters· 58,481 words

Needle-work, at best, yields but a small return. Yet how many thousands have no other resource in life, no other barrier thrown up between them and starvation! The manly stay upon which a woman has leaned suddenly fails, and she finds self-support an imperative necessity; yet...

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2. CHAPTER II.

"I don't know what you mean by pretty well, Michael," answered the seamstress. "How do you think you could manage to support yourself and three children on less than thirty cent...

1. CHAPTER I.

Needle-work, at best, yields but a small return. Yet how many thousands have no other resource in life, no other barrier thrown up between them and starvation! The manly stay up...