Derby Wilder and the Farmer's Daughter
A destitute Debby travels to town to change a bank bill for funds to marry Joseph. A mysterious dark stranger in town pressures her, she escapes on horseback, and returns home to reveal the peril and a tense family plan for marriage. The tale centers on Debby's ordeal and her father's reluctant support.
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Debby
Ember
Aerosa
Apothecary
Sha
Mportanice
Henry Miller's
Tam
Firat
Emile
Gras
Shya Smite
Devry Tod
Wilder
Abe
Joseph
Mea Wilder
Mr. Wilder
Mire Wilder
Mr Wilder
Old Gray
Alane
Fidel
wallaiAh
Epeley
Caide
Hiva
Walder
Wilvey
Eli
Apy
Daley
William
Naval Apprenticeship Critique and Civilisation Debate
A writer laments naval apprenticeship regulations in the Navy Department as lax and hypocritical. He argues against child enlistment, highlighting flawed safeguards and the failure to train boys, while contrasting with a civilization critique on reading and education and recounting parliamentary jests about language and governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prom
Mercantile Journal
NAVAL
Naval Service
Orgaardian
Aslamv
Life Lessons and a Rochester Counterfeiter Tale
The piece blends aphorisms on thrift and resolve with an anecdote about Charles Woods the counterfeiter. It recounts Woods and his wife in Rochester New York plotting to fake a life claim through insurance in Montreal and burying a wife to collect funds before reuniting with his husband, exposing a fraud scheme.
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Pitubarg
Chronicle
Charles Woods
John Beadle
Woods
Rochester
N Y
Rarher
Fanda
Montreal
Lower Canada
Mra Woods
Hay
Ohio River
Gems of Holiness and the Infinite God Text
Excerpted reflections on Christian virtue and the nature of God inspired by Thomas a Kempis and Dr Payson. The prose contrasts worldly love with divine love, urges self-correction before judging others, and ponders God’s incomprehensible immensities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Thomas A Kempis
Reading and Writing in Bacon’s Revered Writings
A compact reflection on how reading and writing shape intellect and perception. The passage notes reading can dull, boost confidence, or sharpen expression depending on engagement and memory, urging balanced practice to avoid seeming knowledge.
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Lord Bacon
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Derby Wilder
the Farmer's Daughter
Thames Street
India
Mme
Paragon
Timor
Alten
Mathew Lyon
Old Congress
Cave
Matthew Lyons
Ponent
Thatcher
Lyon
Congress
Phocion
Pluto
Citg
David ‘Steward
Fersis
Tafitoon
Nebel
God
Sainta
Angels
Jehovah
Dr Payson
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