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Browsing named entities in Laura E. Richards, Maud Howe, Florence Howe Hall, Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910, in two volumes, with portraits and other illustrations: volume 1. You can also browse the collection for 1886 AD or search for 1886 AD in all documents.
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Laura E. Richards, Maud Howe, Florence Howe Hall, Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910, in two volumes, with portraits and other illustrations: volume 1, Chapter 1 : Ancestral (search)
Laura E. Richards, Maud Howe, Florence Howe Hall, Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910, in two volumes, with portraits and other illustrations: volume 1, Chapter 5 : more changes--1886 -1888 ; aet. 67 -69 (search)
Chapter 5: more changes--1886-1888; aet. 67-69
Giulia Romana Anagnos Giulia Romana!
how thy trembling beauty, That oft would shudder at one breath of praise, Comes back to me!
before the trump of duty Had marshalled thee in life's laborious ways.
We used to wonder at thy blush in hearing Thy parents praised.
We now k heart! Pass to perfection, all but perfect here! We weep not much, remembering where thou art, Yet, child of Poesy!
receive a tear.
T. W. Parsons.
The years 1886 and 1887 were marked by two events which changed materially the course of her private life: the death of Julia, the beloved eldest daughter, and the marriage of Maud, the house-mate and comrade.
During the winter of 1885-86 she made her headquarters in New York.
Lecture engagements, conferences, and sermons took her hither and thither, and much of the time that should have been precious was passed in trains and boats.
In the last days of February, Julia was stricken with rheumatic f