"For nine years, till the spring of 1881,……" — Mary Augusta Ward
"For nine years, till the spring of 1881, we lived in Oxford, in a little house north of the Parks, in what was then the newest quarter of the University town."
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25 Quotes by Mary Augusta Ward
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My grandmother made her home at Fox How under the shelter of the fells, with her four daughters, the youngest…
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Our children, two daughters and a son, were born in 1874, 1876, and 1879.
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Truth has never been, can never be, contained in any one creed or system.
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A life spent largely among books, and in the exercise of a literary profession, has very obvious drawbacks, as a…
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As far as intellectual training was concerned, my nine years from seven to sixteen were practically wasted.
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But a girl of seventeen is not always thinking of books, especially in the Oxford summer term.
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A modern girls' school, equipped as scores are now equipped throughout the country, was of course not to be found…
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But no man has a monopoly of conscience.
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But the mind travels far - and mysteriously - in sleep.
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English girls' schools today providing the higher education are, so far as my knowledge goes, worthily representative of that astonishing…
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How little those who are schoolgirls of today can realize what it was to be a schoolgirl in the fifties…
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I cannot hope that what I have to say will be very interesting to many.
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A man's homeland is wherever he prospers.
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If you have children, you don't want to have drugs and drinks in the house. It's just not good.
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The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood.
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Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.
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Because we can't escape our ancient hunger to live close to nature, we encircle the house with lawns and gardens,…
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Do you think it is only a little thing to possess a house from which lovely things can be seen?
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My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants;…
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If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the…
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