Katharine Ashton, by the author of 'Amy Herbert'.Longman, 1854 |
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Page 17 - I don't know much about such things, — but it seems to me that if people want to be farmers, they should know something about farming;" and again Katharine's smile was a very little satirical. " They can learn, I suppose,
Page 29 - I believe," said Mrs. Sinclair, " but they are so fanciful, they do not like to be interfered with ; and they are always taking offence, thinking that some slight is intended. It must be very difficult to know what to do with them.
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Page 41 - Ashton's tone of mind was not in the least like Jane Sinclair's. Jane was deeply, earnestly religious, both in feeling and conduct ; Katharine was religious also, but the motive was duty, not love. Jane was dreamy and imaginative, and but for her exceeding unselfishness and kindness of heart, it would at times have seemed a task beyond her strength to be practical. Katharine, on the contrary, was essentially active in body and mind ; so active that energy became her snare, for constant occupation...
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