 There is in every true woman's heart a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity ; but which kindles up, and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity. No man knows what the wife of his bosom is — no man knows...  Roberts' Semi-monthly Magazine - Page 561841Full view - About this book
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1820 - 364 pages
...and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity. No man knows what the wife of his bosom is — no man knows what a ministering, angel she is —...the figurative style of my language, that caught the excjted imagination of Leslie. I knew the auditor I had to deal with ; and following up the impression... | |
 | Washington Irving - American essays - 1822 - 424 pages
...and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity. No man knows what the wife of his bosom is — no man knows what a ministering angel she is — until...earnestness of my manner, and the figurative style of my Ianguage, that caught the excited imagination of Leslie. I knew the auditor I had to deal with ; and... | |
 | John Arliss - 1825 - 382 pages
...and heams and hlazes in the dark hour of adversity. No man knows what the wife of his hosom is — no man knows what a ministering angel she is— until...with her through the fiery trials of this world,' I"!'<<I" amtititud ) ON AN (EOLIAN HARP. O ! HOW sweet to my soul is tby music (Kulus, Whose various... | |
 | Hallifield Cosgayne O'Donnoghue - Marriage - 1828 - 140 pages
...burns and blazes in the •dark hour of adversity. No man knows what the wife of his bosom is—no man knows what a ministering angel she is, until he...gone with her through the fiery trials of this world; for these alone call forth the energies and fervent sympaties of her nature. It is in these circumstances,... | |
 | Washington Irving - American essays - 1831 - 518 pages
...of adversity. No man knows what the wife of his bosom is — no man knows what a ministering augel she is — until he has gone with her through the...world." There was something in the earnestness of my man ner, and the figurative style of my language, that caught the excited imagination of Leslie. I... | |
 | Bride - 1835 - 134 pages
...and blazes in the dark hour of adversity. No man knows what a ministering angel the wife of his bosom is, until he has gone with her through the fiery trials of the world. Washington Irving. ISABEL. Eyes not down dropt, nor over bright, but fed With the clear... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1836 - 250 pages
...and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity. No man knows what the wife of his bosom is — no man knows what a ministering angel she is — until...world." There was something in the earnestness of my man ner, and the figurative style of my language, that caught the excited imagination of Leslie. I... | |
 | 1839 - 256 pages
...and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity. No man knows what the wife of his bosom is — no man knows what a ministering angel she is — until...world." There was something in the earnestness of my man ner, and the figurative style of my language, that caught the excited imagination of Leslie. I... | |
 | Salem Town - 1845 - 296 pages
...and beams and blazes, in the dark hour of adversity. No man knows what the wife of his bosom is — no man knows what a ministering angel she is — until...gone with her through the fiery trials of this world. " Some days afterwards, he called upon me in the evening. He had disposed of his dwelling-house, and... | |
 | English literature - 1845 - 614 pages
...and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity. No man knows what the wife of his bosom is — lendors ! Could not all TCan..:^,.,, *ha tnttof'tntr TnnnQmn frnm tt« Uiis world." There was something in the earnestness of my manner, and the figurative style of my language,... | |
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