 October 27th, 1776, leaving to his wife the usual inheritance of widowed sorrow, and to his children little beside a father's blessing, and the legacy of a good name. But happily for them their mother was not wanting in the energy requisite to her desolate...  The Early Years of the Late Bishop Hobart ... - Sivu 11tekijä(t) John McVickar - 1834 - 228 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | John Henry Hobart (bp. of New York.) - 1833 - 446 sivua
...who, long surviving him, fulfilled the double duties towards her children which devolved upon her, with the prudence of a father's judgment and the tenderness of a mother's love. Left with a small competency in troublesome times, she was enabled to bring them up in a way which... | |
 | John McVickar - 1838 - 564 sivua
...which he traded, shows that his religion was one of practice as well as profession. From the labours of the sea he retired in middle life to the enjoyment...of these, an infant of eleven months, who had been baptized in Christ Church at the primitive age of four weeks, under the name of John Henry, was the... | |
 | 1844 - 398 sivua
...surviving her husband, " fulfilled the double duties towards her children which devolved upon her, with the prudence of a father's judgment and the tenderness of a mother's love." Young Hobart appears to have given some indications of future greatness even in his early life —... | |
 | 1847 - 508 sivua
...and the legacy of a good name. But, happily for them, their mother fulfilled her duties towards them, with the prudence of a father's judgment, and the...children, four had preceded their father to the grave ; two sons, and three daughters, remained to awaken a mother's solicitude, as well as to console her... | |
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