 How do you trust me ? — in what ? " " Why, mamma, — in the first place, I trust every word you say — entirely — I know nothing could be truer ; if you were to tell me black is white, mamma, I should think my eyes had been mistaken. Then everything...  The Wide, Wide World - Page 22by Susan Warner - 1852Full view - About this book
 | Susan Bogert Warner - 1852 - 396 pages
...you were to tell me black is white, mamma, I should think my eyes had been mistaken. Then everything you tell or advise me to do, I know it is right, perfectly....always feel safe when you are near me, because I know you will take care of me. And I am glad to think I belong to you, and you have the management of me... | |
 | Susan Bogert Warner - 1853 - 564 pages
...you were to tell me black is white, mamma, I should think my eyes had been mistaken. Then everything you tell or advise me to do, I know it is right, perfectly....can't ; and, if I could, I'd rather you would, mamma." " My daughter, it is just so — it is just so — that I wish you to trust in God. He is truer, wiser,... | |
 | Susan Bogert Warner - 1853 - 550 pages
...you were to tell me black is white, mamma, I should think my eyes had been mistaken. Then everything you tell or advise me to do, I know it is right, perfectly. And I always feel safe when jrou are near me, because I know you'll take care of me. And I am glad to think I belong to you, and... | |
 | Susan Bogert Warner - 1869 - 448 pages
...entirely : I know no thing could be truer. Then, everything you tell or advise me to do I know is right. And I always feel safe when you are near me, because...know you'll take care of me. And I am glad to think I helong to you, and you have the management of me, and I needn't manage myself, because I know I can't... | |
 | Susan Bogert Warner - 1874 - 670 pages
...you were to till me black is white, mamma, I should think my eyes had been mistaken. Then everything you tell or advise me to do, I know it is right, perfectly. And I always feel safe when you arc near me, because I know you'll take care of me. And I am glad to think I belong to you, and you... | |
 | Marianne Noble - 2000 - 240 pages
...you were to tell me black is white, mamma, I should think my eyes had been mistaken. Then everything you tell or advise me to do, I know it is right, perfectly....you'll take care of me. And I am glad to think ... I needn't manage myself, because I know I can't; and if I could, I'd rather you would, mamma" (18). Given... | |
 | Patricia Crain - 2000 - 342 pages
...Warner transforms Benjamin Rush's decree that the child must not belong to himself but to the community: "'I am glad to think I belong to you, and you have...can't; and if I could, I'd rather you would, mamma'" (18). But Rush's idea was a republican fantasy, never a legal reality.'0 The attachment of children... | |
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