 | Lydia Maria Child - 1836 - 260 pages
...market is so glutted with flattery, that a little truth may be acceptable, were it only for its rarity. I am fully aware of the unpopularity of the task I...undertaken; but though I expect ridicule and censure, it is not in my nature to fear them. A few years hence, the opinion of the world will be a matter in... | |
 | James Parton - 1869 - 702 pages
...preface to the book explicitly recognizes the probable dissatisfaction of the public. She says : — " I am fully aware of the unpopularity of the task I...them. A few years hence, the opinion of the world will bo a matter in which I have not even the most transient interest ; but this book will be abroad on... | |
 | Lydia Maria Child, John Greenleaf Whittier, Wendell Phillips - 1882 - 330 pages
...sacrifice, prepared for all the consequences which followed. In the preface to her book she says, " I am fully aware of the unpopularity of the task I...undertaken ; but though I expect ridicule and censure, I do not fear them. A few years hence, the opinion of the world will be a matter in which I have not... | |
 | Lydia Maria Child - 1882 - 329 pages
...sacrifice, prepared for all the consequences which, followed. In the preface to her book she says, "I am fully aware of the unpopularity of the task I have undertake a ; but though I expect ridicule and censure, I do not fear them. A few years hence, the... | |
 | 1883 - 420 pages
...herself to accept the consequences, whatever they might be. In the preface to her book she says: " I am fully aware of the unpopularity of the task I...undertaken ; but though I expect ridicule and censure, I do not fear them. A few years hence the opinion of the world will be a matter in which I have not even... | |
 | 1890 - 746 pages
...from her literary associates, the maledictions of foes, and a she states concerning her attitude : " I am fully aware of the unpopularity of the task I...undertaken ; but though I expect ridicule and censure, I do not fear them. A few years hence the opinion of the world will be a matter in which I shall have... | |
 | 1884 - 756 pages
...she knew what she hazarded and was prepared for the result is proved by the preface to her book : " I am fully aware of the unpopularity of the task I...undertaken ; but though I expect ridicule and censure I do not fear them. A few years hence the opinion of the world will be a matter in which I have not the... | |
 | Elizabeth Stuart Phelps - 1884 - 760 pages
...she knew what she hazarded and was prepared for the result is proved by the preface to her book : " I am fully aware of the unpopularity of the task I...undertaken ; but though I expect ridicule and censure I do not fear them. A few years hence the opinion of the world will be a matter in which I have not the... | |
 | 1885 - 786 pages
...she knew what she hazarded and was prepared for the result is proved by the preface to her book : " I am fully aware of the unpopularity of the task I...undertaken ; but though I expect ridicule and censure I do not fear them. A few years hence the opinion of the world will be a matter in which I have not the... | |
 | 1886 - 588 pages
...the great sacrifice, prepared for all the consequences which followed." She said in the preface : " I am fully aware of the unpopularity of the task I...undertaken, but though I expect ridicule and censure, I do not fear them. A few years hence the opinion of the world will be a matter in which I have not even... | |
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I am fully aware of the unpopularity of the task I have undertaken ; but though I expect ridicule and censure, I do not fear them. A few years hence, the opinion of the world will be a matter in which I have not even the most transient interest ; but... 
