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Three Heroines of New England Romance
Three Heroines of New England Romance

Chapter I

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THEIR true stories herein set forth by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford Miss Louise Imogen Guiney and Miss Alice Brown With many little picturings authentic and fanciful by Edmund H Garrett and published by Little Brown and Company Boston 1894 University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. Martha Hilton.
“With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.
The ship that it hastens Thy ports will contain, But me—I shall never See England again!”
I OFTEN fancy John Alden, and others, too, among his companions of kindly fame, wandering down the long Plymouth beach and murmuring to themselves thoughts like these.
And I like to look in the annals of the gentle Pilgrims and the sterner Puritans for any pages where one may find muffled for a moment the strain of high emprise which wins our awe and our praise, but not so surely our love, and gain access on their more human side to the men and women who lived the noblest romance in all history.
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Three Heroines of New England Romance

Chapter I

Chapter 1 of Three Heroines of New England Romance is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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THEIR true stories herein set forth by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford Miss Louise Imogen Guiney and Miss Alice Brown With many little picturings authentic and fanciful by Edmund H Garrett and published by Little Brown and Company Boston 1894 University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. Martha Hilton.
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“With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.
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The ship that it hastens Thy ports will contain, But me—I shall never See England again!”
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I OFTEN fancy John Alden, and others, too, among his companions of kindly fame, wandering down the long Plymouth beach and murmuring to themselves thoughts like these.
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And I like to look in the annals of the gentle Pilgrims and the sterner Puritans for any pages where one may find muffled for a moment the strain of high emprise which wins our awe and our praise, but not so surely our love, and gain access on their more human side to the men and women who lived the noblest romance in all history.

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brocades noun US /broʊˈkeɪdz/

plural of “brocade” — thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern

From this reading ““With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.”

deciduous adjective US /ˌdɪˈsɪdʒuːəs/

(of plants and shrubs) shedding foliage at the end of the growing season

From this reading ““With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.”

fishmonger noun US /ˈfɪʃmɑːŋɡər/

someone who sells fish

From this reading ““With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.”

Medford noun US /ˈmedfərd/

a town in southwestern Oregon; a summer resort

From this reading ““With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.”

Pitcher's noun US /ˈpɪtʃərz/

possessive form of “pitcher” — (baseball) the person who does the pitching

Silvers noun US /ˈsɪlvərz/

plural of “silver” — a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography

From this reading ““With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.”

Sudbury noun US /ˈsʌdberi/

a city in south central Canada in Ontario; a major nickel mining center

From this reading ““With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.”

yokel noun US /ˈjoʊkel/

a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture

From this reading ““With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.”

Word partnerships in these lines

English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.

Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.

Wayside Inn noun + noun

In this reading ““With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.”

gain access verb + noun

In this reading “And I like to look in the annals of the gentle Pilgrims and the sterner Puritans for any pages where one may find muffled for a moment the strain of high emprise which wins our awe and our praise, but not so surely our love, and gain access on their more human side to the men and women who lived the noblest romance in all history.”

ancestral home adjective + noun

In this reading ““With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.”

set forth verb + particle

state

In this reading “THEIR true stories herein set forth by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford Miss Louise Imogen Guiney and Miss Alice Brown With many little picturings authentic and fanciful by Edmund H Garrett and published by Little Brown and Company Boston 1894 University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. Martha Hilton.”

green woods noun + noun

In this reading ““With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.”

great elms adjective + noun counted as “great elm”

In this reading ““With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.”

for a moment preposition + article + noun counted as “for … moment”

temporarily

In this reading “And I like to look in the annals of the gentle Pilgrims and the sterner Puritans for any pages where one may find muffled for a moment the strain of high emprise which wins our awe and our praise, but not so surely our love, and gain access on their more human side to the men and women who lived the noblest romance in all history.”

in the annals preposition + article + noun counted as “in … annals”

In this reading “And I like to look in the annals of the gentle Pilgrims and the sterner Puritans for any pages where one may find muffled for a moment the strain of high emprise which wins our awe and our praise, but not so surely our love, and gain access on their more human side to the men and women who lived the noblest romance in all history.”

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

1894

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From this reading THEIR true stories herein set forth by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford Miss Louise Imogen Guiney and Miss Alice Brown With many little picturings authentic and fanciful by Edmund H Garrett and published by Little Brown and Company Boston 1894 University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. Martha Hilton.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

AdeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading THEIR true stories herein set forth by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford Miss Louise Imogen Guiney and Miss Alice Brown With many little picturings authentic and fanciful by Edmund H Garrett and published by Little Brown and Company Boston 1894 University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. Martha Hilton.

accessnounUS /ˈækses/

the right to enter

From this reading And I like to look in the annals of the gentle Pilgrims and the sterner Puritans for any pages where one may find muffled for a moment the strain of high emprise which wins our awe and our praise, but not so surely our love, and gain access on their more human side to the men and women who lived the noblest romance in all history.

AgainadverbUS /əˈɡen/

anew

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

Agnes

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

Alden

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

Alice

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From this reading THEIR true stories herein set forth by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford Miss Louise Imogen Guiney and Miss Alice Brown With many little picturings authentic and fanciful by Edmund H Garrett and published by Little Brown and Company Boston 1894 University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. Martha Hilton.

AlladjectiveUS /ɔːl/

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/

following the length of something from one end toward the other

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/

surrounded by; in the middle of a group

From this reading I OFTEN fancy John Alden, and others, too, among his companions of kindly fame, wandering down the long Plymouth beach and murmuring to themselves thoughts like these.

AndeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

ancestraladjectiveUS /ænˈsestrəl/

inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

ancientadjectiveUS /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/

Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading THEIR true stories herein set forth by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford Miss Louise Imogen Guiney and Miss Alice Brown With many little picturings authentic and fanciful by Edmund H Garrett and published by Little Brown and Company Boston 1894 University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. Martha Hilton.

annalsnounUS /ˈænəlz/

reports of the work of a society or learned body etc

From this reading And I like to look in the annals of the gentle Pilgrims and the sterner Puritans for any pages where one may find muffled for a moment the strain of high emprise which wins our awe and our praise, but not so surely our love, and gain access on their more human side to the men and women who lived the noblest romance in all history.

anyadjectiveUS /ˈeni/

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading And I like to look in the annals of the gentle Pilgrims and the sterner Puritans for any pages where one may find muffled for a moment the strain of high emprise which wins our awe and our praise, but not so surely our love, and gain access on their more human side to the men and women who lived the noblest romance in all history.

assignedadjectiveUS /əˈsaɪnd/

appointed to a post or duty

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

attiredadjectiveUS /əˈtaɪrd/

dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

authenticadjectiveUS /əˈθentɪk/

conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief

From this reading THEIR true stories herein set forth by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford Miss Louise Imogen Guiney and Miss Alice Brown With many little picturings authentic and fanciful by Edmund H Garrett and published by Little Brown and Company Boston 1894 University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. Martha Hilton.

awenounUS /ɑː/

an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration

From this reading And I like to look in the annals of the gentle Pilgrims and the sterner Puritans for any pages where one may find muffled for a moment the strain of high emprise which wins our awe and our praise, but not so surely our love, and gain access on their more human side to the men and women who lived the noblest romance in all history.

azaleanounUS /əˈzeɪljə/

any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

bankernounUS /ˈbæŋkər/

a financier who owns or is an executive in a bank

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

banquetsnounUS /ˈbæŋkwəts/

plural of “banquet” — a ceremonial dinner party for many people

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

barnsnounUS /bɑːrnz/

plural of “barn” — an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

battlings

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

beachnounUS /biːtʃ/

an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake

From this reading I OFTEN fancy John Alden, and others, too, among his companions of kindly fame, wandering down the long Plymouth beach and murmuring to themselves thoughts like these.

Benning

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

blackberrynounUS /ˈblækberi/

large sweet black or very dark purple edible aggregate fruit of any of various bushes of the genus Rubus

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

blessedadjectiveUS /blest/

highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace)

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

blushingadjectiveUS /ˈblʌʃɪŋ/

having a red face from embarrassment or shame or agitation or emotional upset

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

bornadjectiveUS /bɔːrn/

brought into existence

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

BostonnounUS /ˈbɑːstən/

state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services

From this reading THEIR true stories herein set forth by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford Miss Louise Imogen Guiney and Miss Alice Brown With many little picturings authentic and fanciful by Edmund H Garrett and published by Little Brown and Company Boston 1894 University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. Martha Hilton.

bowlsnounUS /boʊlz/

a bowling game played on a level lawn with biased wooden balls that are rolled at a jack

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

boxnounUS /bɑːks/

a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

BravelyadverbUS /ˈbreɪvli/

in a courageous manner

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

bridgesnounUS /ˈbrɪdʒəz/

United States labor leader who organized the longshoremen (1901-1990)

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

brocadesnounUS /broʊˈkeɪdz/

plural of “brocade” — thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

BrownnounUS /braʊn/

an orange of low brightness and saturation

From this reading THEIR true stories herein set forth by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford Miss Louise Imogen Guiney and Miss Alice Brown With many little picturings authentic and fanciful by Edmund H Garrett and published by Little Brown and Company Boston 1894 University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. Martha Hilton.

buckverbUS /bʌk/

to strive with determination

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

bucketnounUS /ˈbʌkət/

a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading The ship that it hastens Thy ports will contain, But me—I shall never See England again!”

ButterflyverbUS /ˈbʌtərflaɪ/

flutter like a butterfly

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading THEIR true stories herein set forth by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford Miss Louise Imogen Guiney and Miss Alice Brown With many little picturings authentic and fanciful by Edmund H Garrett and published by Little Brown and Company Boston 1894 University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. Martha Hilton.

calmeradjectiveUS /ˈkɑːmər/

comparative of “calm” — not agitated; without losing self-possession

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

CAMBRIDGEnounUS /ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒ/

a university in England

From this reading THEIR true stories herein set forth by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford Miss Louise Imogen Guiney and Miss Alice Brown With many little picturings authentic and fanciful by Edmund H Garrett and published by Little Brown and Company Boston 1894 University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. Martha Hilton.

cameverbUS /keɪm/

inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

capsnounUS /kæps/

plural of “cap” — a tight-fitting headdress

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

cattynounUS /ˈkæti/

any of various units of weight used in southeastern Asia (especially a Chinese measure equal to 500 grams)

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

charmsnounUS /tʃɑːrmz/

plural of “charm” — attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

Chichester

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

churchnounUS /tʃɜːrtʃ/

one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

CirclenounUS /ˈsɜːrkəl/

ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

clingsnounUS /klɪŋz/

plural of “cling” — fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

clothesnounUS /kloʊðz/

clothing in general

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

companionsnounUS /kəmˈpænjənz/

plural of “companion” — a friend who is frequently in the company of another

From this reading I OFTEN fancy John Alden, and others, too, among his companions of kindly fame, wandering down the long Plymouth beach and murmuring to themselves thoughts like these.

CompanynounUS /ˈkʌmpəniː/

an institution created to conduct business

From this reading THEIR true stories herein set forth by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford Miss Louise Imogen Guiney and Miss Alice Brown With many little picturings authentic and fanciful by Edmund H Garrett and published by Little Brown and Company Boston 1894 University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. Martha Hilton.

consciencenounUS /ˈkɑːnʃəns/

motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

containverbUS /kənˈteɪn/

include or contain; have as a component

From this reading The ship that it hastens Thy ports will contain, But me—I shall never See England again!”

continentnounUS /ˈkɑːntənənt/

one of the large landmasses of the earth

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

corneredadjectiveUS /ˈkɔːrnərd/

forced to turn and face attackers

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

countrynounUS /ˈkʌntri/

a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

cradlenounUS /ˈkreɪdəl/

a baby bed with sides and rockers

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

crowdsnounUS /kraʊdz/

plural of “crowd” — a large number of things or people considered together

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

cushionnounUS /ˈkʊʃən/

a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

damsels

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

dandies

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

daringnounUS /ˈderɪŋ/

a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

daynounUS /deɪ/

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

deciduousadjectiveUS /ˌdɪˈsɪdʒuːəs/

(of plants and shrubs) shedding foliage at the end of the growing season

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

DecorativeadjectiveUS /ˈdekrətɪv/

serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

designsnounUS /dɪˈzaɪnz/

plural of “design” — the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

dignitynounUS /ˈdɪɡnəti/

the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

downadjectiveUS /daʊn/

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

down-stairs

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

Edmund

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From this reading THEIR true stories herein set forth by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford Miss Louise Imogen Guiney and Miss Alice Brown With many little picturings authentic and fanciful by Edmund H Garrett and published by Little Brown and Company Boston 1894 University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. Martha Hilton.

elmnounUS /elm/

any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade trees

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

elmsnounUS /elmz/

plural of “elm” — any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade trees

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

emprise

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From this reading And I like to look in the annals of the gentle Pilgrims and the sterner Puritans for any pages where one may find muffled for a moment the strain of high emprise which wins our awe and our praise, but not so surely our love, and gain access on their more human side to the men and women who lived the noblest romance in all history.

EnglandnounUS /ˈɪŋɡlənd/

a division of the United Kingdom

From this reading The ship that it hastens Thy ports will contain, But me—I shall never See England again!”

EnglishnounUS /ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/

an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

eyenounUS /aɪ/

the organ of sight

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

famenounUS /feɪm/

the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed

From this reading I OFTEN fancy John Alden, and others, too, among his companions of kindly fame, wandering down the long Plymouth beach and murmuring to themselves thoughts like these.

fancifuladjectiveUS /ˈfænsɪfəl/

indulging in or influenced by fancy

From this reading THEIR true stories herein set forth by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford Miss Louise Imogen Guiney and Miss Alice Brown With many little picturings authentic and fanciful by Edmund H Garrett and published by Little Brown and Company Boston 1894 University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. Martha Hilton.

fancynounUS /ˈfænsi/

something many people believe that is false

From this reading I OFTEN fancy John Alden, and others, too, among his companions of kindly fame, wandering down the long Plymouth beach and murmuring to themselves thoughts like these.

faradverbUS /fɑːr/

to a considerable degree; very much

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

farmsnounUS /fɑːrmz/

plural of “farm” — workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

fertileadjectiveUS /ˈfɜːrtəl/

capable of reproducing

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

fewadjectiveUS /fjuː/

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

FiddlingadjectiveUS /ˈfɪdlɪŋ/

(informal) small and of little importance

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

figurenounUS /ˈfɪɡjər/

a diagram or picture illustrating textual material

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

findverbUS /faɪnd/

come upon, as if by accident; meet with

From this reading And I like to look in the annals of the gentle Pilgrims and the sterner Puritans for any pages where one may find muffled for a moment the strain of high emprise which wins our awe and our praise, but not so surely our love, and gain access on their more human side to the men and women who lived the noblest romance in all history.

finestadjectiveUS /ˈfaɪnəst/

superlative of “fine” — being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

FirstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

fishermen's

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

fishmongernounUS /ˈfɪʃmɑːŋɡər/

someone who sells fish

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

flag-staff

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

Floyd

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading And I like to look in the annals of the gentle Pilgrims and the sterner Puritans for any pages where one may find muffled for a moment the strain of high emprise which wins our awe and our praise, but not so surely our love, and gain access on their more human side to the men and women who lived the noblest romance in all history.

forthadverbUS /fɔːrθ/

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading THEIR true stories herein set forth by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford Miss Louise Imogen Guiney and Miss Alice Brown With many little picturings authentic and fanciful by Edmund H Garrett and published by Little Brown and Company Boston 1894 University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. Martha Hilton.

Frankland

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

Frontispiecenoun

an ornamental facade

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

gainverbUS /ɡeɪn/

obtain

From this reading And I like to look in the annals of the gentle Pilgrims and the sterner Puritans for any pages where one may find muffled for a moment the strain of high emprise which wins our awe and our praise, but not so surely our love, and gain access on their more human side to the men and women who lived the noblest romance in all history.

GardinernounUS /ˈɡɑːrdnər/

British historian remembered for his ten-volume history of England (1829-1902)

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

Garrett

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading THEIR true stories herein set forth by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford Miss Louise Imogen Guiney and Miss Alice Brown With many little picturings authentic and fanciful by Edmund H Garrett and published by Little Brown and Company Boston 1894 University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. Martha Hilton.

gentleadjectiveUS /ˈdʒentəl/

soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe

From this reading And I like to look in the annals of the gentle Pilgrims and the sterner Puritans for any pages where one may find muffled for a moment the strain of high emprise which wins our awe and our praise, but not so surely our love, and gain access on their more human side to the men and women who lived the noblest romance in all history.

giantnounUS /ˈdʒaɪənt/

any creature of exceptional size

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

girlnounUS /ɡɜːrl/

a young female

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

GoldnounUS /ɡoʊld/

coins made of gold

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

GovernornounUS /ˈɡʌvərnər/

the head of a state government

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

Grape-vine

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

graveyardnounUS /ˈɡreɪvjɑːrd/

a tract of land used for burials

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

greatadjectiveUS /ɡreɪt/

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

greennounUS /ɡriːn/

green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

Guiney

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading THEIR true stories herein set forth by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford Miss Louise Imogen Guiney and Miss Alice Brown With many little picturings authentic and fanciful by Edmund H Garrett and published by Little Brown and Company Boston 1894 University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. Martha Hilton.

HnounUS /eɪtʃ/

a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe

From this reading THEIR true stories herein set forth by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford Miss Louise Imogen Guiney and Miss Alice Brown With many little picturings authentic and fanciful by Edmund H Garrett and published by Little Brown and Company Boston 1894 University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. Martha Hilton.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

happenedverbUS /ˈhæpənd/

past form of “happen” — come to pass

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

HarborverbUS /ˈhɑːrbər/

maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

harbor-borders

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

harpsichordnounUS /ˈhɑːrpsəkɔːrd/

a clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

Harriet

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading THEIR true stories herein set forth by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford Miss Louise Imogen Guiney and Miss Alice Brown With many little picturings authentic and fanciful by Edmund H Garrett and published by Little Brown and Company Boston 1894 University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. Martha Hilton.

hastensverbUS /ˈheɪsənz/

third-person singular of “hasten” — act or move at high speed

From this reading The ship that it hastens Thy ports will contain, But me—I shall never See England again!”

hatsnounUS /hæts/

plural of “hat” — headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

headnounUS /hed/

the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

heartnounUS /hɑːrt/

the locus of feelings and intuitions

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

HereadverbUS /hiːr/

in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

hereinadverbUS /hɪˈrɪn/

in this place or thing or document

From this reading THEIR true stories herein set forth by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford Miss Louise Imogen Guiney and Miss Alice Brown With many little picturings authentic and fanciful by Edmund H Garrett and published by Little Brown and Company Boston 1894 University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. Martha Hilton.

herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/

used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

highadjectiveUS /haɪ/

greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount

From this reading And I like to look in the annals of the gentle Pilgrims and the sterner Puritans for any pages where one may find muffled for a moment the strain of high emprise which wins our awe and our praise, but not so surely our love, and gain access on their more human side to the men and women who lived the noblest romance in all history.

Hilton

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading THEIR true stories herein set forth by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford Miss Louise Imogen Guiney and Miss Alice Brown With many little picturings authentic and fanciful by Edmund H Garrett and published by Little Brown and Company Boston 1894 University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. Martha Hilton.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

historynounUS /ˈhɪstəri/

the aggregate of past events

From this reading And I like to look in the annals of the gentle Pilgrims and the sterner Puritans for any pages where one may find muffled for a moment the strain of high emprise which wins our awe and our praise, but not so surely our love, and gain access on their more human side to the men and women who lived the noblest romance in all history.

homenounUS /hoʊm/

where you live at a particular time

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

Hopkinton

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

HousenounUS /haʊs/

a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

HousesnounUS /ˈhaʊsəz/

plural of “house” — a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

humanadjectiveUS /ˈhjuːmən/

characteristic of humanity

From this reading And I like to look in the annals of the gentle Pilgrims and the sterner Puritans for any pages where one may find muffled for a moment the strain of high emprise which wins our awe and our praise, but not so surely our love, and gain access on their more human side to the men and women who lived the noblest romance in all history.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

I'd

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

Imogen

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From this reading THEIR true stories herein set forth by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford Miss Louise Imogen Guiney and Miss Alice Brown With many little picturings authentic and fanciful by Edmund H Garrett and published by Little Brown and Company Boston 1894 University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. Martha Hilton.

InprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

InitialsnounUS /ˌɪˈnɪʃəlz/

plural of “initial” — the first letter of a word (especially a person's name)

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

InnnounUS /ɪn/

a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

Ireson's

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading The ship that it hastens Thy ports will contain, But me—I shall never See England again!”

itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

jewelsnounUS /ˈdʒuːəlz/

plural of “jewel” — a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

JOHNnounUS /dʒɑːn/

a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

From this reading THEIR true stories herein set forth by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford Miss Louise Imogen Guiney and Miss Alice Brown With many little picturings authentic and fanciful by Edmund H Garrett and published by Little Brown and Company Boston 1894 University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. Martha Hilton.

John'snounUS /dʒɑːnz/

possessive form of “john” — a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

kindlyadjectiveUS /ˈkaɪndli/

showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity

From this reading I OFTEN fancy John Alden, and others, too, among his companions of kindly fame, wandering down the long Plymouth beach and murmuring to themselves thoughts like these.

lacedadjectiveUS /leɪst/

closed with a lace

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

leadingadjectiveUS /ˈliːdɪŋ/

indicating the most important performer or role

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

learnedadjectiveUS /lɜːrnd/

having or showing profound knowledge

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

likeverbUS /laɪk/

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

lindennounUS /ˈlɪndən/

soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

linkverbUS /lɪŋk/

make a logical or causal connection

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

LisbonnounUS /ˈlɪzbən/

capital and largest city and economic and cultural center of Portugal; a major port in western Portugal on Tagus River where it broadens and empties into the Atlantic

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

littleadjectiveUS /ˈlɪtəl/

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading THEIR true stories herein set forth by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford Miss Louise Imogen Guiney and Miss Alice Brown With many little picturings authentic and fanciful by Edmund H Garrett and published by Little Brown and Company Boston 1894 University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. Martha Hilton.

livedverbUS /lɪvd/

past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in

From this reading And I like to look in the annals of the gentle Pilgrims and the sterner Puritans for any pages where one may find muffled for a moment the strain of high emprise which wins our awe and our praise, but not so surely our love, and gain access on their more human side to the men and women who lived the noblest romance in all history.

LondonnounUS /ˈlʌndən/

the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

longadjectiveUS /lɔːŋ/

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

From this reading I OFTEN fancy John Alden, and others, too, among his companions of kindly fame, wandering down the long Plymouth beach and murmuring to themselves thoughts like these.

lookverbUS /lʊk/

perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards

From this reading And I like to look in the annals of the gentle Pilgrims and the sterner Puritans for any pages where one may find muffled for a moment the strain of high emprise which wins our awe and our praise, but not so surely our love, and gain access on their more human side to the men and women who lived the noblest romance in all history.

Louise

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading THEIR true stories herein set forth by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford Miss Louise Imogen Guiney and Miss Alice Brown With many little picturings authentic and fanciful by Edmund H Garrett and published by Little Brown and Company Boston 1894 University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. Martha Hilton.

lovenounUS /lʌv/

a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

From this reading And I like to look in the annals of the gentle Pilgrims and the sterner Puritans for any pages where one may find muffled for a moment the strain of high emprise which wins our awe and our praise, but not so surely our love, and gain access on their more human side to the men and women who lived the noblest romance in all history.

manyadjectiveUS /ˈmeni/

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number

From this reading THEIR true stories herein set forth by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford Miss Louise Imogen Guiney and Miss Alice Brown With many little picturings authentic and fanciful by Edmund H Garrett and published by Little Brown and Company Boston 1894 University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. Martha Hilton.

Marbleheader

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

MarriedadjectiveUS /ˈmerid/

joined in matrimony

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

Martha

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading THEIR true stories herein set forth by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford Miss Louise Imogen Guiney and Miss Alice Brown With many little picturings authentic and fanciful by Edmund H Garrett and published by Little Brown and Company Boston 1894 University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. Martha Hilton.

master'snounUS /ˈmæstərz/

possessive form of “master” — an artist of consummate skill

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

maymodal verbUS /meɪ/

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading And I like to look in the annals of the gentle Pilgrims and the sterner Puritans for any pages where one may find muffled for a moment the strain of high emprise which wins our awe and our praise, but not so surely our love, and gain access on their more human side to the men and women who lived the noblest romance in all history.

MayflowernounUS /ˈmeɪflaʊər/

the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from England to Massachusetts in 1620

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading The ship that it hastens Thy ports will contain, But me—I shall never See England again!”

mechanicnounUS /məˈkænɪk/

a craftsman skilled in operating machine tools

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

MedfordnounUS /ˈmedfərd/

a town in southwestern Oregon; a summer resort

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

mennounUS /men/

the force of workers available

From this reading And I like to look in the annals of the gentle Pilgrims and the sterner Puritans for any pages where one may find muffled for a moment the strain of high emprise which wins our awe and our praise, but not so surely our love, and gain access on their more human side to the men and women who lived the noblest romance in all history.

merchantsnounUS /ˈmɜːrtʃənts/

plural of “merchant” — a businessperson engaged in retail trade

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

MilesnounUS /maɪlz/

plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

MissverbUS /mɪs/

fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

From this reading THEIR true stories herein set forth by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford Miss Louise Imogen Guiney and Miss Alice Brown With many little picturings authentic and fanciful by Edmund H Garrett and published by Little Brown and Company Boston 1894 University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. Martha Hilton.

MollnounUS /mɑːl/

the girlfriend of a gangster

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

momentnounUS /ˈmoʊmənt/

a particular point in time

From this reading And I like to look in the annals of the gentle Pilgrims and the sterner Puritans for any pages where one may find muffled for a moment the strain of high emprise which wins our awe and our praise, but not so surely our love, and gain access on their more human side to the men and women who lived the noblest romance in all history.

momentsnounUS /ˈmoʊmənts/

plural of “moment” — a particular point in time

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

moreadjectiveUS /mɔːr/

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

morningnounUS /ˈmɔːrnɪŋ/

the time period between dawn and noon

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

mortificationnounUS /ˈmɔːrtəfkeɪʃən/

strong feelings of embarrassment

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

MrsnounUS /ˈmɪsɪz/

a form of address for a married woman

From this reading THEIR true stories herein set forth by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford Miss Louise Imogen Guiney and Miss Alice Brown With many little picturings authentic and fanciful by Edmund H Garrett and published by Little Brown and Company Boston 1894 University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. Martha Hilton.

muffledadjectiveUS /ˈmʌfəld/

being or made softer or less loud or clear

From this reading And I like to look in the annals of the gentle Pilgrims and the sterner Puritans for any pages where one may find muffled for a moment the strain of high emprise which wins our awe and our praise, but not so surely our love, and gain access on their more human side to the men and women who lived the noblest romance in all history.

murmuringnounUS /ˈmɜːrmərɪŋ/

a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech

From this reading I OFTEN fancy John Alden, and others, too, among his companions of kindly fame, wandering down the long Plymouth beach and murmuring to themselves thoughts like these.

neednounUS /niːd/

a condition requiring relief

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

neighboringadjectiveUS /ˈneɪbərɪŋ/

having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

neveradverbUS /ˈnevər/

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading The ship that it hastens Thy ports will contain, But me—I shall never See England again!”

NewportnounUS /ˈnuːpɔːrt/

a port city in southeastern Wales

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

nobleadjectiveUS /ˈnoʊbəl/

impressive in appearance

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

noblestadjectiveUS /ˈnoʊblɪst/

superlative of “noble” — impressive in appearance

From this reading And I like to look in the annals of the gentle Pilgrims and the sterner Puritans for any pages where one may find muffled for a moment the strain of high emprise which wins our awe and our praise, but not so surely our love, and gain access on their more human side to the men and women who lived the noblest romance in all history.

NorconjunctionUS /nɔːr/

and not; used after a negative to add a second negative

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading And I like to look in the annals of the gentle Pilgrims and the sterner Puritans for any pages where one may find muffled for a moment the strain of high emprise which wins our awe and our praise, but not so surely our love, and gain access on their more human side to the men and women who lived the noblest romance in all history.

nowadverbUS /naʊ/

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

o'eradverb

throughout a period of time

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

OFTENadverbUS /ˈɔːfən/

many times at short intervals

From this reading I OFTEN fancy John Alden, and others, too, among his companions of kindly fame, wandering down the long Plymouth beach and murmuring to themselves thoughts like these.

oldadjectiveUS /oʊld/

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

operanounUS /ˈɑːprə/

a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

OrconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

others

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From this reading I OFTEN fancy John Alden, and others, too, among his companions of kindly fame, wandering down the long Plymouth beach and murmuring to themselves thoughts like these.

ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading And I like to look in the annals of the gentle Pilgrims and the sterner Puritans for any pages where one may find muffled for a moment the strain of high emprise which wins our awe and our praise, but not so surely our love, and gain access on their more human side to the men and women who lived the noblest romance in all history.

OverprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

pacenounUS /peɪs/

the rate of moving (especially walking or running)

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

pagesnounUS /ˈpeɪdʒəz/

plural of “page” — one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains

From this reading And I like to look in the annals of the gentle Pilgrims and the sterner Puritans for any pages where one may find muffled for a moment the strain of high emprise which wins our awe and our praise, but not so surely our love, and gain access on their more human side to the men and women who lived the noblest romance in all history.

parentnounUS /ˈperənt/

a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

PastnounUS /pæst/

the time that has elapsed

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

petticoatsnounUS /ˈpetikoʊts/

plural of “petticoat” — undergarment worn under a skirt

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

PicturesqueadjectiveUS /ˈpɪktʃərəsk/

suggesting or suitable for a picture; pretty as a picture

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

picturings

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From this reading THEIR true stories herein set forth by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford Miss Louise Imogen Guiney and Miss Alice Brown With many little picturings authentic and fanciful by Edmund H Garrett and published by Little Brown and Company Boston 1894 University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. Martha Hilton.

pigtails

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

PilgrimsnounUS /ˈpɪlɡrəmz/

plural of “pilgrim” — someone who journeys in foreign lands

From this reading And I like to look in the annals of the gentle Pilgrims and the sterner Puritans for any pages where one may find muffled for a moment the strain of high emprise which wins our awe and our praise, but not so surely our love, and gain access on their more human side to the men and women who lived the noblest romance in all history.

Pitcher'snounUS /ˈpɪtʃərz/

possessive form of “pitcher” — (baseball) the person who does the pitching

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

PlacenounUS /pleɪs/

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

playverbUS /pleɪ/

participate in games or sport

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

PlymouthnounUS /ˈplɪməθ/

a town in Massachusetts founded by Pilgrims in 1620

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

PondsnounUS /pɑːndz/

plural of “pond” — a small lake

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

portsnounUS /pɔːrts/

plural of “port” — a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country

From this reading The ship that it hastens Thy ports will contain, But me—I shall never See England again!”

PortsmouthnounUS /ˈpɔːrtsməθ/

a port city in southeastern Virginia on the Elizabeth River opposite Norfolk; naval base; shipyards

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

powderedadjectiveUS /ˈpaʊdərd/

consisting of fine particles

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

praisenounUS /preɪz/

an expression of approval and commendation

From this reading And I like to look in the annals of the gentle Pilgrims and the sterner Puritans for any pages where one may find muffled for a moment the strain of high emprise which wins our awe and our praise, but not so surely our love, and gain access on their more human side to the men and women who lived the noblest romance in all history.

preferverbUS /prəˈfɜːr/

like better; value more highly

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

PrescottnounUS /ˈpreskɑːt/

a town in central Arizona

From this reading THEIR true stories herein set forth by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford Miss Louise Imogen Guiney and Miss Alice Brown With many little picturings authentic and fanciful by Edmund H Garrett and published by Little Brown and Company Boston 1894 University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. Martha Hilton.

PressverbUS /pres/

exert pressure or force to or upon

From this reading THEIR true stories herein set forth by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford Miss Louise Imogen Guiney and Miss Alice Brown With many little picturings authentic and fanciful by Edmund H Garrett and published by Little Brown and Company Boston 1894 University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. Martha Hilton.

Priscilla

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

processionnounUS /prəˈseʃən/

(theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

promisesnounUS /ˈprɑːməsəz/

plural of “promise” — a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

ProvidencenounUS /ˈprɑː.və.dəns/

The protective care of God or nature as a spiritual power. (Sự quan phòng, thiên ý phù hộ.)

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

publishedadjectiveUS /ˈpʌblɪʃt/

prepared and printed for distribution and sale

From this reading THEIR true stories herein set forth by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford Miss Louise Imogen Guiney and Miss Alice Brown With many little picturings authentic and fanciful by Edmund H Garrett and published by Little Brown and Company Boston 1894 University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. Martha Hilton.

PuritannounUS /ˈpjʊrətən/

a member of a group of English Protestants who in the 16th and 17th centuries thought that the Protestant Reformation under Elizabeth was incomplete and advocated the simplification and regulation of forms of worship

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

PuritansnounUS /ˈpjʊrətənz/

plural of “puritan” — a member of a group of English Protestants who in the 16th and 17th centuries thought that the Protestant Reformation under Elizabeth was incomplete and advocated the simplification and regulation of forms of worship

From this reading And I like to look in the annals of the gentle Pilgrims and the sterner Puritans for any pages where one may find muffled for a moment the strain of high emprise which wins our awe and our praise, but not so surely our love, and gain access on their more human side to the men and women who lived the noblest romance in all history.

ranverbUS /ræn/

inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

readingnounUS /ˈriːdɪŋ/

the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

respectedadjectiveUS /rɪˈspektɪd/

receiving deferential regard

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

ridingnounUS /ˈraɪdɪŋ/

the sport of sitting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

ringverbUS /rɪŋ/

sound loudly and sonorously

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

roadnounUS /roʊd/

an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

romancenounUS /roʊˈmæns/

a relationship between two lovers

From this reading And I like to look in the annals of the gentle Pilgrims and the sterner Puritans for any pages where one may find muffled for a moment the strain of high emprise which wins our awe and our praise, but not so surely our love, and gain access on their more human side to the men and women who lived the noblest romance in all history.

RosenounUS /roʊz/

any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

rottingnounUS /ˈrɑːtɪŋ/

(biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

roughadjectiveUS /rʌf/

having or caused by an irregular surface

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

Royall

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

rustlingnounUS /ˈrʌslɪŋ/

the stealing of cattle

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

SnounUS /es/

1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

From this reading THEIR true stories herein set forth by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford Miss Louise Imogen Guiney and Miss Alice Brown With many little picturings authentic and fanciful by Edmund H Garrett and published by Little Brown and Company Boston 1894 University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. Martha Hilton.

Sabbatianoun

any of various plants of the genus Sabbatia having usually pink cymose flowers; occur from acid bogs to brackish marshes

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

sailorsnounUS /ˈseɪlərz/

plural of “sailor” — any member of a ship's crew

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

sandsnounUS /sændz/

the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

seanounUS /siː/

a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

seasnounUS /siːz/

plural of “sea” — a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

seeverbUS /siː/

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

setverbUS /set/

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading THEIR true stories herein set forth by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford Miss Louise Imogen Guiney and Miss Alice Brown With many little picturings authentic and fanciful by Edmund H Garrett and published by Little Brown and Company Boston 1894 University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. Martha Hilton.

shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading The ship that it hastens Thy ports will contain, But me—I shall never See England again!”

ShepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

shelteredadjectiveUS /ˈʃeltərd/

protected from danger or bad weather

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

shipverbUS /ʃɪp/

transport commercially

From this reading The ship that it hastens Thy ports will contain, But me—I shall never See England again!”

shipsnounUS /ʃɪps/

plural of “ship” — a vessel that carries passengers or freight

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

Shirley

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

Shortridge

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

sidenounUS /saɪd/

a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location

From this reading And I like to look in the annals of the gentle Pilgrims and the sterner Puritans for any pages where one may find muffled for a moment the strain of high emprise which wins our awe and our praise, but not so surely our love, and gain access on their more human side to the men and women who lived the noblest romance in all history.

sighverbUS /saɪ/

heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

SilversnounUS /ˈsɪlvərz/

plural of “silver” — a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

SlyadjectiveUS /slaɪ/

marked by skill in deception

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

smalladjectiveUS /smɔːl/

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

snuff-boxes

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading And I like to look in the annals of the gentle Pilgrims and the sterner Puritans for any pages where one may find muffled for a moment the strain of high emprise which wins our awe and our praise, but not so surely our love, and gain access on their more human side to the men and women who lived the noblest romance in all history.

solidadjectiveUS /ˈsɑːləd/

characterized by good substantial quality

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

SomeadjectiveUS /sʌm/

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

SONnounUS /sʌn/

a male human offspring

From this reading THEIR true stories herein set forth by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford Miss Louise Imogen Guiney and Miss Alice Brown With many little picturings authentic and fanciful by Edmund H Garrett and published by Little Brown and Company Boston 1894 University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. Martha Hilton.

soundingadjectiveUS /ˈsaʊndɪŋ/

appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

spinningnounUS /ˈspɪnɪŋ/

creating thread

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

spiritedadjectiveUS /ˈspɪrɪtɪd/

displaying animation, vigor, or liveliness

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

Spofford

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading THEIR true stories herein set forth by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford Miss Louise Imogen Guiney and Miss Alice Brown With many little picturings authentic and fanciful by Edmund H Garrett and published by Little Brown and Company Boston 1894 University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. Martha Hilton.

SquareverbUS /skwer/

make square

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

St

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

StandishnounUS /ˈstændɪʃ/

English colonist in America; leader of the Pilgrims in the early days of the Plymouth Colony (1584-1656)

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

sterneradjectiveUS /ˈstɜːrnər/

comparative of “stern” — of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect

From this reading And I like to look in the annals of the gentle Pilgrims and the sterner Puritans for any pages where one may find muffled for a moment the strain of high emprise which wins our awe and our praise, but not so surely our love, and gain access on their more human side to the men and women who lived the noblest romance in all history.

stonenounUS /stoʊn/

a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

Stoodley's

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

storiesnounUS /ˈstɔːriz/

plural of “story” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading THEIR true stories herein set forth by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford Miss Louise Imogen Guiney and Miss Alice Brown With many little picturings authentic and fanciful by Edmund H Garrett and published by Little Brown and Company Boston 1894 University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. Martha Hilton.

strainnounUS /streɪn/

(physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces

From this reading And I like to look in the annals of the gentle Pilgrims and the sterner Puritans for any pages where one may find muffled for a moment the strain of high emprise which wins our awe and our praise, but not so surely our love, and gain access on their more human side to the men and women who lived the noblest romance in all history.

strategicadjectiveUS /strəˈtiːdʒɪk/

relating to or concerned with strategy

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

StreetnounUS /striːt/

a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

streetsnounUS /striːts/

plural of “street” — a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

SudburynounUS /ˈsʌdberi/

a city in south central Canada in Ontario; a major nickel mining center

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

summernounUS /ˈsʌmər/

the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

surelyadverbUS /ˈʃʊrli/

definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)

From this reading And I like to look in the annals of the gentle Pilgrims and the sterner Puritans for any pages where one may find muffled for a moment the strain of high emprise which wins our awe and our praise, but not so surely our love, and gain access on their more human side to the men and women who lived the noblest romance in all history.

Surriage

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

swallowverbUS /ˈswɑːloʊ/

pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

sweepingadjectiveUS /ˈswiːpɪŋ/

taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area; often used in combination

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

swishing

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

THEIRdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading THEIR true stories herein set forth by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford Miss Louise Imogen Guiney and Miss Alice Brown With many little picturings authentic and fanciful by Edmund H Garrett and published by Little Brown and Company Boston 1894 University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. Martha Hilton.

themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/

used when the people doing the action are also its object

From this reading I OFTEN fancy John Alden, and others, too, among his companions of kindly fame, wandering down the long Plymouth beach and murmuring to themselves thoughts like these.

ThereadverbUS /ðer/

in or at that place or location

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading I OFTEN fancy John Alden, and others, too, among his companions of kindly fame, wandering down the long Plymouth beach and murmuring to themselves thoughts like these.

TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

thoughtsnounUS /θɔːts/

plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading I OFTEN fancy John Alden, and others, too, among his companions of kindly fame, wandering down the long Plymouth beach and murmuring to themselves thoughts like these.

thydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/

an old word for “your”, speaking to one person

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

TitlenounUS /ˈtaɪtəl/

a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

tooadverbUS /tuː/

to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

toweringadjectiveUS /ˈtaʊərɪŋ/

of imposing height; especially standing out above others

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

TownnounUS /taʊn/

an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

TragicadjectiveUS /ˈtrædʒɪk/

very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

treesnounUS /triːz/

plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

trueadjectiveUS /truː/

consistent with fact or reality; not false

From this reading THEIR true stories herein set forth by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford Miss Louise Imogen Guiney and Miss Alice Brown With many little picturings authentic and fanciful by Edmund H Garrett and published by Little Brown and Company Boston 1894 University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. Martha Hilton.

turnverbUS /tɜːrn/

change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

UnounUS /juː/

a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine

From this reading THEIR true stories herein set forth by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford Miss Louise Imogen Guiney and Miss Alice Brown With many little picturings authentic and fanciful by Edmund H Garrett and published by Little Brown and Company Boston 1894 University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. Martha Hilton.

UniversitynounUS /ˌjuːnəˈvɜːrsəti/

the body of faculty and students at a university

From this reading THEIR true stories herein set forth by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford Miss Louise Imogen Guiney and Miss Alice Brown With many little picturings authentic and fanciful by Edmund H Garrett and published by Little Brown and Company Boston 1894 University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. Martha Hilton.

UpadjectiveUS /ʌp/

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

Up-stairs

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From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

usedadjectiveUS /juːzd/

employed in accomplishing something

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

visitverbUS /ˈvɪzɪt/

go to see a place, as for entertainment

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

visitedverbUS /ˈvɪzɪtɪd/

past form of “visit” — go to see a place, as for entertainment

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

wanderingadjectiveUS /ˈwɑːndərɪŋ/

migratory

From this reading I OFTEN fancy John Alden, and others, too, among his companions of kindly fame, wandering down the long Plymouth beach and murmuring to themselves thoughts like these.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

wavenounUS /weɪv/

one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

WaysidenounUS /ˈweɪsaɪd/

edge of a way or road or path

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

wealthyadjectiveUS /ˈwelθi/

having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

weddingnounUS /ˈwedɪŋ/

the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

Wentworth

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

WestonnounUS /ˈwestən/

United States photographer(1886-1958)

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

Wharves

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

wheelverbUS /wiːl/

change directions as if revolving on a pivot

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

WhereconjunctionUS /wer/

in or at the place that

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading And I like to look in the annals of the gentle Pilgrims and the sterner Puritans for any pages where one may find muffled for a moment the strain of high emprise which wins our awe and our praise, but not so surely our love, and gain access on their more human side to the men and women who lived the noblest romance in all history.

whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading And I like to look in the annals of the gentle Pilgrims and the sterner Puritans for any pages where one may find muffled for a moment the strain of high emprise which wins our awe and our praise, but not so surely our love, and gain access on their more human side to the men and women who lived the noblest romance in all history.

whompronounUS /huːm/

the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

wigsnounUS /wɪɡz/

plural of “wig” — hairpiece covering the head and made of real or synthetic hair

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

wildadjectiveUS /waɪld/

marked by extreme lack of restraint or control

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

Willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

WILSONnounUS /ˈwɪlsən/

author of the first novel by an African American that was published in the United States (1808-1870)

From this reading THEIR true stories herein set forth by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford Miss Louise Imogen Guiney and Miss Alice Brown With many little picturings authentic and fanciful by Edmund H Garrett and published by Little Brown and Company Boston 1894 University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. Martha Hilton.

windnounUS /waɪnd/

air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

wingnounUS /wɪŋ/

a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

winsnounUS /wɪnz/

plural of “win” — a victory (as in a race or other competition)

From this reading And I like to look in the annals of the gentle Pilgrims and the sterner Puritans for any pages where one may find muffled for a moment the strain of high emprise which wins our awe and our praise, but not so surely our love, and gain access on their more human side to the men and women who lived the noblest romance in all history.

WithprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading THEIR true stories herein set forth by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford Miss Louise Imogen Guiney and Miss Alice Brown With many little picturings authentic and fanciful by Edmund H Garrett and published by Little Brown and Company Boston 1894 University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. Martha Hilton.

womennounUS /ˈwɪmən/

plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

From this reading And I like to look in the annals of the gentle Pilgrims and the sterner Puritans for any pages where one may find muffled for a moment the strain of high emprise which wins our awe and our praise, but not so surely our love, and gain access on their more human side to the men and women who lived the noblest romance in all history.

Woodbinenoun

common North American vine with compound leaves and bluish-black berrylike fruit

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

woodsnounUS /wʊdz/

the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

wordnounUS /wɜːrd/

a unit of language that native speakers can identify

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

yokelnounUS /ˈjoʊkel/

a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture

From this reading “With her sweeping brocades and a cushion towering upon her powdered head” _Frontispiece._ Priscilla at the spinning wheel 14 “In his rough cradle by the sounding sea” 17 Rose Standish 21 “The daring and spirited girl” 25 “Or in calmer moments reading the blessed promises of His word” 29 Miles Standish 33 “Up and down the sands I’d pace” 36 “Her respected parent” 37 “There, too, came Priscilla” 41 “Ponds set like jewels in the ring of the green woods” 43 “First happened on the Mayflower” 45 “The blushing Sabbatia” 47 John Alden 49 “Silvers its wave, its rustling wave” 51 The wedding procession 53 Grape-vine 56 Woodbine 57 The ships of the merchants 59 “Up-stairs and down-stairs ran the streets” 64 “Houses set ‘catty cornered’” 65 “An old Marbleheader” 67 “The solid dignity of the old Town House” 69 “The old graveyard” 71 “The wild azalea” 74 “The blackberry clings and crowds” 75 Butterfly 75 “Again he came riding” 77 “Bravely attired in small clothes and wigs” 81 “She learned to play on the harpsichord” 83 Frankland 85 “Tragic battlings of heart and conscience” 87 “All the more did she turn to Frankland” 89 “The giant box and a few ancient trees” 92 “At the banquets” 93 “His ancestral home” 95 “The opera was the finest on the continent” 97 Agnes Surriage 99 “They again visited Lisbon” 102 “Married a wealthy banker of Chichester” 104 “The little figure with the swishing bucket” 108 “Sly damsels in Puritan caps” 110 “Gold laced dandies at Newport” 111 “Nor need link herself with the neighboring yokel whom Providence had assigned her” 113 Where Governor Wentworth was born 114 “A fishmonger in London” 115 “He had the mortification to see her prefer one Shortridge, a mechanic” 117 “His snuff-boxes and his bowls” 118 Governor Benning Wentworth 119 Wentworth house at Little Harbor 121 “Her strategic eye upon master’s deciduous charms” 123 “The great buck of his day” 127 “Fiddling at Stoodley’s far into the morning” 131 “Wharves now rotting along the harbor-borders” 133 Old houses 139 An old English church 139 Picturesque barns 140 The Weston flag-staff 141 “Houses sheltered by great elms” 142 “Past fertile farms” 142 “Over picturesque stone bridges” 143 “Here is a noble elm” 144 The Wayside Inn, Sudbury 145 Great elms at Hopkinton 149 Shirley Place 151 The Royall House, Medford 153 Medford Square 155 Street leading to Moll Pitcher’s 156 Moll Pitcher’s house and the graveyard 157 Some fishermen’s hats 159 Circle Street and Floyd Ireson’s house 161 “This is where the sailors in pigtails and petticoats used to be” 165 St. John’s, Portsmouth 168 The Gardiner House and the linden 169 Stoodley’s 171 Plymouth, the home of Priscilla 172 A country road 173 Decorative designs Title, 7, 8, 9, 12, 105, 106, 134, 175 Initials 15, 63, 109, 137 PRISCILLA “The swallow with summer Will wing o’er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees.

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Is this the complete text of Three Heroines of New England Romance?

Yes. All 437 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #54028 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #54028, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Three Heroines of New England Romance take to read?

About 36 minutes of reading across 88 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Stories
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Herein
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Forth
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Harriet
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