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And we have never talked about finding out that Papa had anonymously donated to the children’s hospitals and motherless babies’ homes and disabled veterans from the civil war. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z
She laughed as she told him about the motherless baby who still clung to life, about the young girl that Inatimi was falling in love with, about the women who sang in the evenings. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
“But then you know so much about raising motherless children, too, I suppose.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
And so much for not being a poor motherless girl in his eyes. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z
She landed on the ledge where she had helped raise Chup’s motherless eyases. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z
“Well, your brain ain’t got to follow it. You don’t want to give this motherless child the name of the man that killed Jesus, do you?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z
Her light brown skin is smooth, her eyes still young and playful, oblivious to the tumor growing inside her—a tumor that would leave her five children motherless and change the future of medicine. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
Jim Button was motherless, too—and all you found in fairy tales were wicked stepmothers; heartless, jealous stepmothers...the list could go on forever. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z
I sing in the children’s choir because Big Ma makes sure we motherless girls enjoy all the pitying looks the church can spare, whether we want them or not. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z
If there was one thing Joe knew, it was what it was like for a child to be motherless. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
I guess from that moment I knew I was going to marry Joseph Wojtkiewicz—God, pope, three motherless children, unspellable surname and all. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
Back when people thought of her as a mangy, motherless girl. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
My mother died when I was quite young, and certainly a motherless girl will come up wanting in some respects, but in my opinion she has a freedom unknown to other daughters. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
She certainly wouldn’t have given me that “Oh, you poor motherless girl” pity look. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z
And stitching it all together, she could not understand how Thula could have been so cold to a motherless child, nor how Joe’s father could have been so impassive in the face of it all. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
He knew something about growing up in a motherless home, and about the hole it left in a boy’s heart. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
“Imagine leaving those sweet, motherless children outside like chickens in cages.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
I felt the numb isolation of those days when I was just a little motherless kid, emptied of words, waiting to come through my door and be born. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z
Every night, she cooked, making enough for a whole crew of poor motherless boys. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z
There were men who were forced to take advantage of this system of substitute-hiring because of serious illness in the home or the dependency of motherless children. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z
Johnny knew that it was no good omen that the old woman had no loyalty toward her mistress, whom she had known since her motherless infancy. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
But here, now, surrounded by stinging bees on all sides and the motherless place throbbing away, I knew that these bees were not a plague at all. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
And Deborah couldn’t stand the idea of her own children growing up motherless like she had. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
I’ve prayed to have Mama back in my life every night, only to have my heart broken every Halloween, every Christmas, every motherless birthday. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z
When she began to notice him, he lured her toward his motherless young, but she was not easily won. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z
When she was a skinny child, strangers bought Lourdes treats on the beach or on the main street of town, believing she was malnourished and motherless. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
By the time Reverend Moorehead got around to explaining that these were motherless children she felt one inch high. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z
Motherless candidates confused her, and in motherless elections she stayed at home. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
She was a stranger who had appeared out of nowhere and wouldn’t say where she’d been, a girl stranger taking advantage of those “poor motherless boys.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z
A fable about an 11-year old motherless boy in a rough, depressed mining town, and his burgeoning passion for ballet dancing, the indie film was gritty but also sentimental, bleak but hopeful, too. Review: 'Billy Elliot' is pro-union, and pro-razzle-dazzle, too 2011-03-25T00:20:39Z
Her daughter was suddenly no longer riding her tricycle in Anna’s garden, but was transported, motherless, to a tärdgård in another world. Mother and Daughter, Separated in Parallel Universes 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z
“We must presume that Rose always knew that she would birth a motherless child,” Miles writes. In One Modest Cotton Sack, a Remarkable Story of Slavery, Suffering, Love and Survival 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z
The protagonist of the main story is Harriet Guest, the motherless, Shakespeare-quoting daughter of a scientist who likes to fool around in the lab herself, setting off explosions with phosphorus. Books of The Times: Stella Tillyard?s ?Tides of War,? Napoleonic Novel - Review 2011-12-21T21:56:44Z
Rushing to Facebook, I searched for her pictures of my ex and their son, now motherless in his twenties. A spy in the house of my first love 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z
Turtle Alveston is 14 and motherless, living in a decaying house outside Mendocino with her father, a survivalist, gun nut and psychopath whose misogynist rants have instilled in his daughter a crippling self-loathing. ‘The Ministry of Utmost Happiness’ is one of the best new audiobooks of the month 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z
The play also diverges from the novel in making its young hero motherless. Reimagining Old Friends at the National Theater in London 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z
The motherless child hiding in the curtains is from “Jane Eyre.” In Ann Patchett’s New Novel, a Glass House and a Family With Things to Hide 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z
These little parables of precarity, with their dull earth tones and barren landscapes, reflect the motherless, scorched-earth quality of Seville in decline. Murillo, Not So Saintly: A Quiet Master Reassessed 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z
It is, of course, the pang of being motherless when still in need of mothering, a feeling she experiences as “injected into my body as if some preserving agent, indistinguishable from my insides.” Kat Chow on How Mourning Is Like Taxidermy 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z
Her abandonment, and my father's detachment, left me not just motherless, but also certain that I was unlovable and unworthy in most ways. My ex and I live together — as friends 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z
By the end of the sequence, he has assumed the aspect of one of his own motherless primates. Review: Thinking Outside (and Inside) B.F. Skinner’s Box 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z
But it also depicts Charles, touchingly, as a kind of motherless child. Can “The Crown” Make Us Crush on Prince Charles? 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z
Born on an uncle’s nearby farm, the “pitiful” motherless creature isn’t expected to live long. Great New Children’s Books About Animals 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z
Though Luz has forced herself into the role of mother, she closely identifies with Ig — both are motherless, children of the land, who are raised in tribes dominated by Messianic figures of men. The bad mother’s last refuge: Smashing the cult of mommyhood 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z
Now then, Bee, you are a stroppy adolescent/a Jesuit priest/a GP/a prep school master/a grieving mother/a Shakespeare scholar/a motherless two-year-old . Who do you think you are? 2010-05-28T23:06:00Z
Divorced and raising her children alone, Caroline is idolized by her employers’ newly motherless son, while her own fiery daughter joins the fight for civil rights. Broadway Is Back! A Guide to Shows, Tickets and Covid Protocols. 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z
But in this seriocomedy by A. Rey Pamatmat, two motherless siblings largely abandoned by their father have a tough row to hoe, while secretly maintaining their own household in the rural Midwest. New on Seattle stages: Kafka, a poignant Passover, a statement made without clothes 2013-03-28T22:04:00Z
Harold, it turns out, grew up in an orphanage and has a tender spot for other motherless boys. Theater Review: ‘Orphans,’ With Alec Baldwin, at the Schoenfeld Theater 2013-04-19T02:00:01Z
The hunter’s gunshot that left Bambi motherless rings out into the present day. Death wears Mickey Mouse ears: how Disney is doing parents a favour 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z
The story opens with another motherless hero, a professional gambler named Alexander Bruno. ‘A Gambler’s Anatomy’: Meet the James Bond of backgammon 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z
I had no clue about the traffic infraction that might render my two sons motherless. “Is this your car?”: Like Sandra Bland, I confronted an officer who pulled me over for driving while black 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z
There's widower Clay and motherless Hazel, whose lives revolve around the seriously underfunded hospital. 'Dolphin Tale' moves along swimmingly 2011-09-22T21:18:04Z
“Yen,” which originated at the Royal Exchange Theater in Manchester, belongs squarely to that tradition, which might be called motherless England plays. Review: ‘Yen’ Is a Den of Family Dysfunction 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z
There will be all the familiar elements of a motherless girl, a stepmother and two ugly sisters, but expect a Kneehigh twist to the proceedings. This week's new theatre 2011-07-22T23:08:04Z
She was usually fatherless, motherless or an orphan, even as she seemed somehow too self-possessed to really need anyone other than to dance with. TV picks: Shirley Temple month on Turner Classic Movies 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z
As a poor motherless kid in London, Archibald Leach made his way as an acrobat and stilt dancer in music halls, occasionally picking pockets to support himself. Up, Up and Away: The Trippy Tales Behind ‘Flying Over Sunset’ 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z
Why is the story of motherless, starving Hansel and Gretel any worse than that of a young Army corporal killed three days before he was due to see his wife and newborn baby? Books of The Times: Of Home Fires Burning, Or Burning Up Homes 2011-01-10T20:47:21Z
With Don’s 3 children about to become motherless, it’s not like there isn’t ripe material for drama. 'Mad Men' Finale: Readers Respond 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z
She is motherless and grieving, but trying to do something very special: keeping a dream of Black-woman-owned community tourism alive. Encountering Another Jamaica 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z
So begins this high-octane tale of two half-sisters who take it upon themselves to reverse their sorry, motherless fortunes. ‘Lucky Us,’ by Amy Bloom, America’s Victor Hugo
Who is better equipped to survive this lonely quest: motherless child Marie, born to a path of self-destruction? In 'This Wide Night,' friends try to transcend trauma to forge new lives on the outside 2012-05-24T20:27:07Z
When he describes Claude as a man “whose impoverished sentences die like motherless chicks, cheaply fading,” it’s hard not to think of all the mere mortals who compete with McEwan for our reading attention. Ian McEwan’s ‘Nutshell’: A tale of betrayal and murder as told by a fetus 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z
A center-in-your-stomach loneliness, a motherless loneliness, one made worse because, like all of me, it too is shackled. “My synagogue was a jail cell”: My miracle happened behind bars 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z
For that matter, the plot, with Sandler playing sports dad to an athletically frustrated boy and Barrymore restyling one of the motherless girls, rests on equally retrograde gender models. Movies 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z
Rodmilla is singing to the motherless Danielle, and concludes her tender ode with a viper’s sting: “Ah, but then again, how could you know?” Review: ‘Ever After,’ a Slipperless Cinderella Tale, at the Paper Mill Playhouse 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z
The motherless young girl's world consists of a small but tightly-knit shantytown community on the bayou with wild animals, both real and imagined. Louisiana-shot award winner premieres in N.O. 2012-06-26T03:21:09Z
During one long stretch, my grandmother, whose own ten kids were not yet all grown, was raising eight motherless kids, some her blood, some not. In my mother's kitchen, Diwali came early this year 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z
That is the reality for a motherless mother, but it is not one I want to pass on to her. Motherlode: Learning About Loss 2011-04-26T20:00:10Z
Mary Shelley’s famous motherless child enters the angels-and-demons world of an apparent franchise bid in “I, Frankenstein.” Movie Review: ‘I, Frankenstein’ Stars Aaron Eckhart as the Lonely Ghoul 2014-01-24T22:46:31Z
Set in World War II and taking place from Ohio to Hollywood and Brooklyn, the novel centers on two motherless half-sisters who take it upon themselves to reverse their sorry fortunes. The top 50 fiction books for 2014
Billie Piper may have loomed especially large as this anguished, motherless character, but the luminous actress was by no means alone during a theatrical year in which women held pride of place. In a Year of Surprises on the London Stage, Women Held Pride of Place 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z
Both find themselves in New York City in the late 1990s for the same reason, which Bauer summarizes in the great opening line: “Rose and I moved to New York to be motherless.” 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z
For that matter, the plot, with Sandler playing sports dad to an athletically frustrated boy and Barrymore re-styling one of the motherless girls, rests on equally retrograde gender models. Movies 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z
Like every motherless mother, I live with an acute awareness that I can be taken from my children at any time. Modern Love: A 5-Pound Sack of Maternal Wisdom 2010-10-22T18:56:00Z
Still, she returns to the scenes of chaos and violence, burdened anew with the fears that her young son will grow up motherless. 'It's What I Do' a war-zone photographer's harrowing memoir 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z
The motherless cubs aren’t yet self-sufficient and thus are at high risk, triggering the search for them in the parklands, he added. Rifle slaying of a brown bear in Italy leaves 2 cubs motherless and is decried by locals, minister 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z
Her thoughtful look at how her identity as a refugee intertwines with that of a motherless daughter speaks to feelings both specific to the displaced and familiar to anyone afflicted with loneliness. 10 books to add to your reading list this July 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z
Writing is another way motherless daughters are connecting. No mother on Mother’s Day: Daughters without moms find support in each other’s grief 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z
“It’s felt like a neat and necessary excision,” she explains, “leaving out Jean and the confusing appetites of those old tales. I’m fumbling enough already, ambling motherless into motherhood.” Idra Novey's new novel proves fiction can be worth a thousand think pieces 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z
Now, Kaharlytskyi has to decide where to rebuild a life for him and his motherless child. Family kitchen recalls heartbreak for Kyiv man and his son 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z
The patient didn’t want to risk leaving her two living children motherless and decided to terminate. Lawyer’s mission: Translate Tenn.’s bewildering abortion ban 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z
After her mother died many years ago, Barri Leiner Grant, 56, a certified grief coach in Chicago, played host to a group event for motherless daughters. With therapists in short supply, group counseling offers alternative 2022-07-02T04:00:00Z
Edelman has led motherless daughters’ groups, and her books have helped usher in a new way to live with loss. No mother on Mother’s Day: Daughters without moms find support in each other’s grief 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z
She was the mother of retired Buffalo Fire Commissioner Garnell Whitfield, who told The Buffalo News she was “a mother to the motherless” and “a blessing to all of us.” Buffalo supermarket shooting: What do we know so far? 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z
Ruth Whitfield was “a mother to the motherless” and “a blessing to all of us,” her son said. ‘Hero’ guard, church deacon among Buffalo shooting victims 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z
He told the Buffalo News that his mother was “a mother to the motherless” and “a blessing to all of us.” Buffalo supermarket shooting: What do we know so far? 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z
The nursing school eventually attracted generations of Indian women as students, some of them just teenagers, many of them also motherless or fatherless children. Opinion | Six Nuns Came to India to Start a Hospital. They Ended Up Changing a Country. 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z
Along with another motherless mom, she posted fliers for a book group, reading Edelman’s “Motherless Daughters.” No mother on Mother’s Day: Daughters without moms find support in each other’s grief 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z
“Sometimes I feel like a motherless child, a long way from home.” Gifts from my two mothers: One Korean, one Black 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z
Bill Janu, a Baltimore police instructor, recalled a moment during her training when she ran out of the room crying, later telling him she was afraid of leaving her four children motherless. Opinion | Officer down: The tragic loss of Baltimore’s ‘Mom from the West Side’ 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z
He is concerned there may be more cubs left motherless and plans to return to the scene on Packington Lane to check for more orphans. Otter cub rescued after mother killed in traffic 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z
It was September 2017, and the motherless mammal wandering near Boromo in Burkina Faso was only 2 or 3 months old. Reuniting an orphan elephant and her mom, perhaps, with DNA and luck 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z
But motherless mountain gorillas didn’t seem to suffer as much. Gorillas in the wild often adopt young orphaned apes 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z
“We must win this revolution not to have more motherless kids in our country.” Photos From Myanmar: A Street-Level View of Coup Protests 2021-03-01T05:00:00Z
He never asked me for anything, but I would periodically buy him school supplies or clothing, as he was very poor and said he was motherless. What Do I Owe to an Impoverished Villager I Befriended Abroad? 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z
The entire world knows by now that Donald Trump, in effect, grew up in a motherless household. The U.S. and the coddling of Donald Trump 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z
A recent study showed that motherless elephants in wild herds were less likely to survive, even if they had been weaned. Reuniting an orphan elephant and her mom, perhaps, with DNA and luck 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z
Indeed, some motherless males eventually became the dominant male silverback of their group. Gorillas in the wild often adopt young orphaned apes 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z
I was young and motherless, which made me an easy target. My swim coach raped me when I was 17. USA Swimming made it disappear 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z
She worried constantly about leaving her children motherless. ‘Feeling Like Death’: Inside a Houston Hospital Bracing for a Virus Peak 2020-06-28T04:00:00Z
But 70 years later, that cannot seriously mean that the United States as a nation is held at the mercy of Trump's de facto motherless childhood. The U.S. and the coddling of Donald Trump 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z
Being motherless amid the experience of pregnancy and new motherhood spurs a series of unanswerable questions, almost immediately. 'Motherless mothers': the hidden grief of becoming a mom without one of your own | Sara Gaynes Levy and Jessica Zucker 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z
Now, researchers need to comb decades of data for bonobos and other species to see whether they, too, adopt motherless infants more often than believed, Zipple says. Gorillas in the wild often adopt young orphaned apes 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z
Tonight is music, conversation and celebration of Isabel’s metier: art, for sale tonight at voluntary prices towards a fund for her now motherless four-year-old son. 'Why did she have to die?' Mexico's war on women claims young artist 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z
I was feeling very motherless and that empowered me.” 'She was so brave': Natalie Wood's daughter looks back in Sundance debut of HBO doc 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z
The dogs were later shot dead, but that revenge couldn’t bring back the cat whom she had known as the tiniest kitten, motherless, in the laundry basket. The Strangeness of Grief 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z
So far this year, 42 women have been murdered in domestic violence attacks and 32 children left motherless. Mass protests in Spain after 19 women are murdered by partners 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z
Mabel was motherless at the vulnerable age of 4 but gained a stepmother two years later, when her father married a Seattle woman, Sarah Chatham. A Centennial Celebration of Suffrage: Dr. Mabel Seagrave: Living the Wellesley motto 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z
Her heart stopped after just 31 years — a legacy of rheumatic fever — leaving my brother, 6, and me, 3, to invent a motherless life with her widower, also 31. Opinion | The gift of laughter and a father’s legacy 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z
Indonesians refer to these communities as the "motherless villages". The children growing up in a ‘motherless village’ 2019-05-11T04:00:00Z
Her daughter, miraculously, was unharmed, but is now motherless. Will the death of Malaysia Goodson finally lead to accessible city transport? 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z
It reminded me that I am not alone in feeling, sometimes, like a motherless child, a long, long way from home. How Tarell Alvin McCraney Moved From ‘Moonlight’ to Broadway — and Beyond 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z
Or the potential for a better world that will include at least one confirmed motherless child? Kicking against the pricks of conscience with ‘Parliament Square’ at Pony World Theatre 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z
Two months after the event, Rudolph appeared on the cover of Jet magazine alongside her father and brother; an inside spread featured photographs and a detailed description of her motherless seventh-birthday pool party. How Maya Rudolph Became the Master of Impressions 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z
After 30 generations, something surprising happened: The motherless beetle larvae evolved larger, most likely stronger, jaws. When this beetle mom disappears, her children become stronger and nicer 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z
So, only about 10 percent of motherless, homeless pups survive. This Is the Age When Puppies Are the Cutest, According to Science 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z
Zoya, a Siberian tiger cub born at the Philadelphia Zoo, was motherless. Zoo cameras connects people around the world 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z
Liuzzo’s concern for Negroes meant her children were now motherless, a fact that had to be as unthinkable for them as it would have been for me. Perspective | A white mother went to Alabama to fight for civil rights. The Klan killed her for it. 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z
The album opens with the disconcerting and discordant title song about a motherless child that’s menacing and eerie. Review: The Killers return with complex and brilliant angst 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z
Another sign of “cooperation” is that larvae from the motherless group hatch earlier and all at the same time. When this beetle mom disappears, her children become stronger and nicer 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z
When they find motherless babies, the sloths must be painstakingly raised from young and are kept at the orphanage until they are ready to be released into the wild. See How Sloths (Slowly) Navigate the World 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z
“Daddy” has withdrawn with his teenage children—motherless, untutored, nearly feral—to the woods. A wordsmith in the making 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z
Qadir wants to rebuild, but standing near the wreck of his home in a gray robe and blazer, holding his now motherless 2-year-old grandson, he broke down. Civilian casualties from airstrikes grow in Iraq and Syria. But few are ever investigated 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z
Patient Lee Shuler, a recovering pain pill addict who also got his wife hooked, nearly died from endocarditis, then lost her to an overdose, leaving their two children, 10 and 7 at the time, motherless. Drug increases in Austin as families struggle to survive 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z
"I remembered thinking that my child would be motherless if I stopped this treatment. Who would care for her?" Nine Lives: Indian women with tuberculosis speak out - BBC News 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z
Left me grappling, like every newly motherless child, with a fact so unfathomable it had to be fiction. Perspective | My mother and the millions of counted-out black people like her are the true heroes of Black History Month 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z
In passing this law, these patriarchs have fathered millions of unwanted children, helping to create lives that could very well turn out to be painful and potentially motherless. This photo sums up Trump’s assault on women’s rights | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z
Henry James, marveling at the crowds gathered for the funeral procession, summed up the feeling: “We all felt, publicly, at first, quite motherless.” Two new books on ‘Victoria,’ queen of all she surveyed 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z
Thanks to Sen. Glenn, a motherless child finally got the notification she was entitled to, nine years after the fact. John Glenn: a grounded man who soared into space 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z
The first bedtime story the motherless Lost Boys ever heard and from whom. ‘Peter and the Starcatcher’: All hands on deck for a rollicking romp 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z
But for this motherless calf, there was no help. I saw the baby bison that tourists tried to rescue. Here’s what you don’t know about the story. 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z
While shooting it, I nursed newborn motherless twins who were dying in an orphanage. Perfect Strangers: When Vanessa Beecroft Met Maya Rudolph 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z
Miggy was an American black bear cub who arrived motherless at the Detroit Zoo. Remembering the Woman Who Helped Bears in Distress 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z
How many fictional children did I leave fatherless, motherless, or orphaned? The science behind the time travel in Quantum Break 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z
Moments from death and away from anyone familiar, she faced the reality that her children would become motherless. My grandmother died because of an illegal abortion 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z
The three children grew up motherless, in 1950s war-torn Israel, but there was a marked difference in how well the siblings coped. Neurobiology: Rise of resilience : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z
Take this one: A shot of a drunken bum, a motherless pietà heaped on a stone curb at 34th and M street around 1974. The Polaroids of the Cowboy Poet 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z
Why oh why would they schedule the second-most important college football games of the year on the same night in which many of us annually go out and act like motherless fools? Ring in the new year with the College Football Playoff 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z
They are motherless, and he is a widower twice over. The Last Place on Earth With Ebola: Guinea’s Fight to Get to Zero 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z
Poor motherless Blaine has never quite measured up to Dad’s lofty expectations, it seems. 'iZombie' recap: Liv Moore gets bro-active in 'Zombie Bro' 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z
In the wake of the killing spree, Ms. Middleton Doctor’s four daughters are now motherless; the youngest is 11 and the oldest is a senior in college. Charleston Families Hope Words Endure Past Shooting 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z
Instead, she is dead, and her son is now motherless. Another tragic gun death 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z
“A motherless woman continues to renegotiate her relationship with her mother throughout her life, changing her perceptions and trying to fnd a place for each new image as it develops.” My Mother Died Three Months Ago and I'm Still Figuring Out How to Grieve for Her 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z
And who will mind all the children left motherless for the day? Braced for Hardship, an Amish Clan Awaits Sentences in Shearing Attacks 2012-12-29T17:22:00Z
"We're talking about the intentional creation of motherless or fatherless families." Fight over gay rights milestone divides Maryland 2012-11-06T03:01:52Z
The court’s split had the effect of affirming the appellate court’s ruling and leaving the child, now 3, legally motherless. In Surrogacy Case, Infertile Wife Loses Appeal to Be Named Legal Mother 2012-10-25T20:07:22Z
Photo: Young, motherless chimps receiving maternal contact from a human caregiver. Chimps Infected with Human Diseases Pose Possible Risk to Reintroduction Efforts 2012-08-28T14:15:00.237Z
The children thought of Uncle Howard's delicate young motherless boy, and sobbed: "Poor, poor Carol." A Soldier's Son 2012-04-27T02:00:37.640Z
His hun­gry, motherless kids asked him to kill for money? Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z
He thought of the motherless, the suffering, and the sorrowful, and prayed for them. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z
And now here stood Elsa, comparatively poor, fatherless, motherless; while Henry Fowler, like Philip Ray, had gone ever since "bearing a life-long hunger in his heart." The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z
"Poor child, poor motherless child!" he thought, and the pity of that moment went far in influencing his subsequent treatment of Constance when he learned what had ailed her on his arrival. A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 2012-04-02T02:00:24.090Z
But after Mrs. Willmar's death a cousin of hers came from America to take charge of the motherless boy, and from the day that she came he began to get better. A Soldier's Son 2012-04-27T02:00:37.640Z
"Fatherless and motherless and lame!" the boy sobbed bitterly. Joel: A Boy of Galilee 2012-03-24T02:00:17.137Z
A portrait over the fireplace, carefully guarded by a curtain, indicated that he was a widower, and that his child was motherless. Delusion, or The Witch of New England 2012-03-19T02:00:28.267Z
Three intense variant attachments by a motherless girl under twenty, which subside when she falls in love with a man. Checklist A complete, cumulative Checklist of lesbian, variant and homosexual fiction, in English or available in English translation, with supplements of related material, for the use of collectors, students and librarians. 2012-03-19T02:00:24.597Z
He was not in love with the girl whom he had chosen for his second wife and the mother of his motherless child. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z
She was a motherless girl, who lived with her brother, the major; but she had spent most of her life in quiet Quaker Philadelphia at school. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z
He could deal with men, but he had already found that the charge of a motherless daughter was something of a responsibility. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z
She became a good mother to his two motherless children; two having died in early childhood. Famous American Statesmen 2012-03-01T03:00:26.167Z
Oh, I think it will be delightful to be numbered among her daughters—especially after having been so long motherless.” Mildred's New Daughter 2012-02-27T03:00:15.313Z
I think you really care for me; you were so good to the motherless little one. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z
Brought up among them with the hares and birds for comrades, as stately and as gentle as the deer, she shared from childhood, being motherless, their pure and contemplative life. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z
We—father, mother, and myself—were invited to dine with my brother——, there to meet my dear sister's husband and five motherless children. Miss Ellis's Mission 2012-02-11T03:04:04.613Z
But Bridget was his only child, — a motherless girl; and stern and unbending as he was to others, his iron mood gave way before her playful caresses. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:15.267Z
Poor little dears, they are very young to be both fatherless and motherless!” Mildred's New Daughter 2012-02-27T03:00:15.313Z
The father of three little children, now motherless, his pecuniary means exhausted by his residence in Europe, and unable to pursue art without sacrificing his invention, he was at his wits' ends. Inventors 2012-02-08T03:00:16.647Z
It was not easy for me to get away now, but the future of my motherless daughter is a matter of the greatest concern to me, and I understand that Mr. Jefferson is in Africa. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z
On the way she met Henry Ward Beecher and told him of her deep distress, made still more poignant by the thought of the little children who might be left motherless. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z
But I commend her to Thee, O Lord: the poor motherless child shall surely not trust to Thee in vain. The Monk and The Hangman's Daughter 2012-01-19T03:00:23.620Z
Arthur went into the room silently and took his seat beside the low couch where the motherless girl was lying. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z
Yet is it pleasant to know the motherless little lad received such a new mother as this tribute pictures. The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:22.977Z
Oh, the joy that bubbled in those little, motherless hearts. Bert Wilson at the Wheel 2012-01-14T03:00:19.827Z
And in the case of a motherless boy like this—lonely, away from his home, no good woman's influence about—what else could we expect? The Crux 2012-01-12T03:00:12.630Z
After that she had been motherless and had kept house for a shiftless and surly father. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z
At seven—rising eight—Percival had fairly won through the vicissitudes of a motherless infancy. The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z
The gift was a motherless kangaroo, that at once commenced to make itself at home by hiding its innocent head under Etheldene’s arm. From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z
Dolores is quiet and gentle, and spends her days in taking care of two little motherless children, whose father brings them every morning, and takes them away at night. A Trip to Cuba 2011-12-05T03:00:49.610Z
At the time she was deeply interested in the future of four nephews, who were the motherless sons of her brother. The Leaven in a Great City 2011-12-05T03:00:48.150Z
They had been spoiled all their lives by two loving grandmothers and several aunts, all of whom had the best intentions with regard to the motherless children. Eunice 2011-12-05T03:00:40.560Z
He would not mind it so much if it were not for his motherless little girl.” Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand 2011-12-02T03:00:22.447Z
But what can money, alone, do for a motherless girl?” The Automobile Girls at Palm Beach Proving Their Mettle Under Southern Skies 2011-11-26T03:00:16.047Z
So he went through the forest hunting some one to take care of his motherless cubs. Mighty Mikko A Book of Finnish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales 2011-11-25T03:00:15.030Z
The ocean seems very wide and terrible when I think of the motherless little creature coming so far to us. 19th.–Lulu and Sophie N. arrived with poor G., worn out by anxiety. Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z
A motherless new-born infant is not deserted; it is suckled by some other woman. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z
"You must find another wife for the sake of this poor little motherless girl, left in the midst of the street." Under the Shadow of Etna Sicilian Stories from the Italian of Giovanni Verga 2011-11-12T03:00:38.073Z
But if you think that because I have four of my own to love, and therefore have less to give to those two motherless boys, you are mistaken. The Whirligig of Time 2011-11-04T02:00:23.063Z
He has four or five little motherless children, whose lives are full of the bitterest sorrow; they are so dirty and unkempt that the public school teacher had to send them home. Steve P. Holcombe, the Converted Gambler His Life and Work 2011-11-01T02:00:21.043Z
With six young children, who might soon become motherless, Mr. Brontë's future was dark and discouraging, and he entertained the idea of resigning, at no distant day, the then place of his cure. The Bront? Family, Vol. 1 of 2 with special reference to Patrick Branwell Bront? 2011-10-27T02:00:24.317Z
It is hard enough upon you to be an orphan--fatherless and motherless--and a servant to your Christian aunt; you shall not become houseless for my sake. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. III (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:26.667Z
Hope was motherless; her father's sister had made up to her as well as any one ever can the loss of her mother. Daisy the autobiography of a cat 2011-10-25T02:00:24.887Z
God hadn't heard her prayers; He had mocked her faith, and she was motherless. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z
LONG, long before the Babe could speak, When he would kiss his mother's cheek And to her bosom press, The brightest angels, standing near, Would turn away to hide a tear, For they are motherless. Child Verse Poems Grave & Gay 2011-10-22T02:00:29.267Z
He brought his motherless children to London, but returned to Jerusalem in 1846, just after his second marriage. Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ 2011-10-14T02:00:24.730Z
Two other troops had been hurried to the field, and Mrs. Blythe, with streaming eyes, was straining to her heart two motherless children, now orphaned by that "one more square fight in Texas." A Trooper Galahad 2011-10-12T02:00:53.977Z
I never look at the paper that my conscience does not stir uneasily, it reminds me so much of a motherless child. The Story of a Life 2011-10-11T02:01:02.723Z
Thence she sends glad dreams to motherless children, and to lonely women who pine for love.” The Fairies and the Christmas Child 2011-09-29T02:00:12.583Z
They would be fatherless, motherless, homeless, friendless—at least, so it seemed to them—when He was gone. Sermons 2011-09-26T02:00:27.830Z
At the end of the following year, the home was full of fatherless and motherless little ones, and others were seeking admission for whom there was no room. In Answer to Prayer The Touch of the Unseen 2011-09-23T02:00:24.177Z
Was it worth what might befall those motherless children, praying for father hour after hour that livelong day? A Trooper Galahad 2011-10-12T02:00:53.977Z
He always liked being there, for Mrs. Cummings was very fond of the motherless boy and made much of him. Fast Nine or, A Challenge from Fairfield 2011-09-22T02:00:24.220Z
A few years previous to the opening of this story, Natalie’s mother passed away, and Mr. Averill devoted all his love and spare time to his motherless daughter. Natalie: A Garden Scout 2011-09-18T02:00:30.203Z
But I c-can't leave that poor motherless little fellow cry his heart out in that big, dark, lonely kitchen. The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales 2011-09-17T02:00:25.067Z
At first Madame Rouann�s' sister had come to take care of the motherless little girl, but Mademoiselle de Bligni�re had never liked her brother-in-law, so she soon went back to Paris. The Red Cross Barge 2011-09-05T02:00:20.603Z
Catherine was thus fatherless and motherless as soon as she saw the light. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z
Poor little motherless Kit! and this was my doing. Kitty's Conquest 2011-08-30T02:00:36.270Z
And you cried for compassion over the motherless child. Stories and Pictures 2011-08-30T02:00:28.080Z
Love for who requires it because it is required—say love of any woman who has been a mother for any child left motherless. Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z
But I didn't mean to be extravagant—didn't mean to drive her away from home, poor motherless thing! Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z
And it was clear that she gave him adoring discipleship—the discipleship of a young girl, long motherless, who had drawn from him all the elements of thought and will in her own character. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z
"What do you mean by saying that I will leave baby motherless?" A Life For a Love A Novel 2011-08-18T02:00:24.323Z
My motherless companion is thinking of something else. Stories and Pictures 2011-08-30T02:00:28.080Z
Everyone about here believes as he is my nevvy, the son of a brother of yours who died down in the Midlands, and left him motherless. The Lost Heir 2011-08-07T02:00:09.367Z
Yingluck, who was left motherless at a young age, said in a June 8 interview that Thaksin was like a “second father” to her. Thailand’s Parliament Selects Yingluck as First Female Leader 2011-08-05T04:54:01Z
The father and his little motherless flock were alone in the upper chamber. The Story of the Toys 2011-08-05T02:00:49.720Z
I promise you, I will not kill myself, for then my child would have no father, and he must not be left motherless. Judith Trachtenberg A Novel 2011-08-03T02:00:13.470Z
Yonder, at the burial ground, is a second; there she is, though he does not know her name; she is only half an orphan, motherless, but she has a father; only what a father! Stories and Pictures 2011-08-30T02:00:28.080Z
Jean of Peronne knew all about Master Gerard, and was only too glad to hear of such a chance for his motherless boy. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z
He has made our children fatherless, he shall not make them motherless as well.' For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z
No mother had ever shown Brian the truth of Christianity—since his birth he had been motherless. Niece Catherine 2011-07-30T02:00:13.927Z
My father too loved with an infinite love the stranger's motherless child. Gabriel A Story of the Jews in Prague 2011-07-27T02:00:26.233Z
"Yes, poor orphan, you shall find a home here; none on earth are motherless to whom the church opens her sheltering bosom." The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister 2011-07-23T02:00:09.843Z
All the sorrowful love which she had kept in her desolate heart for her own dead son was transferred from the first hour to this delicate, motherless creature. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z
Ah, you must do what you can for the motherless girls, my dear. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z
Some generations ago, the wife of the owner of the place died, leaving motherless a little girl. Stranger Than Fiction Being Tales from the Byways of Ghosts and Folk-lore 2011-07-06T02:00:50.100Z
Pat Tarbox says his wife was wracked with guilt that she had allowed cigarettes to leave Mackenzie motherless. Woman's legacy from cancer death is anti-smoking message 2011-06-29T19:11:19Z
She is friendless, motherless, and will be shortly fatherless. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z
Next to her boy she loved this motherless girl best in the world. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z
Would there be as many orphans, as many motherless girls, as many or more working mothers in any such group taken at random? Commercialized Prostitution in New York City 2011-06-25T02:00:18.937Z
When he was 6, motherless for one day, he told a reporter, “My mommy always used to make funny jokes and take me to the park.” Crime Scene: 17 Years Later, Still Searching for the Driver of a White Box Truck 2011-06-18T02:35:40Z
I, too, leave behind those that are dear to me as my own soul, and among others a motherless son. Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay 2011-06-14T02:00:24.670Z
"And no inquiries were ever made?" said Leonard mournfully, and after long silence—"no inquiries to learn who was the father of the motherless child?" The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z
He was the youngest of four minor children, and was left fatherless at eight years of age, and motherless at fifteen. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z
One hundred and fifteen out of 195 girls in the motherless group had lost their mothers when under fourteen years of age. Commercialized Prostitution in New York City 2011-06-25T02:00:18.937Z
No mother could have been more attentive to her sick child than was Quabee to this motherless girl. If Any Man Sin 2011-06-12T02:00:05.887Z
"Alas, Se�or Almirante! your Excellency hath judged rightly in believing that my heart is in Spain, where it ought to be, moreover, as I have left behind me at Moguer seven motherless children." Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay 2011-06-14T02:00:24.670Z
Close association of the motherless boy with the older man since boyhood had attuned their minds. The Radio Boys Rescue the Lost Alaska Expedition 2011-06-06T02:00:10.330Z
Moved by a sudden rush of pity for his motherless girl, he 296 walked over to her and rested a forgiving hand on her diminished head. Marjorie Dean High School Senior 2011-06-06T02:00:09.407Z
I don't think that my little motherless, six-year-old friend knew that he was doing anything naughty when he escaped in this way from the vigilance of his lawful guardians. Nearly Bedtime Five Short Stories for the Little Ones 2011-06-02T02:00:26.960Z
For he somehow produced a completely motherless impression. The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z
It was the setting of Silas Mallinsbee's ranch, that ranch which was more to him than all the world, except his motherless daughter. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z
But her weird music; she must have thought a great deal because of her motherless and lonely childhood, for such strains as her deft fingers produced could not have been found in a light heart. The Mystery of the Locks 2011-05-29T02:00:08.800Z
They say in Germany, when the sheets are ruffled in the bed of a motherless infant, that the mother has lain beside it and suckled it. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z
When he told them to sit still they sat still, and nobody was annoyed by their antics, but, oh, how it made my heart ache to watch the motherless chicks! Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z
What would bring just notions, who would teach proper ways, to her inquisitive child when she should be left motherless? A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z
The motherless Nell Stanley, young as she was, was the very efficient head of the household in the parsonage. The Campfire Girls on Station Island or, The Wireless from the Steam Yacht 2011-05-19T02:00:07.110Z
His family consisted of a maiden sister almost as old and odd as himself, and his daughter Annie, who had been motherless since she was five years old. The Mystery of the Locks 2011-05-29T02:00:08.800Z
A man here, fond of his wife and children, said to a friend a day or two after they went away for a visit to California: 'Did you ever see a motherless colt?' The Comstock Club 2011-05-18T02:00:16.367Z
Good sir, if you attempt to bring up these motherless mites without the demonstration of love you will meet with the same success your gardener would should he set out roses in a pine forest. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z
Still, the other pupils were far from suspecting that Jeanne was a motherless, fatherless waif from the Cinder Pond. The Cinder Pond 2011-05-17T02:00:20.320Z
Think of it, a motherless babe afloat upon the ocean. Sons and Fathers 2011-05-16T02:00:19.893Z
Poor little motherless girl, who had thought herself so clever. Love and hatred 2011-05-13T02:00:08.103Z
She only breathed fainter and fainter, till her child, like the little one below, was motherless. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z
A motherless girl, living with her father, may couple her name with his. Book of Etiquette Volume I 2011-04-28T02:00:13.993Z
When he went back to Belgium, he left behind him at school in Brighton his little motherless girl Miranda, familiarly called May. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z
He abandoned her—pardon me, I must use that word; for it is the only one which expresses what I mean—when she was a young, motherless child. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 2011-04-26T02:00:25.180Z
Deeply sorrowing, he renewed his resolve to devote his life to worse than motherless children,—those sold into bondage,—and made his way as best he could to Boston. Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous 2011-04-26T02:00:23.677Z
It soon became evident that these ladies would be under the necessity of “scratching” him; inasmuch as the prospective peer had fixed his affections upon one who was motherless—Blanche Vernon. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z
A chaperon and motherless girl, an aunt and unmarried niece are entitled to use joint cards if they wish. Book of Etiquette Volume I 2011-04-28T02:00:13.993Z
The choice of this school proved to be a very fortunate one for the little motherless stranger. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z
She and Luigi were his only children, and they had been motherless for many years. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z
If only Philip could see into my heart to-night I think he would be comforted for his motherless child.' Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z
He was winning money right and left, but that was because the young fellows were before him like motherless calves. Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z
His father, a gentleman of considerable position and wealth, and ardent patriot, was exiled to Mexico, and carried with him his motherless child, then only three years of age. Cuba Past and Present 2011-04-16T02:00:18.193Z
Talked about his feelings and a motherless girl’s reputation, showed me the note I’d written her, and said a good deal about witnesses. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z
The hearty clasp of her hand moved the motherless girl deeply, and her voice trembled with emotion as she replied: "It will be a great pleasure to me, Mrs. Harvey." Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z
They made her feel softer to him—such a lad, too—and motherless—and yet so hard and impracticable—mannish, indeed!' Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z
And the Bishop, God bless him! was father and mother both to the motherless brood, though Kerry Quayle was kept as nurse. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z
He continued his great love for his wife in his love for her motherless child. The MS. in a Red Box 2011-04-07T02:00:20.313Z
Who was to blame that the child was now an outcast, or that the poor motherless cripple sat there in that very spot lonely and sad? Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale 2011-04-05T02:00:12.720Z
To provide for his three motherless children, Morse had to devote to painting much time that he otherwise would have spent in perfecting the mechanical appliances for his telegraph. American Leaders and Heroes A preliminary text-book in United States History 2011-04-03T02:00:17.547Z
The tears that Mildred shed that night were more for the mother she had lost and the old safe life of the past, than pity for the widowed brother and motherless children. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z
Where else could he find such a combination of tutor and physician, a man of the world to take his place as father, and a cultivated woman to act as mother to his motherless boy? Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast 2011-03-24T02:00:12.337Z
Sophonisba looks down and beholds poor little Bliss walking by her side like a motherless lamb needing protection. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z
St. James directs to visit the fatherless and motherless children, and widows in their tribulation, and to keep man unfouled from the world, that is, from pride, covetise, and vanities. Cabinet Portrait Gallery of British Worthies Volume I 2011-03-12T03:00:27.327Z
A year after this sad event, his father brought home a second wife, who became a devoted friend to the motherless boy. American Leaders and Heroes A preliminary text-book in United States History 2011-04-03T02:00:17.547Z
He was still too young a man to have the sole guardianship of a motherless orphan. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z
"Neglected, dragged about the world, without any one to care for her, fatherless, and the same as motherless!" Erlach Court 2011-03-12T03:00:24.407Z
I’m no eavesdropper, Mr Leslie; but I felt bound to watch over that poor motherless girl. The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z
Oh! wonder not, motherless daughter, that she is deaf to your call. Cora and The Doctor or Revelations of A Physician's Wife 2011-03-10T03:00:49.120Z
Never does Arrows look more kindly or soften his tone to more gentleness than when addressing the motherless daughter of a sister loved and mourned. The Haunted Room A Tale 2011-03-10T03:00:46.157Z
Three motherless children were dependent upon him, but he could do little for them. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z
For a while the widower stayed on with nurses and governesses to look after the poor motherless kids. The Girl at Central 2011-03-08T03:00:37.413Z
He carried the motherless baby about in his arms, and even used to take him to the mill with him, where the frightened child got blue in the face with screaming. More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z
After a short pause he turned to me, "my dear madam, let me hear you say you will be a mother to my motherless boy." Cora and The Doctor or Revelations of A Physician's Wife 2011-03-10T03:00:49.120Z
There were three little children I was painting, and they, being motherless, were rather at the mercy of various maids and governesses. Forty Years of 'Spy' 2011-03-04T03:00:57.237Z
I hope I was never hard to a motherless boy, but—but——" "I am sure you were not. Mr. Claghorn's Daughter 2011-03-03T03:00:53.083Z
Mrs. Errington had amused herself with teaching the motherless girl, who had been a lonely, shy, little child when their acquaintance first began. A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:28.240Z
"You ought not to say that so openly, dear child," said Frau von Rosen, who happened to be in the room, and who thought it her duty to admonish the motherless girl now and then. The Eichhofs A Romance 2011-02-19T03:01:37.327Z
In such stirring times, the young, though naturally kind-hearted, have little thought for the ruined settler, the miserable widow, the motherless parents, the devastated land. The Cape and the Kaffirs A Diary of Five Years' Residence in Kaffirland 2011-02-19T03:01:12.480Z
Here was a mystery—a something unaccountable, and he could not probe to its depths, or tell which was false and which was genuine in the character of this motherless girl before him. Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 1 of 3) 2011-02-17T03:00:17.787Z
"And no inquiries were ever made?" said Leonard, mournfully, and after a long silence—"no inquiries to learn who was the father of the motherless child?" Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z
Not poor and shabby in a milliner's sense of the word, but literally of no account, or beauty, or value, in the world, little shy motherless thing! A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:28.240Z
When a rich family takes in a motherless girl like you and clothes her and feeds her, why, it's mocking Heaven to run away and want to earn your own living! The Grandchildren of the Ghetto 2011-02-12T03:00:35.663Z
But no working brought a quiver to little Cyril; they left him at last quiet in his cot; the motherless boy was at peace for ever. The Oyster 2011-02-10T03:00:49.300Z
But it told Corporal Jenkins that their hearts were true; and after the last clasp he strode away by himself to shed silent tears over his lost wife and motherless bairns. In the Van; or, The Builders 2011-02-09T03:00:42.387Z
For several years now, the housekeeper had efficiently supervised the motherless Parker home. Swamp Island 2011-01-28T03:00:22.400Z
Every hurt she had sustained during all those twelve motherless years throbbed with fresh violence; drew hard tears that dripped upon the lumpy cotton pillow beneath her tossing head. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z
He had a sacred charge to fulfil in care for the little motherless daughter whom his dying wife had put into his arms with her last loving smile. Too Rich A Romance 2011-01-19T03:00:22.440Z
We have already noted the two little motherless daughters of Domine Michaelius who were so hard put to it for a nurse. Dutch and English on the Hudson A Chronicle of Colonial New York 2011-01-17T03:00:47.770Z
He had always been a devoted father to all his three motherless children, but Horace was his "Benjamin." The Camp Fire Girls in After Years 2011-01-13T03:01:12.303Z
Another of his well known missions was the care of the motherless infant Bacchus, whom he conveyed to the nymphs of Nysa to be reared. Greek Sculpture A collection of sixteen pictures of Greek marbles with introduction and interpretation 2011-01-05T03:01:01.227Z
He knew not what it was to be motherless in this world, where the heart finds that trusty, faithful love it yearns for, only at a mother's breast. The Village Notary 2011-01-03T03:00:57.863Z
Mary Darcy's was not the nature to forget favors; and it occurred to her that there might be worse protectors for a girl who must one day be motherless than Our Lady of Sorrows. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z
No wonder, uncle," exclaimed Kate, "only think of all he has gone through, besides having the care of these motherless children. Englefield Grange or Mary Armstrong's Troubles 2011-01-01T03:00:27.980Z
Then did the motherless child easily conquer his sister's heart. Mashi and Other Stories 2010-12-28T03:00:16.890Z
Poor little fatherless, motherless thing! why, of course I did. The Mynns' Mystery 2010-12-20T17:12:18.180Z
You thought because I was fatherless and motherless that I should be an easy prey; but you were wrong, Captain Armstrong; you were wrong. Commodore Junk 2010-12-20T17:12:13.450Z
Tyree called the inclusion of "two fathers" in the proclamation a "very troubling" decision to promote a "motherless family." Obama uses powers to expand federal rights, benefits for gays and lesbians 2010-06-22T04:00:00Z
They already began to feel the responsibility which the care of Arthur's children involved, not so much on account of the additional expense, but from their motherless condition. Englefield Grange or Mary Armstrong's Troubles 2011-01-01T03:00:27.980Z
At last, when none else came, Mother Sleep soothed with her soft caresses the wounded heart of the motherless lad. Mashi and Other Stories 2010-12-28T03:00:16.890Z
The Pilot remembered that he had sat close to the death-bed of the young motherless son of this same Jack Worth in the room above the saloon. Higgins A Man's Christian
He had not altogether grasped the fact that Gabrielle, motherless and alone, had been brought up with a freedom wholly unknown to other English maidens. A Blot on the Scutcheon
Mrs Brandon’s was a genuine feeling of affection for the gentle motherless girl who strove so hard and not unsuccessfully to gain the love of her pupils. By Birth a Lady
I must be polite to the people with whom I have been so unfortunately mixed up, Mary," said her father, "and I feel for the poor man, left with all those motherless children. Englefield Grange or Mary Armstrong's Troubles 2011-01-01T03:00:27.980Z
Formerly in such cases, Sasi would punish her children, and side with her brother, for he was motherless. Mashi and Other Stories 2010-12-28T03:00:16.890Z
We went into the shack looking as downcast as a motherless colt. Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping.
Their hearts were sick with dread; motherless they had been for two years—were they now to be fatherless also? Dick's Desertion A Boy's Adventures in Canadian Forests
In an adjoining room the grief-stricken husband and father could see his little motherless children sleeping. The Story of Our Hymns
See the English knight, and if he win thee not to gratitude, thou art not the tender father who, through long years, hath so loved and cherished thy motherless child. Comic Tragedies Written by 'Jo' and 'Meg' and Acted by The 'Little Women'
From this she took a great aversion to our nurse, to whom we clung with our whole souls, as she had brought up us four motherless orphans without any assistance. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. II.
I worked along on the trail until near the top of the hill when I saw Mr. Howard standing with head down and bearing the expression of a motherless colt. Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping.
No matter how well it may be taken care of where it is, it is and always will be motherless. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I.
Chief huntsman he then to the goodly Duke, And father of the sunniest maiden here In Ammendorf, the blameless Ilsabe; Who, motherless, the white-haired father prized A jewel priceless. Accolon of Gaul with Other Poems
I will seek the good priest who hath so long watched above the motherless child. Comic Tragedies Written by 'Jo' and 'Meg' and Acted by The 'Little Women'
Remember, 'tis motherless, and, besides, is all I have in the world, all I have left to me of my dead wife. In the Day of Adversity
Whereat Faith, being motherless and in spite of her independence lonely as well, cried a little and so did Mrs. Foley, and both enjoyed it very much. The Land of Strong Men
When I come home of an evening, I only need to open the door a little to see the little motherless thing asleep in its bed. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I.
Perhaps of all that cort�ge, the person who was looked at with the greatest curiosity was that motherless son, that kingless king, that Huguenot turned Catholic. Marguerite de Valois
In a clump of olive trees and beside a limpid spring, they came upon a hut occupied by motherless children, alone and unprotected, the hireling having left the day before. The Mother of St. Nicholas A Story of Duty and Peril
All women's hearts," he murmured, "go out to my motherless babe, strangers though they be. In the Day of Adversity
But he had no idea of the passionate response he was stirring in the motherless, neglected child—of what hunger he was carelessly stimulating, what latent qualities and dormant characteristics he was arousing. The Moonlit Way
At last, when no one else came, Mother Sleep soothed with her soft caresses the wounded heart of the motherless lad. Stories from Tagore
Mrs. Dosett was not even consulted in that matter of choice, having already acknowledged the duty of mothering a motherless child. Ayala's Angel
"Of course, she was doing her duty in coming to look after four motherless girls," Ruth remembered, with a pang, but her duty at the present moment did not appear cheerful. The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge The Ranch Girls Series
"And its name, monsieur?" the kindly woman asked, still touched with pity for the little motherless thing being carried on so long and cold a journey. In the Day of Adversity
Two impulsive, motherless girls in the lonely old house, with no one to counsel us or help to smooth away any of our difficulties! A Pair of Schoolgirls A Story of School Days
A shy child from the first, Ruth had declined acquaintance with the villagers, who would, one and all, have been glad to succor the motherless girl. Faith and Unfaith
We shall never see each other again, and you must forget the motherless girl who has met you in a way for which she must blush through life. The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life
She had come to live at the ranch ten years before, when her mother, Mr. Ralston's sister, died, and Mr. Ralston decided it would be better to bring up three motherless girls than two. The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge The Ranch Girls Series
You have done me one great kindness in being so tender to my poor little motherless babe. In the Day of Adversity
At this juncture my brother-in-law, David Clarke, returned to England, bringing his motherless baby in charge of an ayah. A Pair of Schoolgirls A Story of School Days
Your child won't be motherless; I understand her better than you do. On the Heights A Novel
Had the hot soul of our motherless child rushed upon ice, and in the shock of the dreadful chill, fallen inert? The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life
Her brother's wife died during the summer holidays, and she would be only too delighted to go to keep house for him in Derbyshire and look after his motherless children. The Third Class at Miss Kaye's A School Story
I jumped into a taxi and drove over to the little apartment where Baby Paul was to lie motherless for a few days. A Top-Floor Idyl
Their idea was that for a fatherless, motherless girl, love was the great thing; and of love they had an abundance. East Angels
Tristrem was a motherless boy himself, but he answered bravely that he would do what he could. The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel
She was Dr. Randolph Dorrington's housekeeper, and was a real mother to Nan, who was motherless before she had drawn a dozen breaths of the poisonous air of this world. Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction
My wife died and left me with three motherless children. To The Work! To The Work! Exhortations to Christians
A few,—all my motherless ones, I hope—will remain here with me to attend to the gardening during the summer. Mothering on Perilous
But to think that she should have contracted this engagement without consulting me,—that she should have written to him—" "I don't see how you can reproach her, a poor motherless girl. One Of Them
He is a motherless boy," the master continued, "a poor motherless boy. The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel
Thus attired, Mr. Carruthers had looked with pride upon his motherless darling, and felt himself amply justified in the expense he had incurred. Dorothy on a House Boat
The wife does not begin her wedded life with the thought of equality with her husband; and, in law, he is greatly her superior unless, happily, her husband should be motherless. Oriental Women
She the motherly young woman, and he the motherless boy to whom she stood as mother. The New Warden
It was characteristic of father’s gentleness toward us his motherless young daughters, that he had not once thought of the possibility of either of us acting, in this instance, as his substitute. Two Wyoming Girls and Their Homestead Claim A Story for Girls
She was a motherless girl of twenty, both older and younger than her years. Old Friends and New
Pris was a neglected girl, left motherless at fourteen, who thenceforth assumed the charge of her father's household, and gave her days and nights to unselfish and loving labor. Lulu's Library, Volume II
He was an orphan: a French boy, without father or mother, and perfectly content just then with his motherless condition; for nobody taking any interest in him, his back was safe from the dreaded blows. Toilers of the Sea
He has done generous by these yer poor little lambs that he loved and sheltered, and that's left fatherless and motherless. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer's Comrade
“Ah, my poor motherless child,” he cried, “what shall I do with you now?” Czechoslovak Fairy Tales
Peat was stacked for firing, and meal and salted fish sent in; so that in three days twenty-three fatherless, motherless 302 children were in warm, comfortable homes. Jan Vedder's Wife
When Betty said that, the Queen put out her hand and drew the little girl closer, as if her tender heart pitied the motherless child and longed to help if she only knew how. Lulu's Library, Volume II
And indeed my weight seemed no more to him, than that of a motherless suckling to a shepherd on the hill, when he steps homeward at the close of the day. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway
If the girl he marries is motherless, he does not quarrel with his father-in-law; though he may be quite as interfering as any mother-in-law could be. Maids Wives and Bachelors
I am not the lonely girl I was this morning—fatherless and motherless and without brother or sister. Elsie in the South
A child who will soon be motherless too," exclaimed her uncle, "if you go on thus destroying your health by such unchristian want of fortitude. Specimens of German Romance Vol. I. The Patricians
God has taken better care of the motherless boys than you did, and they will come back when it is time. Lulu's Library, Volume II
Real need recognizing no distinction of class, it had been Liz Hopworth who had been summoned to the Hopkins home when Mrs. Hopkins "dropped off" in the middle of the night, leaving ten children motherless. Happy House
Yet if the girl, instead of being motherless, is fatherless, the husband at once begins to show his love for his wife by a systematic disrespect towards her mother. Maids Wives and Bachelors
Hosford took this opportunity to dispose of his farm and remove with his motherless family to Iowa. The Spiritualists and the Detectives
And in this year's round-up I noticed a great many motherless calves and yearlings in the O Bar O brand. The Song of the Wolf
The little motherless lad, Warren, has been cared for by the general's sisters, who now reside in Lincoln, Nebraska. The Story of General Pershing
When the letter was delivered to me, I was sitting on a couch with my two motherless babes, one four years old, the other but a few days. Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment
Left motherless at an early age, the ranchman’s daughter had grown to her sixteenth year different from most girls. Frances of the Ranges The Old Ranchman's Treasure
"Don't you know no better than to treat a little motherless thing in that are way?" said Daddy coming indignantly forward. Little Wolf A Tale of the Western Frontier
In the brand referred to there are presently six hundred head of cattle, six hundred and four, to be exact, including motherless calves. The Song of the Wolf
After they had satisfied themselves as to my income, strength of character, etc., they sent me a fatherless and motherless egg in cold storage, which I was supposed to hatch upon arrival. Helpfully Yours
It will not, therefore, be wondered at, if the eye of a fond father should fondly linger on the spot where he took leave of, and last saw his motherless babe. Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment
Do you suppose that any woman who has laid her first-born in its coffin could be brutal enough to maltreat poor little motherless lambs? Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part
While there he became acquainted with my mother, whom he made his wife with the understanding that she should accompany him to his wild home and be a mother to his motherless child. Little Wolf A Tale of the Western Frontier
This is the protection you extend to that other fatherless and motherless girl so lately left in your charge? Marguerite De Roberval A Romance of the Days of Jacques Cartier
Oh, it is hard to think of them going off over the world in that motherless fashion! James Gilmour of Mongolia His diaries, letters, and reports
"From what I can glean from the papers, she seems quite devoted to those poor little motherless girls of Hesse." Rossmoyne
Christ’s hospital was specially devoted to fatherless and motherless children. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati"
One little year has she been motherless, and what sweet graphic pictures does she draw of the lost one. Little Wolf A Tale of the Western Frontier
For Hester, also, is fatherless and motherless, and you must be to her as you are to me. The Kempton-Wace Letters
To Miss Roberts fell the sorrowful task of sending the news of their irreparable bereavement to the two motherless lads in England. James Gilmour of Mongolia His diaries, letters, and reports
Her children coming home to us, fatherless—motherless! Rossmoyne
Sounding a baby whimper of despair, he ran back to the door and out into the motherless corral. Bred of the Desert A Horse and a Romance
She felt some qualms of conscience as she now, with a light heart, without a tear, left behind her her only child,—left it motherless, exposed to a future probably troubled and cheerless. A Little Garrison A Realistic Novel of German Army Life of To-day
She really knew nothing more detrimental to his character, and yet she wished he had not lost his wife, and her wishes on this point were not entirely because of Elinor's motherless state. Laramie; or, The Queen of Bedlam.
I came here with my motherless child, and yourself and the mistress pitied us, and spoke loving words to him. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850.
And to him, penniless, with motherless girls, it meant—— "The ferrying's so good right here," went on the storekeeper. The Plow-Woman
You must remember, Lesley, that I was a motherless girl, brought up in a lonely Scotch house in a very haphazard way. Brooke's Daughter A Novel
‘I have a guess what this mystery means, woe’s me for his motherless children,’ that is, children of former marriages.  James VI and the Gowrie Mystery
To bring up a motherless child is no easy job for an old sinner. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19
Hot evening sunshine shone through the narrow window and fell right upon the motherless little group, as with a stifled exclamation he went forward and, stooping, lifted Faith to her feet. The Beggar Man
For two years I had been motherless; but a double portion of pity and tenderness had been lavished upon me by my indulgent father. Happy Days for Boys and Girls
It was touching to see his little friend’s endeavor to comfort the motherless boy. The Brownings Their Life and Art
The merchant had been appointed guardian to a motherless babe, which his brother, dying, begged him to love and educate. Daisy's Necklace And What Came of It
Apollo and Athene, the latter of whom, according to mythology, is motherless—she leaped full-armed out of the head of Jupiter—represent the new law, and defend Orestes. Woman under socialism
Well, you know Grant is in a kind of obsession of love for that little motherless child Mrs. Adams left; Grant mothers him and fathers him and literally loves him to distraction. In the Heart of a Fool
Boy especially excited the kindest of attention; some women fondled him, and all the inmates of the house interested themselves in the little motherless spirit. The Gates Between
She stopped—she listened—she almost smiled— "That sounds like a wail of a motherless child." The Adventures of A Brownie As Told to My Child by Miss Mulock
She’s as well as a motherless baby could be, subjected to the irregularities of a life like mine. Outside Inn
One near at hand must have been an invaluable adviser for a motherless, impressionable girl. A Book of Sibyls Miss Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs Opie, Miss Austen
As he tripped down the hill from the Nesbit home that spring night, he wondered what Laura Nesbit meant when she spoke of Grant Adams, and his love for the motherless baby. In the Heart of a Fool
However I might personally object to my own share of immortality, I was a living father, with my motherless baby in my arms. The Gates Between
His motherless son William, who was destined to give his father great trouble, was growing up, stout, idle, and intractable. Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series
“It is simpler than stating that she is worse than motherless.” Outside Inn
These girls had the run of the grounds, for Uncle Nat, the old gardener was as indulgent with this motherless girl as her easy-going father. The Merriweather Girls and the Mystery of the Queen's Fan
Her little children would be left motherless––and fatherless, for he would, of course, be too busy saving the world to save his children. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards
Taking charge of a motherless girl always is. The Benefactress
This motherless little family needed a maternal guardian. Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series
A puerperal fever put an end to her grief, leaving a beautiful daughter motherless. Friars and Filipinos An Abridged Translation of Dr. Jose Rizal's Tagalog Novel, 'Noli Me Tangere.'
The starving mothers and motherless babes, the homelessness and squalor, the hopelessness and despair, are beyond all words and all conception, save to those who saw and lived among them. A Story of the Red Cross Glimpses of Field Work
I'm bound for a mountain-camp, and it's no place for a motherless child. A Prairie Infanta
But Letty mattered to her, her own little niece, poor solitary Letty, practically motherless, so ugly, and so full of good intentions. The Benefactress
Heaven knows there’s nothing in this world more valuable than an education; and she will need it, poor little, motherless child!” Daisy Brooks Or, A Perilous Love
I did;—and I think that in doing so, I did no more than my duty to a motherless girl. Marion Fay
Although a motherless lad, he was never helpless, and from the first was able to hold his own and to make his hands keep his head. Young Barbarians
One is made to see the green, tall cottonwoods, the straggling mud-houses and pungent goat-corrals of its people, among whom lived the woman who took to her great heart the motherless Lola. A Prairie Infanta
Even the prayers of a poor little, miserable, wicked, motherless girl like me. Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life
His wife had accepted his story in good faith, and welcomed the motherless little one to her own lonely heart. The Award of Justice Or, Told in the Rockies A Pen Picture of the West
Still, the thought of those motherless chicks had stirred him, and he persisted. The Law-Breakers
There were tears in Hannah's eyes and her nose was red as she welcomed "Miss Fay's motherless bairns." Jan and Her Job
Then Christ sought out an artisan, A low-browed, stunted, haggard man, And a motherless girl, whose fingers thin, Pushed from her faintly want and sin. The Social Principles of Jesus
Another fashion of woman might have found a call to action in the management of her father's house, or the education of her motherless young sister. The Doctor's Family
"Charity girl——" She did not know just what it meant, but it made her think of homeless, nameless, unloved waifs—motherless, fatherless, dependent upon the world's generosity. Highacres
She knew one, she said, a poor motherless boy,—she would be so glad to give him a helping hand. The Rambles of a Rat
Deaf, dumb, yes, poor and motherless, Friendless and obscure; Only her father left to her, And he was old and poor. Anecdotes & Incidents of the Deaf and Dumb
My child––what will she do––poor, motherless, fatherless girl––all alone, all alone––. The Strollers
She replied briefly to his queries regarding her welfare, and when he asked where she was living, she accompanied him to an old adobe where there were two other motherless children––victims of the raiders. The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine
In vain I tried to catch the motherless waifs, but they eluded me. A Mountain Boyhood
Immense numbers of families will be altogether swept away, and many thousand of fatherless and motherless children left when this heavy judgment of God ceases. Journal of a Residence at Bagdad During the Years 1830 and 1831
I like your face––and if you can make my motherless girl happy when I’m gone, you’ll have an old man’s blessing. The Spoilers of the Valley
The frail chest of the invalid heaved two or three times, there was a spasmodic twitching of the slender fingers lying on the young girl's hand, then all was still, and Edith Allandale was motherless. The Masked Bridal
He loved Katte better than almost any other living thing, and she was bleating under his window motherless and alone. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880
As Mrs. Hall felt death approaching, she looked around on the little family she was to leave motherless behind her; and with moving, heart-rending entreaties, besought of Lizzie not to leave them. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 3. March 1848
However, the Lord tells his children to leave their fatherless, and doubtless motherless ones to him. Journal of a Residence at Bagdad During the Years 1830 and 1831
"It is a dear little motherless chick, Cousin Charlotte," cried Angela eagerly. The Carroll Girls
Thus was the little princess left motherless and friendless when only three years old. Queen Elizabeth Makers of History
Then after her prayers, which were wholly intercessory, for her boys and their daily bread and the motherless boys in Flanders, her day's work was done. Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight
If the young lady be motherless she often has her name engraved beneath that of her father, using not the smaller card of a gentleman but the first given oblong card for ladies. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society
She was motherless, and needed a woman’s care, and the advantages of a Northern education, so her father sent her to live with relatives in the small seaport town of Rock Cove. Miss Ashton's New Pupil A School Girl's Story
Mr. Long was a hard working man, and although the children were motherless, Alice, the oldest, kept the home neat and cheerful for her brothers and sisters. The Girls of Central High in Camp Or, the Old Professor's Secret
My dearly beloved Uncle,—It is a comfort for me to write to you, and I think you may like to hear from your poor motherless child. The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 3, 1854-1861
Little Ursula was one of her prime favourites—a motherless girl, who was the eldest, and who had to work for the family, was of all others the thing which moved her sympathies most. Phoebe, Junior
Reaching Oregon in the fall with our broken household, consisting of my father and eight motherless children, I engaged in school-teaching till the following August, when I allowed the name of "Scott" to become "Duniway." History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III
So, since my motherless daughter is my most precious possession and you have been my most devoted friend, I find it the most natural thing in the world to bequeath my treasure to my friend. The Brass Bound Box
I saw myself for a desolate moment, cast motherless, rudderless on the wide world where art and scholarship met with contumely and undergrown youth was buffeted and despised. The Belovéd Vagabond
Sweet Alice, the motherless little country girl, had from that moment entered the heart of Mrs. Nason and won a regard she hardly realized then; in fact, not at all until long afterward. Uncle Terry A Story of the Maine Coast
A little motherless housekeeper crying because her father scolded her in public for a piece of bad cookery. Phoebe, Junior
And you, my cherished friends, transfer to my motherless child the affection you have ever manifested for me. Madame Roland, Makers of History
And so this is cousin Marion’s little girl who has been motherless for years! A Modern Cinderella
Governess Housekeeper; cultured and distinguished lady wanted, good-looking, age twenty to twenty-eight, for the education of two motherless children, knowledge of English language required. The Sexual Life of the Child
It was a graceful tribute, and one that touched the motherless girl as few words could. Uncle Terry A Story of the Maine Coast
Then he changed his mind, for, after all, he was the chaperon of his motherless girl. Phoebe, Junior
Her daughter, the object of her most idolatrous love, is left fatherless and motherless in this cold world. Madame Roland, Makers of History
Ellen dear," said Alice, at length, "we are both motherless, for the present at least—both of us almost alone; I think God has brought us together to be a comfort to each other. The Wide, Wide World
Hordes of fatherless and motherless children would throng the State nurseries. British Socialism An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals
For thou art the orphan's father, the widow's husband, The desolate woman's brother, the garment of the motherless. Egyptian Literature Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings
He was not, indeed, an unkind father to any of them; but he had never forgiven Providence for leaving him with his motherless family upon his hands, a man so utterly unfit for the task. Phoebe, Junior
It was the cry of a motherless child appealing for its rights to the one who had, in spite of all deficiencies, filled a mother's place in her life. 'Lizbeth of the Dale
He should have stipulated in his advertisement that none except motherless young women need apply. Anderson Crow, Detective
As the motherless daughter of M. Selpdorf, she had had exceptional opportunities. A Modern Mercenary
To do so would be to make it more motherless than any little living thing on earth. The Invader A Novel
Soon he began to feel the want of a wife, to care for his motherless children. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject
And I think if Teddy were motherless, And had to wander from place to place, How quickly the twinkle would leave his eye, And the dimples leave his face. The Nursery, March 1878, Vol. XXIII. No. 3 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers
The heroine, while yet a motherless babe, is adopted by a wealthy planter of Virginia. In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls
In the case of his motherless girl, the Chancellor had enjoyed this pleasure to the full. A Modern Mercenary
We hold them in high honor, because they become mothers to the motherless, to the poor, to the forsaken, to the homeless. Public School Education
Marjorie sighed in sweet sympathy for all the motherless girls in the universe. Marjorie Dean High School Sophomore
The early dawn showed the change that had passed over her face, and Lilias knew that she was motherless. The Orphans of Glen Elder
And she stretched out long black-sleeved arms gropingly in the thick, numbing darkness that hemmed her in, and moaned to the Mother of the motherless to have pity!... pity!... The Dop Doctor
He was thinking that, though he had given his life almost to be all in all to Meryl since she was left motherless, there was one part now he could not play. The Rhodesian
"Yes, but in his last letter he said he'd not be able to come," Bet added with a sigh, for the separation from her father was a trial to the motherless girl. The Merriweather Girls in Quest of Treasure
She was the aunt of Cicily, and had reared the motherless girl in her New York home. Making People Happy
Too shy to speak to the strangers, they cast many a look of sympathy on the lame boy and his sister who were both fatherless and motherless. The Orphans of Glen Elder
They were very kind to the motherless princess, and she almost began to forget how dull she had been before they came. The Olive Fairy Book
"Humph! it is strange what a hold that queer motherless child took upon my heart in her babyhood, and it tightens as she grows older." Macaria
There were seven of these motherless children left—the eldest three all very pretty girls. A Portrait of Old George Town
He was actually thinking of her again, and not, as he had meant to do, of himself and his poor motherless children! McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908
Poor, fatherless, motherless waifs, Come, dry your tearful eyes! The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin
At the crowning moment of her life, Rosemary stood alone, fatherless, motherless, friendless, with only brown alpaca to take the place of all the pretty things that seem girlhood's right. Master of the Vineyard
She turned to pat Petie's head; she would not let the motherless boy feel left out, even from a world in which he had no part. Rosin the Beau
"Why didn't you let her take them along, poor motherless baby?" asked the doctor when he saw the dolls lying as she had left them. Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag VI An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving, Etc.
It was, therefore, with satisfaction that all his friends, both on his own account and that of his motherless young children, heard of his approaching second marriage. Lord John Russell
He is now a prosperous London merchant, living, at ordinary times, over his warehouse, and delighting in the society of his four motherless children. A Handful of Stars Texts That Have Moved Great Minds
Some memory of her lost Virginia made her very tender toward the motherless girl. Master of the Vineyard
"His daughter is motherless too, is she not, my uncle?" said the young soldier. The King's Warrant A Story of Old and New France
She was sure Stella was unhappy, poor little motherless child. Love of Brothers
She was to Gladys, the motherless girl, a friend, a companion, a leader and a heroine. Fireside Stories for Girls in Their Teens
I have asked Thee to be a mother to my motherless children, and now, indeed, Thou hast given me my prayer. A Handful of Stars Texts That Have Moved Great Minds
Phoebe Deane, a motherless girl, meets the trials of a life of dependence, and an unwelcome suitor, with a brave, sweet spirit. From the Car Behind
Anything so soft and tender as Cousin Kate's arms she had never known before; there was a perfume of motherliness about them which to a motherless girl was wholly irresistible. A Little Country Girl
For ten years they had been motherless, and several years previous their father had died. 'Our Guy' or, The elder brother
He seemed to return a little to his senses, when he saw that his cruelty had probably caused the death of the poor woman, and rendered a large family of helpless children motherless. Select Temperance Tracts
She had been left motherless, the eldest of a large family, when she was nineteen or twenty. The Third Miss Symons
In the days when they had fed the motherless Patsie together Nathan Hornby had been portly, even inclined to stoutness, and his face, though tough from wind and sun, inclined to be ruddy. The Wind Before the Dawn
Willard himself may frequently have been forced to drop his tools and, since his children were young and motherless, attend to this bothersome duty. Christopher and the Clockmakers
We have had a rather embarrassing arrival at the Castle,—the motherless little son and daughter of my brother, Colonel Montford. Stories of Many Lands
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