In the hotel it attached to her by a common interest several of the ladies who had seen her earnestly responsive at the little Owen chapel-ladies left to that affectional solitude which awaits long widowhood through the death or marriage of children; and other ladies, younger, but yet beginning to grow old with touching courage.
"April Hopes"
William Dean Howells Last Updated: February 27, 2009
She seems then to have been stretching forth a hand soliciting acceptance and friendly grasp by representatives of some whose blood had been shed because of accusations from her lips; and we feel forced to presume that then she was in mental and affectional moods which would make it her duty and her choice to take upon herself all the blame for her share in the witchcraft transactions which facts and truth could possibly permit.
"Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism"
Allen Putnam
Within spheres thus limited there abide many grades of intelligent and affectional beings, ranging in differences of powers and dispositions as widely as any mortal's thoughts can conceive.
"Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism"
Allen Putnam