en she told him of the engagement she had made for the morr

w not, whether joy be not a more troublesome bed-fel

ther people's happiness-continually forgetful to consult for her own personal gratifications, except indirectly, in the welfare of a

a short time after the death of her mother, and addressed to a cousin, a dear friend of Elinor's, who was then on the point of being

are to Ma

July th

, my sweet cousin. I have no heart to undertake the of

trusive. Yet bear with me a little-I have re

l, bears very heavy on him. The boy hangs about me from morning till night. He is perpetu

ll me the reason-afterwards he told me-"he had been used to drink Mamma's health after dinner, and that came in his head an

complacent feelings-my mother's lesson

on the room-she opened my curtains-she smiled upon me with the same placid smile as in her life-time. I

my mother without dread-I would ask pardon of her for all my past omissions of duty, for all the little asperities in

r old elbow chair-her arms folded upon her lap-a tear upon her cheek, that seems to up

l come in, with his poor eyes red with weeping, and

es, whom have I to talk to of these things but you-you have been my counsellor in times past, my c

ure of our friends W-- and T--; what pains they took to undeceive people-with the better sort their kind labours prevailed; but there was still a party who shut their ears. You know the issue of it. My father's great spirit bore up against it for some time-my fath

ached, he sought a retreat-and he found a still more grat

m so soothingly of forgiveness, and long-suffering, and the bearing of injuries with patience

oubted if there be a Providence! I have heard him say, "God has built a brave

. He would say, "Woman, have done-you confound, you perplex me, when you talk

nly spake that she was willing to have shared her precious hop

g endured his existence? or what consolation would his wretche

s over. And do not you be alarmed for me-my sorrows are subsiding into a deep and sweet resigna

other name. Beaumont! Maria Beaumont! it hath a strange sound with it-I shall never be reco

my swee

e you,

or C

d all of them to Maria Beaumont.-I am tempted to make some short extracts from these-my tale will s

Clare to M

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, which Maria has a right to participate. I have been bringing my mother to my recollection. My heart

this last we are apt to exaggerate after a person's death-and surely, in the main, there was considerable harmony

F--s, on D-- S--, and on many a merry evening, in the fire-side

d remembrance, associated circumstances of past times;-ye know not the throbbings of the heart, ten

sfied with my train of thoughts, as when they run upon these subjects-the tears, they draw from us, meliorate and soften the heart

will be explai

nother

inclined to them; for why should Matravis mourn for us, or our family?-Still it was pleasant to awake, and find it but a dream.-Methinks something like an awaking from an ill dream shall the Resurrection fr

nother

, sucked the same milk, conned the same hornbook, thumbed the sa

sickness and in health,-conversation, sometimes innocently trivial, and at others profitably serious;-books read and commented on, together; meals ate, and walks taken, together,-and conferences, how we may best do

nother

mind in the course of the day, but are lost for want of committing them to paper. Seize them, Maria, as they pass, these

and preserving her worthless fruits, her walnuts, her apricots, and quinces-and is there not much spiritua

xter to have been, such as Quarles and Wither were, with their curious, serio-comic, quaint

all the discourses of our Lord-conveyed in parable, or similitude, what easy access do they win to the heart, through the medium o

correspondence affords, how pleasant it is!-why can we not paint

nother

vanity and disappointment-it hath much of evil in it, no doubt; but to those who do not misuse it, it affords comfort, temporary comfort, much-much that endears us to it, and dignifies it-ma

e-that worldly affairs go smooth with us both-above all, that our lot hath fallen to us in a Christian coun

nother

n Gloucestershire-he is to return home on Thursday-Allan is a dear boy-he

u to learn the follo

may forget

head an ho

oom may for

s wedded wi

may forge

so sweetly

member thee

t thou hast

to refer them to you, and to call you, in my mind, Glencairn-for you were always very, very good to me.

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