...was past. The consequences of this imprudence were fatal. On the third day my mother sickened; her fever was very malignant, and the looks of her attendants...Elizabeth and myself: "My children," she said, "my firmest'hopes of future happiness were placed on the prospect of your union. This expectation will...

...mother sickened ; her fever was accompanied by the most alarming symptoms, and the looks of her medical attendants prognosticated the worst event. On her death-bed the fortitude and benignity of this best of women did not desert her. She joined the hands of Elizabeth and myself: — "My children,"...

...was past. The consequences of this imprudence were fatal. On the third day my mother sickened; 25 her fever was very malignant, and the looks of her attendants...death-bed the fortitude and benignity of this (admirable) [amiable] woman did not desert her. She joined the hands of Elizabeth and myself: "My children,'' she...

...mother sickened; her fever was accompanied by the most alarming symptoms, and the looks of her medical attendants prognosticated the worst event. On her death-bed the fortitude and benignity of this best of women did not desert her. She joined the hands of Elizabeth and myself: - "My children," she...

...mother sickened; her fever was accompanied by the most alarming symptoms, and the looks of her medical attendants prognosticated the worst event. On her deathbed the fortitude and benignity of this best of women did not desert her. She joined the hands of Elizabeth and myself, 'My children,' she...

...supreme instance of deathbed manipulation, Caroline joins the hands of Victor and Elizabeth and asserts 'my firmest hopes of future happiness were placed...expectation will now be the consolation of your father' (F, 91). Surely, it is through unravelling these overly possessive, overly controlling parental dynamics...

...was past. The consequences of this imprudence were fatal. On the third day my mother sickened; her fever was very malignant, and the looks of her attendants...She joined the hands of Elizabeth and myself: 'My children,1 she said, 'my firmest hopes of future happiness were placed on the prospect of your union....

...was past. The consequences of this imprudence were fatal. On the third day my mother sickened; her fever was very malignant, and the looks of her attendants...She joined the hands of Elizabeth and myself: 'My children,1 she said, 'my firmest hopes of future happiness were placed on the prospect of your union....

...demonstrated to Victor the imperfections of the human frame: On the third day my mother sickened; her fever was very malignant, and the looks of her attendants prognosticated the worst event. [. . .] I need not describe the feelings of those whose dearest ties are rent by that most irreparable...

...mother sickened; her fever was accompanied by the most alarming symptoms, and the looks of her medical attendants prognosticated the worst event. On her deathbed the fortitude and benignity of this best of women did not desert her. She joined the hands of Elizabeth and myself. "My children," she...