Some Account of the Life of Rachael Wriothesley, Lady Russell |
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... character and habits of their writer , and from the interest which the subsequent cir- cumstances , in which she was placed , inspire . They are sometimes overcharged , sometimes confused with a repetition of trifling details ; and ...
... character and habits of their writer , and from the interest which the subsequent cir- cumstances , in which she was placed , inspire . They are sometimes overcharged , sometimes confused with a repetition of trifling details ; and ...
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... characters of an Heroine and a Saint . In the present Letters , where we are admitted into the inmost recesses of her heart , she appears in the captivating form of the most tender and attached of women . The strain of artless passion ...
... characters of an Heroine and a Saint . In the present Letters , where we are admitted into the inmost recesses of her heart , she appears in the captivating form of the most tender and attached of women . The strain of artless passion ...
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... character , that I feel proud of be- ing of the same sex and country with her ; and among the many honourable distinctions that you inherit from your ancestors , none appear to me more enviable than your near alliance to her blood , her ...
... character , that I feel proud of be- ing of the same sex and country with her ; and among the many honourable distinctions that you inherit from your ancestors , none appear to me more enviable than your near alliance to her blood , her ...
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... characters , the pages of history , and the archives of the state , furnish many of the documents required ; while those of private individuals have to col- lect every particular from accidental materials , from combining and comparing ...
... characters , the pages of history , and the archives of the state , furnish many of the documents required ; while those of private individuals have to col- lect every particular from accidental materials , from combining and comparing ...
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... character deserves to be held up yet more to the example than to the admiration of her country - women . Lady Rachael Wriothesley was the second daughter of Thomas Wriothesley , Earl of South- ampton , by his first wife , Rachael de ...
... character deserves to be held up yet more to the example than to the admiration of her country - women . Lady Rachael Wriothesley was the second daughter of Thomas Wriothesley , Earl of South- ampton , by his first wife , Rachael de ...
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Page 307 - Thou makest him to have dominion of the works of thy hands, and Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet...
Page 365 - I come, kind Gentlemen, strange news to tell ye; I am the Ghost of poor departed Nelly. Sweet Ladies, be not frighted; I'le be civil; I'm what I was, a little harmless Devil.
Page 46 - You that knew us both, and how we lived, must allow I have just cause to bewail my loss. I know it is common with others to lose a friend ; but to have lived with such a one, it may be questioned how few can glory in the like happiness, so consequently lament the like loss.
Page 35 - Now the bitterness of death is past," and ran out into a long discourse concerning her — how great a blessing she had been to him ; and said, what a misery it would have been to him, if she had not had that magnanimity of spirit, joined to her tenderness, as never to have desired him to do a base thing for the saving of his life : VOL.
Page 371 - I can never forget the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming, and all dissoluteness, and as it were total forgetfulness of God, (it being Sunday evening,) which this day se'nnight I was witness of, the King sitting and toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleveland...
Page 46 - ... silent under it; but yet secretly my heart mourns, too sadly I fear, and cannot be comforted, because I have not the dear companion and sharer of all my joys and sorrows. I want him to talk with, to walk with, to eat and sleep with. All these things are irksome to me now: the day unwelcome, and the night so too. All company and meals I would avoid, if it might be...
Page 46 - I know I have deserved my punishment, and will be silent under it; but yet secretly my heart mourns, too sadly I fear, and cannot be comforted, because I have not the dear companion and sharer of all my joys and sorrows. I want him to talk with, to walk with, to eat and sleep with; all these things are irksome to me now; the day unwelcome, and the night so, too; all company and meals I would avoid if it might be...
Page 193 - My sister, being here, tells me she overheard you tell her Lord last night, that you would take notice of the business (you know what I mean) in the House ; this alarms me, and I do earnestly beg of you to tell me truly if you have or mean to do it ; if you do, I am most assured you will repent it. I beg once more to know the truth.
Page 66 - The new scenes of each day make me often conclude myself very void of temper and reason, that I still shed tears of sorrow and not of joy, that so good a man is landed safe on the happy shore of a blessed eternity ; doubtless he is at rest, though I find none without him, so true a partner he was in all my joys and griefs...
Page 59 - God has been pitiful to my small grace," she wrote to Dr. Fitzwilliam, " and removed a threatened blow, which must have quickened my sorrows, if not added to them, — the loss of my poor boy. He has been ill, and God has let me see the folly of my imaginations, which made me apt to conclude I had nothing left the deprivation of which could be matter of much anguish, or its possession of any considerable refreshment.