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FBAU BATH. 377
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trust in an aH-ruling Providence which alike decides the destinies of the world and individuals . in Giessenand
office had Johann just in the returned Kaspar city , and from had asp studied a ired journey to in it Lei without to _psic Italy , _graduated . consenting He soug to ht submit an inferior him , -
withdrew self to the vowing customary at the ballot sam . e Meeting time never with to a strong consent opposition to serve , his he
fellow-citizens , . He then applied to Charles Albert for the title of Councillor to the Emperor , ( Kaiserlicher Rath , ) and this request coldserious
yearning formal granted , , and he for pedantic disp knowled layed , ge but no and fur honest ther thoug and ambition h rather sincere . of withal He a was silent ; he disposition had , a true , , and
liked to communicate what he knew . Domineering petulant united being though to he whom A was nature , Elizabeth his less word elastic , was an enthusiastic law less to trusting his , house cheerful and . , This livel harmonious y then girl was became than the
hers would . have sunk beneath , this fate , and pined away in secret ; mind less elevated and noble in all its aspirations and dispositions *
a would have rebelled against fate ; but she knew how to accept her lotwith a serene spirit bending gently before the will and
but supreme she , thoroug wisdom hly of respected her Creator him . . He She seems never to love have d comp her husband leted her , Italianwhile his mother
good education at -nature the , instructing head d matron of the , her to household whom in music Elizabeth . and On the became 28 , th of deep Au l gust y attached , 1749 , a , ,
was and Elizabeth more dead gave than birth alive to a son showed , and when si the of infant life , and , at first the old motionless matron gns
exclaimed" Frau Rath , he , lives , " her joy knew no bounds , " At that dling moment a flame , , " which she says has , _" since the maternal burnt steadil heart all y awoke , of the whom hol within y died flame me and , of kin a -
mother ' s love . " She had four more children , , on the 7 th of December , 1750 , gave birth to her daughter Cornelie ; but though she tenderly loved her , the flash of that heavenly spark with
which her first-born had lit within her , seemed to attract her _, how a mag she ic managed spell especiall the y passionate to that child easil . y excited It is interesting boy by kindness to observe and
indul It is genc said e , that while sometimes her husb when and * used the little to threat Wolf en gang and , who punish was more him . ht to she
inclined would put to anger him into than cold to tears water , could till his not passion be broug had subsided reason . , On childrenand
the other hand she was a child with her , laughing with their playing imag an with amp ination le them and and and inexhaustible understanding telling earth them stock stories . A of livel , which material y fancy appealed for supp her beautiful lied both fairy her to
princesses tales ; air , , and herself fire , all water believed natural , and p more henomena firml were obtained than represented her a auditors signification as " for , in " which she y , far
said vox she . ii , . " in allowing our imagination to carry us 2 c beyond
Fbau Bath. 377
_FBAU BATH . 377
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Feb. 1, 1859, page 377, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01021859/page/17/
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