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383 FJRATJ RATH.
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Another time she responds to tlie boy ' s wish that she would depict herself : —
mi " ght I am represent rather Prince tall and HamleVs fat ,, nature my mother eyes with and some hair are success brown . Peace , and and I fancy order I
are the chief elements of my . " In the autumn of 1785 the boy paid her a visit in Frankfort ,
which Frau he enjoyed Stein exceeding acknowled ly . ged the kindness with which Frail yon
Rath had treated her son and provided for his amusement , and in return Frau Rath expressed her satisfaction that the Iboy had been
pleased with his visit , and added : — of " whatever I enjoy the rank blessing or , throug sexthe h God individual , that nobod may y have ever been left . me I disappointed am very fond , age
way of always my without fellow to find assumption creatures out , the , good , and , whi side old , ch and of is and agreeable a young person who folk ' s knows to character all are ; aware best I sermonize , and how of leave this to nobod mend . the I go y weak their , my try
faults points . to B Him virtue who of this created method men I find myself well , happy , and contented . " y , The first three volumes of Goethe ' s " Wilhelm Meister " afforded her
particular she remarked pleasure , proved . She the deep admired reli g ' ion Mignon of her 's S son ongs . , " She which was alone wont and , these and other to her friendsand with a proud
expressive to sing countenance songs she would put her , right hand upon her breastandpointing with the other to the picture of Goethe * exclaim ,
" It was , I who , bore him . " She comprehended and entered into Goethe's feelings , and unlaced
derstood the situation in which he found himself p , as no one suddenl else did y , and disappeared judged him to according start knows for ly Ital that . When y , her no , comp in 1786 has laint , followed Goethe of neg had lect the
bent escapes of from his inclination her lips . She that he will gain by son doing so , and , far from being disappointed , , she anticipates pleasure from his return ,
and writes to Fritz von Stein : — a kni " Are ht you -errant not . yet "Well aware I of do where not doubt my son his is return ? lie , when appears he indeed will give to an be
he but account may to g wait conquer of his in patience feats , how of many valour and , imprisoned rej . oice Who beforehan can princesses tell d how in he the many may accounts liberate giants and he ! will We dragons have give
us of his adventures . " In March 1794 her grandchild , the daughter of Cornelie , tells
her grandmother , , that she is engaged , and after some allusions to Cornelie ' s early death , Frau Rath speaks thus : —
faithful into agreeable " The good then companion Gk , to _thoug > d him who h as we to raised it will your are is in unable seed be future your able to p to Abraham husband ower to perceive . Be , render from a it . good of stones May his inward wife life He , may and as bless satisfaction pleasant also a good you turn ! house and Be evil and as a - keepernothing deprive you
of peace , of mind . "
383 Fjratj Rath.
383 _FJRATJ RATH .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Feb. 1, 1859, page 383, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01021859/page/23/
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