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36 BEADSHAW THE BETRAYER. 4
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IV.—BRADSHAW THE BETRAYER
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.+. " Oh Doricles ! your praises are too...
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Considerable Interest Having Been Expres...
the great bulk of the Protestant communions;—and perhaps no pages in Mrs . Fletcher ' s memoirs are more characteristic than
those descriptive of her intercourse with the Eoman Catholic priest in Madeleyand with her husband ' s nephew , who was a Deist . For
, those who differed from her in controversy she had sweet courtesy and clear statements of her own views ; for those who were of one
faith with herself she had sympathy and tenderness unbounded ; for those who agreed with her neither in belief nor in practice she
cherished hope and charity up to the farthest limits possible to one of her decided creed . After her husband's death she passed her
long thirty years of widowhood in Madeley ; and so great was the respect of the new vicar for Mrs . Fletcherthatas he did not reside
himself , he allowed her to recommend the c , urate , , who was invariably appointed according to her recommendation . Infinitely
characteristic were the last vwords she uttered , December 8 th , 1815 . Having failed , by reason of great age , for many days , she was closely
tended by a female friend . The last night of her life she insisted on this lady going to bedand then said" That ' s right ; nowif I
, , , can rest I will ; but let our hearts be united in prayer , and the Lord bless both thee and me . " In the night she slept quietly away , and went to
join - ¦ — " It him seems of whom but yesterday , thirty - one years is near after and his dear death as ever , she , " had written ,
36 Beadshaw The Betrayer. 4
36 BEADSHAW THE BETRAYER . 4
Iv.—Bradshaw The Betrayer
IV . —BRADSHAW THE BETRAYER By Amelia B . Edwards .
.+. " Oh Doricles ! Your Praises Are Too...
.+. " Oh Doricles ! your praises are too large , " —Winter ' s Tale .
I am a conscientious traveller , and I believe in Mr . Murray . I visit all the churches , climb all the mountainsadmire all the pictures
and put up at all the inns which he recommends , to my notice , . "When he predicts that " the traveller will behold with a shudder
the boiling torrent which plunges beneath his feet to a depth of & c . & c , " I peep over the precipice and shudder accordingly . When
he kindly observes that " the traveller will here leave the carriage , andby ascending the bank at the bend of the roadbe delihted
with , a most extensive and beautiful prospect , " I get , out , and g am delighted on the spot . In shortMr . Murray tells me what is
, proper to be done , and I do it ; which saves a great deal of trouble , and secures me against anything like misplaced enthusiasm .
There was also a time when I believed in Mr . Bradshaw , and
pinned my faith upon the ' Continental Bail way Guide : ' but that
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1858, page 36, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031858/page/36/
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