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THE BECOBD OF A VANISHED LIFE. 119
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memory of the recent insult , or the anticipation impending outrage But you , kept will it trembling ask , Herbert ly alive , why to I pain did . not fly such misery ? had
weakened Because I the postponed will and it des until troyed too the health late energy , until . I the had enfeebled misery no friends all ,
my no endure hel _j ) owers pers and , . exist and no counsellors sorrow but I could stupefied . not Ill resist all resolution or graduall . . y I I learned know that to escape
such a confessio , n would excite the contempt of the man of cannot vigorous A is comprehend strong nerves , and and what strong says passes that will inside . B is a B fo _; ol but for , when being the weak outward . A
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The Becobd Of A Vanished Life. 119
THE BECOBD OF A VANISHED LIFE . 119
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1864, page 119, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041864/page/47/
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