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. ¦ •¦ The word " Telegraph" (derived fr...
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The Lover Of Strong 1 Contrasts Would Ha...
round , some long , some oval-shaped . Bracelets , ah ., wliat bracelets I Enamelledgem-encrustedplain , arabesquedinlaidcircles of
, , , , emeralds and pearls , gold and coral , diamonds and rubies . Earrings too , and brooches to correspond . Crosses and lockets : a perfect
shop full of trinkets . It is the realisation of many a maiden ' s dream ; surely of thine , Therese !
Every relation of the mutual families , almost every acquaintance , was here represented ; the ambition of not being outdone in
_generosity on these occasions of almost public display , leading many of the donorsas the comtesse had truly said , and as I found
con-, firmed by general opinion , to regard as a heavy tribute to custom that which should be the spontaneous offering of _friendship . But a
truce to such reflections . The marquise has produced her present , and a glittering bauble of some tlixee hundred francs value is added
to the young bride's collection . Fortunate Therese ! Her wedding dress is now brought forward .
Being summer time , white muslin has been selected as the most appropriate material , but this is so richly embroidered as to render
it most costly . Her mother relates "with complacency that the dressmaker has just sent her word so magnificent a toilette de mariee has
never issued from her work-rooms . Therese drinks all this in with silent rapture . What would it matter if she had to marry the
Beast in the fairy-tale , with the certainty he could never turn into the Prince to boot , so long as all these joys are hers ? Of her future
_liusband , except as the appendage to their possession , she clearly never thinks , never has been taught to think . For the results of a
marriage of affection such as this , the comtesse need have no fears _.
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. ¦ •¦ The Word " Telegraph" (Derived Fr...
. ¦ •¦ The word " Telegraph" ( derived from two Greek words , Tele and
Grap / io _, i . e ., I write afar off ) is the name given to any mechanical contrivance for the rapid communication of intelligence by signals .
But although the art of conveying intelligence by signs was practised in the earliest ages , being known even to the rudest
savages , and _although its importance is not only obvious but continually felt wherever a government is established , it has been
allowed to remain in its original state of imperfection down to almost the present day .
Telegraphic communication in an extended sense may be
considered to embrace every means of conveying intelligence . by
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Nov. 1, 1859, page 197, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01111859/page/53/
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