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271 NOTICES OF BOOKS.
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said opposite sity of were ideas sources essential which of flowed liberals faith and into and practice the hilosop household . hers The ; Galtons and " , Sandford as we have and p
Merton , " with her " mother ' s instructions grounded upon it , " formed a decided , phase in the child ' s habitual tastes and intimates habits at of their mind . table Dr .
Madame Priestly and de Genlis Mr . Watt and her were enlihtened sentiments had no small ; share of attention at one timeand g both father and mother constantly
stoic desired " little Her father Mary taug Anne ht to her , " science bear pain and like the _Linneean a philosop ordeal her and ; her a
mother stories . of gave Hecla her and grave Vesuvius religious the instruction Pramid , s , and the amused hanging her gardens with y
of thing account Bab that ylon of was her , and during " the just Wall , " the that of day showed China , , the reward ; " and fortitude if was her , " Bonne ' Bnffon _^ constancy gave . " wise Every , a " good esti and
" truth" the " value and resources of knowledge , " the " - inculcated mate of , the on true the little pleasures philosop of her human , in a existence social circle , " was which studiousl ignored y the voice of
the the the crying hidden passionate French in the depths Revolution wilderness upbraiding of good were , " of and and ere John to evil long whom Wesley l to ing prove the in as the only terrible a human fearful revelations " heart warning . one of of
Yet it must be acknowledged that this y serene atmosphere of moral li and ious intellectual qualities culture which Mary afforded Anne a noble . Galton basis developed for those later deeper in life re- .
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tage things scarcel of would this known wide have to and the been genial world made training at more large as , app until a mere arent the foundation ; appearance as it was for , she of hig this was her
y the which biograp A two marked hy volumes carries . and the of most the reader wo unfortunate rk before to the us distinction . dawning The first is is womanhood to an be autobiograp made betwe of the h en y ,
subject and icture of . wise of It family is and deli honest life ghtful in reflections the in up st latter yle , full upon days of of life anecdote the . It last of paints century famous a , grap peop and hic le is ,
health p Anne as amusing was of the only as aged fifteen a romance woman , the . autobiograp debarred But with her h the y from her terminates year comp married 1793 leting ; , life when the even and failing Mary the old
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271 Notices Of Books.
271 NOTICES OF BOOKS .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Dec. 1, 1858, page 271, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01121858/page/55/
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