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ifag thfe IPeninsular war , wlifcn tirfe wSre ihteitu ^ t ^ l bj thfe setvaiit , v $ ib mfbrmejdi 1 hitn that the dintiet- tvfas mUfy . **< Gte now / ' 6 aid tie , c- and take some refreshmeht ; but 6 ^ 31 ! iay appetite was gone ! 1 could have eaten a donkey beforte ^ "but nbW I could not break bread . One of the servants dfeseivi&e :
tfite so discomposed , went and informed him of it ; > vheii life came to me himself , saying , "Come , come , Serjeant ! make a good dinner ; ' * and then , turning to the servant , ordered Mta to bring a bottle of wine . After my repast , he again returned , abcompariied by a lady ; perhaps his Wife or danghtfet , to whom hb had probably been speaking of me , and Wlio ttiay have been curious to see the rough soldier , who had gbne tlitough so . memorable a campaign . He now slipped some twelve half crowns into my hand , and desired me on no account to walk , but to take the coach to London , and * at the sathe time , he presented me with my papers . I thanked him , but requested him to keep the papers until I could return the motley ; he replied , " No ! no ! I make you a present of it . ** He then , in a very kind manner , added , " Your old Colonel , Colonel Bernard , is made a General of v and a Knight . He is nojy Major-General Sir Andrew Bernard , and , if you Wish it , I will write to him about you . " Again I thanked mm , and said , ' * Sir , the Colonel is well acquainted with me ! " t left the house with feelings of gratitude which I could not give uttefraticie to and never , although many years have passd , Shall I forget the kindness of Colonel Ford . On tny return to London I wrote to Augustine ; received tiO an $ wer—vvaited with anxiety ; and then came the intfelligfctice of her dfekth ! Her father had to the last reinaitied inefcomblfe BM why should I proceed ? Poor Augustinfe ! Peaoe bfe to tJiy ttterrtory , and blessings on the head of thy surviving child !
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A Novel . By the Author of < Frankenstein ; ' < The la $ t Man / &c . 3 voh . Saunders and Oiley . London . 1887 .
Wk thm ) t ' Falkner / without any comparison , the finest iNtork which jMirs Shelley hasproduced since the publication olf' 3 Ptahkenstein / It possesses deep interest , and fine deveiopMfc&t of c ^ racter . The descriptions are viyid and gmpfaic , and © if the style , it is sufficient to say that it ip fdrmpd on thfe moael of * foat 0 f Godwin . Some may pall it tin Ito ^ itatian , but the option w ^ have exposed of it ip ^ rs ^ us more correct .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 1, 1837, page 228, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1830/page/38/
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