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the benefit of his profession as a painter . " At length Lord P . made his declaration on honourable terms ; he found it would be vain to make proposals on any
other , and as he omitted no circumstance that could engage her esteem and gratitude , she accepted them , as she was sincerely attached to him . He
earnestly requested her keeping it a secret till it was a more convenient time for him to make it known , to which she readily consented , having a perfect confidence in his honour .
Among the persons of distinction that professed a friendship for Mrs A . Robinson were the Earl and Countess of Oxford , daughter-in-law to the Lord
Treasurer Oxford , who not only bore every public testimony of affection and esteem for Mrs A . Robinson , but Lady Oxford attended her when she
was privately married to the Earl of P ., and Lady P . ever acknowledged her obligations with the . warmest gratitude ; and after Lady Oxford ' s death , she was particularly
distinguished by the Duchess of Portland , Lady Oxford ' s daughter , and was always mentioned by her with the greatest kindness , for the many friendly offices she used to do her in her
childhood , when in Lady Oxford ' s family , which made a lasting impression on the Duchess of Portland ' s noble and generous heart . # # * > x < " After the death of Mr Robinson , Lord P . took a
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house near Fulham , in the neighbourhood of his own villa at Parson ' s green , where he settled Mrs Robinson and her mother . They never lived under the same roof , till the
earl being seized with a violent fit of illness , solicited her to attend him at Mount Bevis , near Southampton , which she refused with firmness , but upon
condition that , though still denied to take his name , she might be permitted to wear her wedding-ring ; to which , finding her inexorable , he at length consented .
" His haughty spirit was still reluctant to the making a declaration , that would have done justice to so worthy a character as the person to whom he was now united ; and indeed ,
his uncontrollable temper , and high opinion of his own actions made him a very awful husband , ill-suited to Lady P . ' s good sense , amiable temper , and delicate sentiments . She
was a Roman Catholic , but never gave offence to those of a contrary opinion , though very strict in what she thought her duty . Her excellent principles and fortitude of mind supported her through many severe trials
in her conjugal state . But at last he prevailed on himself to do her justice , instigated , it is supposed , by his bad state of health , which obliged him to seek another climate ; and she absolutely refused to go with him unless he declared his
marriage : her attendance upon him in his illness nearly cost her her life .
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160 Duchess ofSt Albans ; and
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 1, 1837, page 160, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1835/page/16/
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