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after a general f ^ Jjra ^ i $ on fire . Th ^ t hoit&e , to ^ s ^^ ^^ the wlK > te property / of G&Bifer and Oly *» tpla fell ; a prey to tfce conflagration , nod they themselves narrowly escaped with their lives . Whilst Ayi p g through the streets ^ amidst the burning house ** i&se&reh of nn asylum , andintending ta throw tbemselfes for shelter into
sonae chureh , a soldier * to whom they were unknown , recommended them instantly to quit the place . Fortu ^ nately they followed his advice * for many of those who had retired to the churches were suffocated by the smoke , which . entered ia volumes from the
surrounding ruin * . Scarcely , how eser , had they reached ^ the gates , when they were seised by some soldies * who were ii * pursuit of plunder , who strips
ped them of their clothes , and left Qlyj&pia r > o other covering beeidea her under linen . Gruntler was taken pm aoner > but sopn obtained hte liberathmu In the forlorn and destitute
condition to which they were now re * dttced , without money and without clothes , they felt it difficult to deter * ma * B what course to pursue . They * e » oked at length to attempt to reach Haftnclbarg , a small town distant fram BiAweinfturt about three Ger *
major miles . Ol ^ mp ia < giTee 9 very alSbctB ^ ( fifeflrtscfefti ^ n oC Jternetf wfaeii tli ^ anwed at 4 n » ptere ^ € i I appear ed ^ ] d \ e stLyii 9 "to he the queen of bggg&v * . I entered the town tvith my fee | naked , my bail ? loose and diahevet led ^ and ipy clothes ia rmu y and even ths&e I should not hare had , if a womaa had not lent thein tome / 1 The
fiUigues of tbi « journey , added to the dsstre « & and anxiety attettdnig k > brought on a fever , from which she never afterwards whelly recovered . Aa the- inhabitant of Hmnelbarg had been farbkiden to afford shelter to
* pp of tiie fWifcive& from Schwrinfiirtv they were only allowed a short time to recruit themselves and procure necessaries : at the end of fo 6 # days , notwithstanding Olympiad tndifito ^ fiitioa , they were compelled f ^ defe . It ;^ e ito 5 iilMi | t& ^
^^ peached , , ^ K jeh was ^ . the ; tetiijtoiy ffi < W ^ iJ ^/ ' ^^ Sr ^ J ? ^ frtwt o ; SSSit 5 fta and , mei ^ feSS tex weye , 49 put to dwtk ia ^ ^ cnoM
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^ 0 . ii ^ pA ^^^ m ^ 1 |^ i Hin ^^ from ^ c ^ i ^ i gra ^ ja ^ f ^ i ^^ fort , Htee Amr ^ ew ^ dotatoed Qap 4 tiyca Im ft » jdo » 9 swuecyw ? be ^? een hope and fearA until an mmsmm ^^ to a letter which they < te < J eddMssed
to the Bishop , when they wew left W pursue their journey . They qmr pto * ceeded , without further mole&tft £ ften , to Heidelberg , where they wdre very honourably receiyed by © oroe of | h ^ ProtoBtant nobility , who for aonae them
time hospitably enttenaia ^ a at their mansiona , apd liberally admmi tdred to their various wants , A 3 soon a * the necessary an&ogetneBte < eouW be made , they fixed their reaideace at
Heidelberg * Gruutfer hanuj ^ obtained * through the Elector Palatow ^ Frede ric the Seooftd , the appointment of Professor of McdieLae in the U&iveiv » ity of that xity * , ; The sevehe bo < < iily &l ^ u » a and The sevfche boiily fatigues aod
the acute aaental stifEexii ^ s which Olympia had eodured £ t ^» , the eoBimencemeii ^ of the twubte » at her coratitution , aud ^ wasied her strea ^ th . The fever wfaioh abe had caught dcusing hear flight , wliea she wae exposed without c ^ verifij ^ to the ioclemency < rf the weatiher ^ vetteiiifid its hold upon her frame , « otwithstood
ing the medioAl akiH of he ? hwbaod ^ aw th < $ kind aU ^ ationa of -tito firietMfe whom m \ m bad found a * Heidelberg ? and , within a j « ar , bfot ^ tu h «^ to a premature ^ ave » la her last very a&ectlng letter to ter frieud Goetiua
Secij ^ idua , Guno , whom she . eeema always to have regarded ^ vith the fee l- * ingaJofj ^ ^ au ^ hter ^ j&g , fty ^ e ^ mre ^ es herseli : /* Aa fof me , jay CoeEus , be assured that all hope of longer life i * vanished ; fot as to Uaedicine , of which
I have taken # * gft&a £ deajt tfeefe is aone that j ^ jrin ^ me r ^ Ji ^ f ; fivejqf 4 ay » n « y « almost evepy Hqw ^ t ^^ w about > me eira « 6 t joatbuup but » y 4 c ^ pasture 5 and ^ jfrttertt , X kaow not Mtt ^ tbte tkfc may Mt . benthtf l «* t . le « - » tier vou v ^ al Teceire firoM ^ iei Ftoe
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1822, page 724, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2519/page/4/
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