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pies were enjoying the pleasures of the dance , either on the ground under the trees , or in large rooms in the ginguettes , or ale-houses ; in a third plaee were whirlabouts , with people riding round on woodea horses and swans ; in a fourth , the Jardin des Gaietis opened wide its gates to admit the votaries of pleasure ; and in a fifth , the doors of the Theatre de Mount Parnasse were beset by a crowd of persons who were going to see the representation
of Henri QiiaXre en Famille ! Such are the amusements of a Parisian Sunday evening ! And what are we to think of all this ? The sabbath truly was meant to be a season of rest and relaxation , as well . as of religious instruction and meditation ; but here there was no rest ; and as for relaxation , it might surely be found in other modes less at variance with the solemn character of those exercises to which , by the almost universal consent of the Christian world , some part at least of this day is dedicated .
15 th . Left Paris , and came by way of Rouen , Dieppe , and Brighton , to London . 19 th , in London . I am heartily glad to find myself once more in old England ; for , however wonderful may have been many of the scenes through which I have passed , and however pleasant and instructive it ijiay have been to observe foreign manners and customs , there is a season after which even the pleasures of travelling begin to pall . I am tired of wandering about ; and it will be as great a treat to me to sit quietly down in my own dear
country with English minds and English resources about me , as it would be to many persons to set out immediately on their travels . Whatever else I may not have accomplished in my journeyings , I have at least re-established my health , not having had the sliglitest return of my old malady the whole ten months that I have been abroad . I am now in the possession of excellent health , and trust that I may be able to reside in England , and , if not to resume my profession , to engage in some occupation which may at once be profitable to myself and useful to others .
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Oh , do not pity me because I weep , For thoughts of heaven are , in grief's darkest day , Still round me with a bright consoling ray , And still my soul in sacred trust I keep . Nor would I change this sorrow , which I feel Now draws me closer to a Father ' s love ,
For all the joy which happier hearts may prove That never tasted suffering . Tears may steal From the tir'd spirit—memory may revive The dearer shadows of the past—the strife May end but with this frail and tempted life ; Yet not in vain for those high hopes we strive—Angels perchance may watch that conflict here , To hail us conquerors to their own bright sphere J ! E , R-
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1829, page 314, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2572/page/18/
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