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saying , that it was not for man , who could not gee the hearty thus far to sit in judgment on his fellow-man . Of any , even the least , aberration from truth , she had the greatest abhorrence . The importance of constantly adhering to truth had been early inculcated oti her mind by parental care , and she was of opinion that it could not be departed from without evil . Tfre disgust she felt at the additions sometimes made to a
common story , with a view of making it or the relator more interesting , caused her not infrequently to appear in company reserved , or even indifferent to those around her ; which persons who did not know her intimately might attribute to pride , or some inferior feeling ; and the honest indignation constantly glowing iu her breast against all
chichanery and deceit , against all dissimulation in religion , all trimming in politics , all overreaching , and trying to worm out the secrets of the unsuspicious , imparted , at times , a contemptuous air to her character , though no one ever possessed a heart more tender , more yearning towards her fellow-creatures , more inclined , in cases of equivocal conduct , to believe the best , more willing to mitigate human woe , atid to do good even to those who , from their capricious behaviour , she had reason to suspect were not over attached to her , if she could do it without appearing to cringe , or to ruu the risk of having her good intentions attributed to sinister motives .
The mind of Miss P . was , as this brief sketch of her indicates , of a supeiior order , and had she been permitted by the A 11-wise , hut at times mysterious Disposer of events , to enjoy for a lengthened period the care of her highly-gifted and beloved father , who was prematurely snatched , according to human reasoning , from the embraces of tiis family , aud
from her , at an age when hi « advice seemed peculiarly required to mature those flowers of excellence , the seeds of which he had assiduously implanted in her mind , it is probable her iniud would have attained no small degree of literary eminence . She , thua left to herself , continually fed it -with the food which
history imparts , and entering warmly into the -worth of those political principles which have been advocated by the noblest and purest of oni * race , she fervently expressed to the writer of this poor tribute of friendship to her memory , her joy at the elevation of Mr . Canning to the firs t place in his Majesty ' s councils . Not that she was insensible to the
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Jesuitical reasoning which too much marked that statesman ' s oratory , and which threw a utaiu on his character not to be hidden by his eloquent effusions from winds far less discriminating and pure than hers ; but because she hailed his elevation as the harbinger of njore liberal policy than had beefe pursued by the British Cabinet during almost the whole of the preceding reign .
But whatever might have been her scientific acquirements , it is consolatory to her weeping friends , now that she is consigned to her tomb , to know that her moral excellence was of the most sterling cast . By want of health , by blasted hopes , by blighted prospects , heaven ordained her to drink frequently of the waters of sorrow ; but faith iu the
Divine Goodness never failed her , nor did the probability of encouutering less inconvenience by one mode of acting , rather than by another , ever lead her to sacrifice her priuciple or her duty . Thus swayed by motives not of earthly ongiu , it was not surprising that calmness and serenity were hers , when the world was sliding from her view . Worn out at
length by inward debility , she gently fell asleep in Jesus , with thoughts and feelings , as was evidenced from expressions which escaped fjom her , familiarized , by anticipation , with the glories that are yet to be revealed . Happy thought ! though dead , she is not lost for ever , for the trumpet shall sound , aud the dead shall he raised incorruptible , and the wise shall inherit glory ,
Farewell then , friend beloved ! Once to have known thee , is a thought to gild The little varying vacancies of life ; And ever welcome be the thought of thee , Though it bring sadness too . Spirit of Truth ! Cast thou thy mantle , which she wore ,
on us , To keep us in the right . Angels of Peace ! Defend her honor'd dust , till gracious Heaveo Call her pure sp irit , and , if worthy we , Unite us with herself in bHss for ever ! J . F .
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Mrs . Maky Rees . Nov . 13 , at GeUigrtm , Glamorganshire , after a short illness , aged 82 , Mr * . JVUjnr R £ es , w \ d < ow of the late Rev , J *> t iah Hees * of that i > lace . The vigour of b « r understanding , the cheerfulness of her temper , the benevolence of her diepo * i-
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70 Obituary . —Mr * . Mary Ree $ .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1830, page 70, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2580/page/70/
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