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g 6 f £ fntttent 9 such a drag on the progress of impttmffifjfrt ,, M without a doubt , to have been mainly instrumental ill dtirt&g tli ( &
sovereign from his throne . The above outline of the principal points of interest itiefai 4 £ d in the history of Brazil by Mr Armitage , together with tne ' ftftf extracts we have given , will l > e sufficient to show its scope full ! tenor , and to recommend the work itself to the attention of &dr readers .
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A Domestic Story . By Sarah Stickney , Author of " The Poetry erf Life , " " Pictures of Private Life / ' &c . 3 vols . Saun&ers and Otlpjf . London , 1836 . These are deeply interesting volumes . Their authoress clearly
perceives the errors which often tinge life with gloom at ltd v ^ ry outset ; and she has traced back some of the bitterest emotions . < ft the heart to the fatal source from which they sprung . She teaches more effectually than many a professed moral Ieettir 6 r how the beautiful structure of humanity may he ruined by its appointed guardians . Those who have not experienced in fcflfly life some of the evils of " an iron rule , " can scarcely apt > re £ i £ fe
the thraldom which is too often suffered by helpless cmldlkOpdu There is no blight like that which falls on human beings pwtea in all the endless diversities of character under one unvaried . ffgteftr tem ; " bending them under its remorseless weight into ; all iae varieties of moral and physical distortion . Yet such thing * are done every day . Worse still , reckless caprice is toooften fcfeeooly guide in education , and even a " system" is better than th&
The object of the present work is to paint the latter of thftfc evils , by developing the mischief of an erroneous principle , and the object is beautifully and forcibly accomplished . Thg fftttXSi ' of a family is shown in Stephen Grey , strictly moral , hlgWy respected , fulfilling all the duties of a good citizen , an active UMtn
of business , a faithful husband , a careful parent , a devout Chratian * yet unconsciously creating in his household an a ^ rtouittt m misery which soon finishes the earthly troubles of Ms deflfefi ^ wife , and brings moral desolation and ruin in the setJUfc ?! * oft'flfii majority of his children . The whole family is introduced * traH Sunday evening , when they were , —
" Assembled in one apartment , where the sonorous voice of Slgflteft ( irej held forth in solemn tones and slow , from a book t * Hie | i ft £ fcdff * one of the individuals present could by any effort of attention tf ^ diti ^ Ww T ^ hotrfe efforts , however , to judge by the countehafi&ta of Jbh ^ & $$ && * h * td trot b ^ en very gtuditmely m ^ , for soifnS had r ^ ifned iHifeft ^ wttJ
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/ Tome , or , The Iron Tfttfc . 4 W
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HOME , OR , THE IRON RULE .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1836, page 483, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2660/page/23/
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