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argument with the Phafrtoai , tincdti'sbiobistlmt the k&evt repjy , the biting sarcasrri ; and the stiff o ^ e&ttVfctfess , ' were 'fetfjSAlifeS merely from th £ temporary disorganisation df the £ &&& Rental Resources whence issued the eloqufen ^ e of fervid' fefelfhg ahd dignified truth , which enabled him to trium p h ovet the spirit of antagonism and trample the weapons of the adVfef ^ ary berieath his feet . ¦
' The Devil / says the proverb , ' can quote Scripture when he pleases / and methinks it would have startled the most incorrigible text-monger that ever existed , to have heard how Martin ' s intimate acquaintance with the Holy Book enabled him to furnish this Evil One with material to prove falsehood arid disprove truth . A copy of that * Talke' is extant , but / thank God ! on mouldering parchment , and it is difficult in reading it
to repress our risibility , even while we sicken with disgust and indignation at this vile abuse of the beautiful and the good . The Father of Lies vanished , and Martin , overcome by his exertions , sunk into a profound sleep . After this slumbeT , which ; though brief , restored Martin ' s strength and vivacity , he resiftned the the had
studious labours ^ from which deputation disturbed him with their unexpected visit , and , by the flickering light df an uncertain lamp , was working intensely for the cause of ri g hteousness—the good of humanity ! A light tfip announced more intruders—it was unheard until thrice and again timidly repeated . At his invitation the noiseless door slowly opened , and two women entered that small dim
room . One , who wore the dress of a noviciate , was tall , dignified and graceful . Her face possessed a wild and rare beauty , and her exquisite features were lightened by those intensely serious eyes with which painters endow the Goddess of Heaven . The other , wearing the garb of the better sort of tradespeople , though less beautiful than her companion , inoved witft equal dignity , arid far more elegance ; and when she spoke , her face
became radiant with the most beautiful and eloquent expression , and from her eyes looked forth high genius and universal benevolence . She advanced almost titnidly before her friend . In a moment Martin w ^ s by her side . With deep and ' even reverential solemnity he bent to the taller lady , and if , in tokeh of
vreldorflre , his lips touched the open white brow bf the * other gei&lef lieirig " vvho smiled before him , it seemed that brief greetingwttSiratqer a religious act than any approach to fltmiliarity . Tne viaHtofs seated themseWes on the heavy d&rk chairs , each of the grout ) forming a stud y for the noblest painter . [ 4 Guess ritor erraju ^ 4 ear Martin / daia the elder lady 5 * ftiethinks 1 like ndt tb ' sodifc it . ' * You conrie / replied' MtfftV , to a ? k me to srii ^ iblP the ^^ risbrrd w prijudice * and p * &ctic * £ the etffcori ~ of the sTnTierHh&'lhgj drmalisiV ' ' "^ 6 t so , Mthen ^ She tml * though
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1836, page 620, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2662/page/32/
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