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Memoirs of Harriot, Duchess of St. Albans

Memoirs of Harriot, Duchess of St. Albans

Baron-Wilson, Mrs Cornwell

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ISBN10: 1150572485
ISBN13: 9781150572487
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 136
Weight: 0.46
Height: 0.31 Width: 9.01 Depth: 5.98
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1840 edition. Excerpt: ...the family (who proved not to be of the most respectable order), saying that She was going to take the man's life away, as all depended on a word from her. It was in vain she stated that the offender, by his rashness, had put the matter beyond private interference, and that she had no power to save him from any punishment the law awarded; representing the misery they inflicted by charging with indifference a person who would think no effort too great to save him. After great exertion of interest, it is said, Mrs. Coutts made personal application to the highest quarter: she obtained at length the happiness of having his punishment transmuted to transportation for life, which amelioration she caused instantly to be communicated to his family. The thanks she received from his friends were conveyed by the announcement that It was no use for her to have saved his life unless she settled on him the means to live comfortably out of the country; and, as the whole family intended to emigrate, they expected she would defray the expense of their passage and establishment in New South Wales! In 1824 Mrs. Coutts went to the first large party she had attended since the loss of her husband, and this was a grand christening dinner, given by the late Sir Coutts Trotter, in honour of his infant grandson and future heir, the present Sir Coutts Lindsay. Mrs. Coutts was one of the sponsors on this occasion, and there were a great number of guests present, who had not previously met her, anxious to see so remarkable a woman, and to observe closely how she deported herself after the accession of wealth which formed a great theme of remark in that particular circle. With her usual quickness she perceived this; so that, altogether, she felt, on the first day of...

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