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Memoirs of the Late Mrs. Robinson Written by Herself, 1; In Two Volumes

Memoirs of the Late Mrs. Robinson Written by Herself, 1; In Two Volumes

Robinson, Mary

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ISBN10: 1235744221
ISBN13: 9781235744228
Publisher: General Books
Weight: 0.15
Height: 0.05 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
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. 1803. Excerpt: ... vain: the first shock was followed bycalamities of a different nature. The scheme in which my father had embarked his fortune failed, the Indians rose in a body, burst his settlement, murdered many of his people, and turned the produce of their toil adrift on the wide and mercilessocean' The noUe patrons of his plan deceived him in their assurances of marine protection, and the island of promise presented a scene of barbarous desolation. This misfortune was rapidly followed by other commercial losses: and, to complete the vexations which pressed heavily on my mdther, her rash husband gave a bill of sale of his whole property, by the authority of which we were obliged to quit our home, and to endure those accumulated vicissitudes for which there appeared no remedy. It was at this period of trial that my?inother was enabled to prove, by that unerring touchstone adversity, who were her real and disinterested friends. Many with affected commiseration dropped a tear, or rather seemedto drop one, en the disapointments of our family; while others, with a malignant triumph, condemned the-expensive style in which my father had reared his children; the studied elegance which had characterized my mother's dress and habitation, and the hospitality which was now marked by the ungrateful epithet of prodigal luxuriance, but which had evinced the open liberality of my father's heart.. At this period my brother William died. He was only six years of age, but a promising and most lovely infant. His sudden death, in consequence of the measles, nearly deprived my mother of her senses. She was deeply affected: but she found after a period of time, that consolation which, springing from the bosom of an amiable friend, doubly solaced her afflictions. This female was one of the m...

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