THE HOUSE OF ELMORE. A FAMILY HISTORY. "When will the ancient curse be still'd, that weighs SCHILLER. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. I. LONDON: HURST AND BLACKETT, PUBLISHERS, OTI ΤΟ CONRAD HUME PINCHES, ESQ., OF CLARENDON HOUSE, KENNINGTON. THIS STORY IS DEDICATED, IN REMEMBRANCE OF OLD TIMES, BY THE AUTHOR. THE HOUSE OF ELMORE. INTRODUCTION. REMINISCENCES of the past seldom bring bitterness to our wandering memories. With most men there is allied with such - like recollections, a sad, sweet, holy calmness, that teaches the lessons of content and love; that hallows forms over which the dark curtain has long since dropped; that passes over bygone griefs, misfortunes, and regrets so lightly, that they become fair mental resting-places; that reconciles us to the great home-losses, the household gaps for ever blank and void, pointing at the same time to the doctrine of resignation from the pages of the Book. Such men I can envy. VOL. I. B |