COMPTON MERIVALE: ANOTHER LEAF FROM THE LESSON OF LIFE. BY THE AUTHOR OF BRAMPTON RECTORY; OR, THE LESSON OF LIFE. "The great business of life is to please God."—ARNOLD. "As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to 1 PETER iv. 10. LONDON:. JOHN W. PARKER, WEST STRAND. M DCCC L. COMPTON MERIVALE: ANOTHER LEAF FROM The Lesson of Life. CHAPTER THE FIRST. FAMILY HISTORY. "Ach! des Hauses zarte Bande Sind gelöst auf immerdar Denn sie wohnt im Schattenlande Die des Hauses Mutter war; Denn es fehlt ihr treues Walten Ihre Sorge wacht nicht mehr An verwaiste Stätte schalten Wird die Fremde liebeleer." SCHILLER-Das Lied von der Glocke. "Pray, my deare, be kind to that poore child I leave behind, for my sake, who loved you soe well. If you should think fitt to marry againe, I humbly begg that, as long as any of your sisters live, you will lett it, if they permit, live with them; for it may be, though you will love itt, my successor will not be soe fond of it, as they, I am sure, will be." MRS. GODOLPHIN's Letter to her Husband. "I TELL you, my dear Doctor, it's all moonshine. You'll do them no good. They're a set of stubborn, incorrigible boors. They'll listen, no doubt, to all your fine speeches, but they'll laugh in their sleeves, and just go on their own way. You'll B |