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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1833 edition. Excerpt:...salt-marsh extending from the cliffs to the sea, at the foot of the shrubberies?)----and having dismissed my people, I took a short cut homewards through the grounds, followed by a. favourite setter. It was a lovely day in April,---mild, balmy, full of promise, full of hope; the trees budding around, the birds sing ing among the branches as if to encourage their growth; every bank purple with violets, and an endless variety of spring flowers enlivening the borders of the shrubberies. The clear blue skies, the bluer sea, the woods just rousing from their winter lethargy, the very herbage under my feet announcing a more buoyant and lifelike texture,--all tended to raise my spirits and brighten my views. As I sauntered along, watching the squirrels which Pont0's approach drove up the tall stems of the pine'trees, I was forming a thousand projects for the future. I resolved that, on being assured of Lady Red wood's safety, I would visit London, perhaps Paris, and familiarize myself with the pleasures and diversions so fondly described by my Melton friends. Although deprived of my hopes of happiness, amusement at least was at my command; and I promised to repay myself the infinite arrears of enjoyment still owing by by the Fates. " Engrossed by these chimeras, I reached that platform of the shrubbery, that fatal spot--(Sir Alan looked significantly at his wife; and Julia, nodding her comprehension of his meaning, impatiently motioned to her husband to proceed,) to Wl'l1Cl1 you have since observed me affix a peculiar sentiment of interest; when, to my surprise, I perceived Lady Redwood seated on the bench under the magnolia tree. Weak as she was, it was a considerable walk for her to have achieved; and common courtesy...