...conditions of such a being as Wordsworth describes when he says : — ' A perfect woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a spirit still, and bright, With something of an angel fight.' We have read this story with unmixed pleasure, and trust it may not be long before Miss Thackeray...

...figure is Mary Verney, wife of Sir Ralph, in whom we recognise not faintly the ideal of Wordsworth — 'The reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength and skill, A perfect woman nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command.' ' With one of the sweetest tempers and most cheerful dispositions...

...blame, love, kisses, tears,, and smiles. And now I see with eye serene The very pulse of the machine; A Being breathing thoughtful breath; A Traveller betwixt...still, and bright With something of an angel light. 15 The REDBREAST and the BUTTERFLY. Art thou the Bird whom Man loves best, The pious Bird with the...

...blame, love, kisses, tears, and .smiles. And now I see with eye serene The very pulse of the machine; A Being breathing thoughtful breath; A Traveller betwixt...Spirit still,, and bright With something of an angel li^ht. 15 The REDBREAST and the BUTTERFLY. Art thoa the Bird whom Man loves best. The pious Bird with...

...blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles. And now I see with eye serene The very pulse of the machine ; A Being breathing thoughtful breath, A Traveller betwixt...foresight, strength, and skill, A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an...

...kisses, tears, and smiles. And now I see with eye serene The very pulse of the machine ; •- ---- A Being breathing thoughtful breath, A Traveller betwixt...temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill, i A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright...

...; and our feelings are in harmony with the poet when he speaks of *' A perfect woman, nobly planned To warn, to comfort and command ; And yet a spirit...still, and bright With something of an angel light." But man has never regarded woman with respect and true love, except so far as he has regarded her as...

...one tyrant instead of many !" CHAPTER XIX. A being breathing thoughtful breath, A traveller 'twist life and death; The reason firm, the temperate will,...foresight, strength, and skill: A perfect woman, nobly planned To warn, to comfort, and command. And yet a spirit still and bright, With something of an angel...

...blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles. And now I see with eye serene The very pulse of the machine ; A Being breathing thoughtful breath, A Traveller betwixt...foresight, strength, and skill, A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an...

...blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles. And now I see, with eye serene, The very pulse of the machine ; A Being breathing thoughtful breath, A Traveller betwixt...perfect Woman, nobly plann'd, To warn, to comfort, to command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an angel light." I produce then my...