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" On Wednesday night we came to the Adelphi, — to this house ! She bore it with great tranquillity ; but what was my surprise, to see her go alone into the chamber and bed in which he had died that day fortnight. She had a delight in it beyond expression.... "
Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Mrs. Hannah More - Page 88
by William Roberts - 1837
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 52

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1834 - 594 pages
...after his funeral — 1 On Wednesday night we came to the Adelphi — to this house ! She bore it with great tranquillity ; but what was my surprise to see...fortnight ! She had a delight in it beyond expression. J asked her the next day how she went through it ? She told me very well ; that she first prayed with...
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The Royal Lady's Magazine, Volume 3

1834 - 324 pages
...partook of the revelries of the night; — the same night too! **• " She (Mrs. Garrick) bore it with great tranquillity ; but what was my surprise to see her go alone into her chamber and bed, in which he had died that day fortnight. She had a delight in it beyond expression....
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The Monthly Review, Volume 3

1834 - 614 pages
...all I went through. " On Wednesday night we came to the AdeTphi, — to this house ! She bore it with great tranquillity ; but what was my surprise to see...the dear bed, and got into it with a sad pleasure." — vol. i. pp. 156 — 159. From the death of Garrick to her 'retreat to Cowslip Green, an interval...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 52

1834 - 864 pages
...after his funeral — ' On Wednesday night we came to the Adelphi — to this house ! She bore it with great tranquillity ; but what was my surprise to see...She had a delight in it beyond expression. I asked lier the next day how she went through it ? She told me very well ; that she first prayed with great...
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The Young Lady's Book of Classical Letters: Consisting of Epistolary ...

1836 - 350 pages
...all I went through. On Wednesday night we came to the Adelphi, —to this house ! She bore it with great tranquillity ; but what was my surprise to see...the dear bed, and got into it with a sad pleasure. From Miss H. More to Mrs. Borcawen.—Describing the true epistolary style. MY DEAR MADAM, Hamliton,...
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The Young Lady's Book of Classical Letters: Consisting of Epistolary ...

1836 - 342 pages
...went through. On Wednesday night we came to the Adelphi, — to this house ! She bore it with gret.t tranquillity ; but what was my surprise to see her...the dear bed, and got into it with a sad pleasure. From Miss H. More to Mrs. Boscawen.— Describing the Irue epistolary style. Hampton, 1786. MY DEAR...
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Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart..

John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 418 pages
...account of Mrs Garrick's conduct after her husband's funeral. " She told me," says Mrs More, " that she prayed with great composure, then went and kissed...the dear bed, and got into it with a sad pleasure." — See Memoirs of Mrs More, vol. ip 135. ness that I see others possess, and which is so amiable....
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Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart..

John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 416 pages
...account of Mrs Garrick's conduct after her husband's funeral. " She told me," says Mrs More, " that she prayed with great composure, then went and kissed the dear bed, and got into it with a sad pleasure."—See Memoirs of Mrs More, vol. ip 135. ness that I see others possess, and which is so...
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The Life of Hannah More: With Notices of Her Sisters, Volume 1

Henry Thompson - 1838 - 460 pages
...to the Adelphi my sister writes thus:—' On Wednesday night we came to this house; she bore it with great tranquillity; but what was my surprise to see...She had a delight in it beyond expression, I asked the next day how she went through it. She told me, very well; that she first prayed with great composure,...
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The Life of Hannah More: With Notices of Her Sisters, Volume 1

Henry Thompson - 1838 - 208 pages
...the Adclphi my sister writes thus : — ' On Wednesday night we came to this house; she bore it with great tranquillity ; but what was my surprise to see...She had a delight in it beyond expression. I asked the next day how she went through it. She told me, very well ; that she first prayed with great composure,...
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