husband and wife. Without becoming responsible for the truthfulness of the above narrative, I give it to you, reader, as it was told to me in January last, in France, by George Green himself.
A celebrated writer has justly said of woman: "A woman's whole life is a history of the affections. The heart is her world; it is there her ambition strives for empire; it is there her avarice seeks for hidden treasures. She sends forth her sympathies on adventure; she embarks her whole soul in the traffic of affection; and if shipwrecked, her case is hopeless—for it is a bankruptcy of the heart."
Mary had every reason to believe that she would never see George again; and although she confesses that the love she bore him was never transferred to her first husband, we can scarcely find fault with her for marrying Mr. Devenant. But the adherence of George Green to the resolution never to marry, unless to his Mary, is, indeed, a rare instance of the fidelity of man in the matter of love. We can but blush for our country's shame, when we recall to mind the fact, that while George and Mary Green, and numbers
of other fugitives from American slavery, can receive protection from any of the Governments of Europe, they cannot return to their native land without becoming slaves.
FINIS.
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Transcriber's notes:
ERRATA from the original volume, applied to the text.
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Page 8, eleventh line from bottom, for villages read villas
The beautiful villages [**Erratum: villas] on the opposite side of the
145, fourth line from top, for Dante read Whittier
our own Dante? [**Erratum: Whittier?]
205, second line from bottom, for towns read lawns
in the vicinity of the lakes. Magnificent towns [**Erratum: lawns]
264, seventh line from top, for 1834 read 1844
In the month of May, 1834, [**Erratum: 1844,] while one evening
273, eighth line from top, for vanity read variety
lack vanity [**Erratum: variety] or imagination, either in his public
Letter XXIII displaced to be between XII and XIII, as per editor's footnote.
TYPOS
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All "Mr" replaced with "Mr." (~10%). Similarly for "Mrs".
play," was to flag [**typo: flog] his slaves severely, and
tyranny in Great Britian [**typo: Britain] found social and
passengers, forty of whom were the "Vienneise [**typo: Viennese]
we were in sight of the land of Emmitt [**typo: Emmett] and
Rev. Dr. Ritchie, of Edinburgh. [** quote deleted] "It is indeed a
by M. Duguery, [**typo: Duguerry,] curé of the Madeleine,
The column is in imitation of the Trojan [**typo: Trajan]
XVI. and Marie Antionette [**typo: Antoinette] were driven from it by
building. [** full-stop added] The speaker, in the delivery of one of
Fète. [**typo: Fête.]
soirèe [**typo: soirée] by M. de Tocqueville, Minister for
to the whole scene out of doors. The soirèe [**typo: soirée]
announced, and after a good deal of jambing [**typo: jamming] and
same basket, without any regard to birth or station. [** full-stop added]
had more interesting incidents occuring [**typo: occurring] in it than
of Raphael and David—Arc de Triomphe—Beranger [** final em-dash added]
Jardin des Plantes, and spent an hour and a-half [**typo: a half]
Were [**typo: were] at the time continually running through my
meeted [**typo: meted] out to me while at Hartwell. And the
I will see you." [** missing quote inserted] In looking across the street, I
great contrast beetween [**typo: between] the monster Institution,
The Tower is surounded [**typo: surrounded] by a high wall, and
skilful muscians; [**typo: musicians;] I have listened with delight
history, and the accumulated discoveries of byegone [**typo: bygone]
acquiline, [**typo: aquiline] his mouth rather small, and not at all
and died at Newstead Abbey, November 18, 1808." [**missing quote inserted]
with the poet and saying:— [**colon added]
had such ruins in view when he exclaimed:— [**colon added]
Elyses [**typo: Elysees] at Paris; and as for statuary, the latter
where the celebrated Reformer, John Knox, re-resided.[**typo: resided.]
lake is carved out and and [**typo: deleted second "and">[ built up into terrace
through to the north gallery, and and [**typo: deleted second "and">[ thence to
myself upon so diminutive a looking [**typo: looking a] creature.
upon the wing—the artifical [**typo: artificial] stream, the brook
seemed to have forgotton [**typo: forgotten] that this was an exhibition
"Sartar [**typo: Sartor] Resartus," and if he does not rise from its
the cloisters of Tinterran [**typo: Tintern] Abbey, in its proudest
that which has accomplished the mightest [**typo: mightiest] and
That measure was in every respect an unconsitutional [**typo: unconstitutional]
practice what they have so long professsd [**typo: professed]. (Hear,
I had writen [**typo: written] for the occasion, was unanimously
taken him back and placed him in goal [**typo: gaol], and
was kept in goal [**typo: gaol] three days, during
into my hand, and at the sametime [**typo: same time] saying,
be a 100 dols. Bank [**typo?: bank] note, on the United States
But the adherence of George Green to the re-resolution [**typo: resolution]
Apparent errata, but possibly acceptable period words: (left as-is in text).
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without the least difficulty, and his jestures, [**typo: gestures,]
Per OED, jesture obs. form of gesture. May be typo?
motion, and the variagated [**typo: variegated] lamps with their many
Per OED, verb variagate was known variant of variegate up to the 19th century
enemies on the 13th Vendimaire [**typo: Vendémiaire]. The Hotel de
May be British variant used at the period
observed visiters [**typo: visitors] lingering about it, as if they
May be valid past spelling
being conveyed to them by means of a pully-basket, [**typo: pulley-basket,]
Per OED, pully known variant of pulley, 15th-19th centuries
under heaven!—Perish the sum of all villanies! [**typo: villainies!]
Per OED, known alternate spelling, 16th-19th centuries
force, carrying, upsetting, engulphing [**typo: engulfing] its adversaries,
Per OED, known alternate spelling (along with ingulf and ingulph);
an example of engulph quoted from an 1871 source.
master and visiters [**typo: visitors] speak of the down-trodden
May be valid past spelling
with long curls of a chesnut [**typo: chestnut] colour hanging down
Per OED, chesnut was the most common spelling as late as 1820.
Johnson set "chestnut" as the standard...
Others found to be acceptable variants:
Bastile,
plebians,
laureat,
trode,
Shakspere.