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THE
PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE,
Vol. III.
Printed by A. Strahan,
New-Street-Square, London.
THE
PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE,
IN FOUR VOLUMES.
BY
MISS JANE PORTER,
AUTHOR OF THADDEUS OF WARSAW, SIDNEY'S APHORISMS, AND THE SCOTTISHCHIEFS.
I will confess the ambitious projects which I once had, are dead withinme. After having seen the parts which fools play upon the great stage; afew books, and a few friends, are what I shall seek to finish my dayswith.
TWEDDELL.
VOL. III.
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, PATERNOSTER-ROW.
1817.
CONTENTS.
- CHAP. I. 1
- CHAP. II. 32
- CHAP. III. 47
- CHAP. IV. 77
- CHAP. V. 94
- CHAP. VI. 113
- CHAP. VII. 138
- CHAP. VIII. 152
- CHAP. IX. 169
- CHAP. X. 184
- CHAP. XI. 198
- CHAP. XII. 220
- CHAP. XIII. 251
- CHAP. XIV. 275
- CHAP. XV. 287
- CHAP. XVI. 306
- CHAP. XVII. 325
- CHAP. XVIII. 350
- CHAP. XIX. 376
- CHAP. XX. 390
THE
PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE,
Vol. III.
CHAP. I.
The first thought that occurred to Louis next day, was a wish toenquire at the door of the Bavarian Palace, after the health of itsnoble inmates. The frank and ardent gratitude of the illustrious widow,had interested his feelings; and, adding to this, the undescribableattaching quality which lies in an obligation, such as that he hadconferred on the Electress, seemed to draw him towards her with anirresistible attraction. Benefits and gratefulness, when interchangedby generous natures, are bonds, garlanded in paradise. They draw, byinvisible[2] cords, but their rivets are eternal. Gratitude looks up withendearing confidence to the bestower of its good; and the consciousnessof yielding protection, like the divine source of all benevolence,fills the heart with a sweet tenderness towa