Lady catharine long (6 Ergebnisse)

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PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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See her entry in the Oxford DNB. 2pp, 12mo. Twenty-three lines of text. In fair condition, lightly aged, but with slight creasing at head of leaf. Folded twice. Financial calculations written lengthwise underneath signature, with light smudging. The surviving letter begins, with regard to the soul and survival after death: '[.] am continually thankful-feeling for the promise that God, in time, / 'Will take it down again / And build it all anew.' (The lines are by Richard Chenevix Trench.) She also notes: 'I often feel the pleasure of these lines [by Edmund Waller] too: / "The souls dark cottage, battered and decayed, / Lets in the light thro' chinks that time has made." / and encroaching infirmities are not without their satisfaction when they come as mile-stones to mark how the journey speeds on to our Home: "a prepared Home for a prepared people." She now turns to 'Mrs. Jervoise and her little boy', who have been staying with her, and are well, despite the trial of 'parting again so soon with Capt. Jervoise': 'She has had but a troubled married life as yet, poor thing!' She concludes: 'I hope you are well, and Mrs. Harris, and all your family, & with very kind regards believe me, / My dear Sir / Yours very truly / Catharine Long'.…

Bound in original brown cloth, with blind decorations to covers, spine titles on spine. In good condition. Some minor rubbing to edges, a few small chips top edge. Inscription on front endpaper dated 1908. Inside front hinge endpaper paper a bit cracked. Inside generally clean & tight. Size 20.5cm x 13.5cm 357, 334, 334 pages.…