Great men and famous women - a series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in history Volume 7 (1894) (14783158675)

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Title: Great men and famous women : a series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in history Volume 7

Year: 1894 (1890s)

Authors: Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942

Subjects: Biography

Publisher: New York : Selmar Hess

Contributing Library: Kelly - University of Toronto

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eavily on the springs of health, already deprived by age of theirelasticity and vigor. In the short space of six years he had, by his sacrificesand exertions, discharged more than two-thirds of the debt for which he was re-sponsible, and he had fair prospects of relieving himself from the entire sum.But in 1831 he was seized with a terrible attack of paralysis, to which his familyhad a constitutional tendency, and he was advised to try the effect of a moregenial climate in Southern Europe. The British Government placed a ship at hisdisposal to convey him to Italy; and when he came to London, men of everyclass and party vied with each other in expressing sympathy for his sufferings andhopes for his recovery. In Italy he was received with the greatest enthusiasm, and under the influ-ence of its sunny skies he seemed, for a while, to be recovering. But his strengthwas gone, his heart was in his own home at Abbotsford, and, almost an imbecile,he returned there. He died September 20, 1832.

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SrR W. ALLAN PINXIT. SIR WALTER SCOTT AT ABBOTSFORD. SIR WALTER SCOTT 136 The following letter was written by him to his son Walter, in 1819, soon afterthe young man had entered the army. It illustrates at once his strong affectionsand his knowledge of the world. Dear Walter. *. . . I shall be curious to know how you like your brother officers, andhow you dispose of your time. The drills and riding-school will, of course, oc-cupy much of your mornings for some time. I trust, however, you will keep inview drawing, languages, etc. It is astonishing how far even half an hour a day,regularly bestowed on one object, will carry a man in making himself master ofit The habit of dawdling away time is easily acquired, and so is that of puttingevery moment either to use or to amusement. You will not be hasty in forming intimacies with any of your brother offi-cers, until you observe which of them are most generally respected and likely toprove most creditable friends.. It is seldom that the peop

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