Ethel's story- illustrating the advantages of patience (1856) (14566633250)

Identifier: ethelsstoryillus00phil (find matches)
Title: Ethel's story: illustrating the advantages of patience
Year: 1856 (1850s)
Authors:
Subjects: Children's stories, English
Publisher: Philadelphia: Perkinpine & Higgins
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



Text Appearing Before Image:
ll. I hope, Walter, you will bear it next spring,when we pay your uncle our long promised visit;but, Lincoln Cathedral is famous for somethingelse besides its great bell: its architecture is ofthe richest and lightest style; and is well worththe closest examination. Papa, I thought you had known the Landorsin Yorkshire ? yet, you say, they lived in Lin-colnshire ! They resided in Yorkshire, Clara, beforetheir misfortunes; they afterwards removed to the small cottage in which Mr. Landor died, andwhere the family remained until they removedto Scotland. Then they could place no more flowers ontheir fathers grave. ISTot almost every evening, as formerly; buttwo years since, thej^ paid a visit to Mrs. Lan-dors sister, who lives near their former cottage;and within an hour after their arrival, Ada andher two cousins, Charles and Edwin, hastened to the spot; her mamma would not let Mary gothat evening, fearing she might be too muchfatigued. Are the two counties near each other, papa V* 54 ^^ ^
Text Appearing After Image:
ECNEITAP AND ECNEITAPMI. Yes, Clara; the river Humber divides them.Papa, to what part of Scotland did Mrs.Landor go, when she removed from Lincoln-shire ? To the neighborhood of Linlithgow, Emma;a lake near the town is very remarkable for itswater, being celebrated for its bleaching pro-perties. Is there not a palace there, papa?There once stood the Palace of Linlithgow,in all its pride; but now, the greater portion ofit is in ruins, Herbert. Was it a royal residence, papa?Yes, Clara, when in its grandeur! indeed, itwas a convenient country abode, being onlyabout sixteen miles from Edinburgh. It wasthe birth-place of Mary, Queen of Scots. Poor Mary! Papa, do you think she deserved the cruel treatment she received? /cannot decide, my dear Emma, as to herguilt or her innocence: one thing is certain —throug\iout many years of almost unparalleleddeprivations, she maintained the strictest friend-ship with Ecneitap; in fact, they were rarelyseparate. 55 A TRUE FAMILY MYSTERY. Her fate, po