Is This Religion?; Or, a Page from the Book of the World, by the Author of 'May You Like It'.
by Charles Benjamin Tayler (9781150147814)

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1826 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER III. After her father's death, Maria removed to the Cottage-farm. Mr. Graham had left his business, and his house in, with a thousand pounds, to his nephew Luke Allan. Maria came into the possession of eighty thousand pounds. She cared not then, however, for her money, but shut herself up, and gave way in an extravagant manner to grief. The fatigue which she had undergone during her father's illness, and her neglect of her health, had reduced her to a very weak state. Her friends begged her to take medical advice, and her physician advised change of air. He thought the mild and refreshing climate of the south Devon coast would be particularly beneficial. Maria replied, in a rather peevish manner, that she could not bear to leave home. She did not think change of air could do her good. The physician declared that he knew a lady who was then residing at Sidmouth -- hiswife had just received a letter from her, in which she had expressed herself delighted with the place. Miss Graham might have heard of her -- Mrs. Hunter Bond Maria raised her head like one suddenly revived. " Oh yes, she was slightly acquainted with Mrs. Hunter Bond, and a very charming woman she was she had met her frequently at Mrs. Andrews." Maria set off for Sidmouth. In her way through London, she remained for a few weeks at the house of her friend, Miss Honey- wood. While there, she provided herself with what Miss Honeywood termed " a suitable equipage." Miss Graham had been some time at Sid- mouth without having seen or heard any thing of Mrs. Hunter Bond. At last she happened to meet her in a shop at Exeter; an...

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