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TREATMENT .
The principal objects to be kept In view
are Ist, to free the stomach and intestines
f urn offending materials. 2d, to improve
tire tone of the digestive organs and energy
of the system in removing noxious matters
from the stomach, and obviating costiveness.
Violent drastic purgatives should be avoided
and those aperients should be used which
act gently, and rather by soliciting the per
stalic motions of the intestines to their regu
laeity of health, than by irritating them to a
laborious excitement. Vhere is no medicine
better adapted to the completion of this than
oar. 0. P. HARLICH'S GERMAN APERIENT
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LIVER COWL :EVT
Cured by the use of Dr Harlich's Compound
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Mr. Win. Richard, Pittsburg, la. entirely
cured of the above distressing disease: His
somptoms were, pain and weight in the left
side, loss of appetite, vomiting, acrid eructa
tions, a tditention of the stomach, sick
headache, furred tongue, countenance chang
ed to a citron color, difficulty of breathing,
disturbed rest, attended with a cough, great
debility, with other Symtoms indicating great
derangement of the functiens of the liver.
Mr. Richard had the advice of several pity
sicians, but received no relief, until using Dr
Harlich's medicine, which terminated in ef
fecting a perfect cure.
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blood and fluids. It is superior to Sarsa
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Its purgative proparties are alone of in
calculable value, Inc these pills may be
taken daily for any period, and instead of
weakening by the cathartic effect,they add
efrength by taking away the cause of
weakness. They have none of the misers
able effects of that deadly specific Illercu•
ry. The teeth are not injured—the bones
and limbs are not paralysed—no; but
instead of these distreesing symptoms,
new life and consequent animation is evi
dent in every movement of the body.
Brandreth a Pills ate indeed a universal
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wherever it has been introduced, it has
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THE J) URNAL.
HUNTINGDON, PENNSYLVANIA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9. 1840
PAIN OR WEAKNESS.
In all cases of pain and weakness,
whether it be chronic or recent--whether
it be deafness, or pain in the side—wheth
er it arise from constitutional, or from
some immediate cause—whether it be
from internal or external injury, it will
be cured by perservering in the use of
Brandreth.s Vegetable Universal Pills—
because, purging with these Pills those
humors from the body, is the true cure
for all these complaints and every other
form of disease. This is no mere asser
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day it is extending itself far Lad wide—
it is becoming known and more and more;
appreciated.
hen constant exercise cannot be u
sed, from any cause, the occasional use
of opening medicines, such an one as
Brandreth's Vegetable Universal Pills, ,
is absolutely required. Thus the con
, duits of the Ihoon, the fountain of life,,
are kept free from those impurities which
would prevent its steady current minis
teting to health. Thus morbid humors
are prevented from becoming mixed with ,
it. It is nature which is thus assisted
through the means and outlets which she
has provided for herself.
RHEUMATISM.
Entirely cured by the use of Dr. 0. P.
Harlich's Compound Strengthening and Ger
man Aperient Pills.
Mr. Solomon Wilson, of Chester co. Pa.,
afflicted for two years with the above dis
tressing disease, of which he had to use his
crutches for 18 months, his symptoms were
excruciating pain in all his Joints, especially
n his hip, Shoulders and ancles, pain increas
ng al ways towards eyeing attended with
heat. Mr. Wilson, was at 437. e time not able
to move his limbs on account of the pain be
ing so great; he being advised by a triend of
his to procure Dr. Harlich's pill of which he
sent to the agent in West Chester and pro
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day the pain disappeared snd his strength
increasing fast, and in three weeks was able
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LIVER COMPLAINT.
'lbis disease Is discovered by a fixed ob
tuse pain and weight in the right side under
the short ribs; attended with heat, uneasi
ness about the pit of the stomach;—there is
in the right side also a distension—thepatienl
loses his appetite and becomes sick and trou
ble with vomiting. The tongue becomes
rough and black, countenance changes to a
pale or citron color or yellow, like those laf-
Meted with jaudice—difficulty 'of breathing,
disturbed rest, attended with dry caugh, dif
ficulty of laying on the left side—the uody
becomes weak, and finally thedisease termi
nates into another of a more serious nature,
which in all probability is far beyond the
power of human skill. Dr Harlich's com•
pound tonic strengthening and German ape
nest pills, if taken at the commencement of,
this disease, will check it, and by continu
ing the use of the medicine a few weeks, a
perfect cure cure will be performed. Thou
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Certificatesof many persons may daily be
seen of the efficacy of this invaluable medi
cine, by applying at the Medical Office, No
19 North Eight street, Philadelphia.
Also, at the Ftore of Jacob Miller, wo
agent for Huntingdon county.
DYSPFPSIA ! DYSPEPSIA ! !
Afore proofs of the efficacy of Dr. Harlich'
Mr Jonas Hartman, of Sumneytown, Pa. l
entirely cured of the above disease, which
he was afflicted with for six years. His
spmptoms were a sense of distension and op
pression after eating, distressing pain in the
pit of the stomach, nausea, loss of appetite,
giddiness and dimness of sight, extreme de
bility, flatulency, acrid eructations, sime
times vomiting, and pain in the right side,
depression of spirits. disturbed rest, faint
ness, and not able to pursue his business
without causing immediate ,exhaustion and
weariness.
Mr. Hartman is happy to state to the pub
lie and is willing to give any information to
the afflicted, respecting the wonderful ben
efit he received from the use of Dr. Harhch
Compound Strengthening and German ape
rient pills. Principal office No. 19 North
Eighth street Philadelphia. Also for sale
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CAUSE OF DYSPEPSIA
This disease often originates from a hab,
of overloading or distending the stomach by
excessive eating or drinking, or very protrac
ted periods of fasting, an indolent or seden
tary life, in which no exercise is afforded to
the muscular fibres or mental faculties, fear
grief, and deep anxiety, taken too frequent
ly strong purgingmedicines, dysentery, mis
cart iages, intermittent and syasmodic affec
liens of the stomach and bowels; the mo_
common of the latter causes are late hour
and the too frequent use of spiritues liquor
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IrVatli/il GI
BY TIIE LION. R. M. CHARLTON.
—"Ah, for this
We woo the lifelong bridal kiss."
Angel of Earth! oh, what were life
Without:thy form—without thy smile"!
A circle of despair and strife,
Of tuil, of misery, and guile:
Like mists before the morning's ray
As from the snare, the timid dove,
SoMed,thecares of man away,
Beneath thy kind and gentle love.
Was Eden lost because of thee!
Have heroes left a laurel crown,
That they might bow the willing knee,
At dearest shrine that man's renown!
Oh, who would sigh for all the pain,
That less like this could e'er impart,
If he were only sure to gain,
The Eden of a Woman's heart!
Mother! can mortal o'er repay
Thy all devoted sacrifice,
Thy care, that lasts thro' night and day,
Thy love, that never, never dies!
In childhood's hour, in manhood's prime,
When age comes on with slow decay,
In joy, in sorrow, and in crime,
Still beams thy loud affection's ray.
Daughter! The Roman girl of old,
Who from her maiden bosom nursed
The sire, whom dungeon's vile did hold,
Tortured by famine and by thirst,
Shall illustrate thy filial love,
Which can the drooping soul sustain,
Like manna showered from above
Upon Arabia's arid plain.
Sister ! The mate of childhood's hour,
When life was young and fresh and green
The comforter when cares did lower,
The sharer in each joyous scene,
What dearer tie, what purer love,
Can wo around our hearts entwine,
(Save that which beameth from above,)
Than this abiding love of thine !
Yea! there's another from whose charm,
Dalt in itself completely blend
Tao kind affection's, pure and warm,
Of mother, Daughter, Sister, Friend!
WIFE ! oh ! the poet's task is vain,
Thy spell, thy comfort to portray;
As well might painter strive to gain,
The glory of the morning's ray!
Angel of Lite! I would not give
This ever faithful love of thine;
For all the joys on earth that live,
Or all the gems that in it shrine;
Let others Glory's chaplets twine,
Or court the fame that deeds impart,
I seek no dearer earthly shrine,
Than thnt which holds a Woman's heart!
From Burton's Gentleman's Magazine.
THE GLADIATOR.
A Sketch from the Reign of
Nero.
BY WILEY POPE HALE.
CHAPTER I.
I see before me the Gladiator lir;
He leans upon his hand—his manly brow
Consents to death; but conquers agony;
And hie droop'd head sinks gradually low,
The theatre was crowded to overflowing.
The blood-thirsty Nero, attended by Burr
hus and Seneca, had already arrived, and
taken his usual seat high above the arena,
to witness the combat. A more disinterested
expression of countenance cannot be con
ceived, than that which characterized the
features of the emperor, as he sat looking
down upon the arena, now prepared for the
sacrifice of his , •ictim. The populace, long
since accustomed to such fiendish exhibitions
of his tyrahny, had commenced their usual
practice of hissing at the appearance of Nero,
who now rose to hie feet, and demanded in
an authoritivo tone of the attending lidera
to bring forth the devoted combatants. Im
mediately, at his command, the wide and
heavy doors which formed the entrance to
the arena, flew ajar, as if by magic, and
sword in ond appeared the devoted Gladia
tors, who, forced by the lictors into the cen
tre of the arena, in silence awaited the signal
to commence. The one was an athletic
slave—the favorite of the inhuman monarch
of Rome—trained from his infancy to exe
cute the private deeds of vengeance of his
royal master. With a careless" air of self
confidence he stood regarding his unwilling
but haughty antagonist with a smile of con
tempt, as he proudly signified to the em
peror his readiness to commence the conflict
which was to add another to the already in
numerable crimes of Nero. The other was
a Gothl who, for some pretended offence, had
incurred the displeasure of Nero , and by his
order had been condemned to fight the skill
ful Gladiator before himself and the popu
lace.—lie seemed to be a man some years
past the meredian of life, and his furrowed
cheeks and silvery locks gave evident proof
of past care and sorrow. Without exhibi
ting the least sign of fear or trepidation, he
informed the lictor of his willingness to be
gin the combat, at the same time he cast oi!e
farewell, lingering look towards the assem
bly of people, as if expecting to behold some
loved one for the last time, but instantly he
turned away, disappointed at not meeting the
familiar countenance of the one expected.
The populace were now evidently moved to
sympathy at the appearance of the venerable
combatant tile gray hairs wrinkled brow,
majestic air, and noble bearing, all conspired
to excite and arouse the dormant feelings of
humanity, in favor of the prisoner and loud
murmurs of disapprobation might be heard
distinctly to issue from the gallery. In a
short time the noise increased and the words
of "down with the tyrant!" "Let's slay the
miirderer!"4 were successively wafted to the
ears of the affrighted Nero, who, fbaming at
the mouth now arose and exclaimed—"By
Jupiter! the slave that speaks shall fight'
himself—now silence fools and let the fight
commence.'
At these words Majesticus the prisoner
started from his reverie. Hie whole frame
which before had appeared so calm was now
distorted with rage fire flashed from his
hitherto dull black eye—turning to the
citizens lie exclaimed. "Romans and friends!
listen while I tell you the cause of this: have
ye daughters? I had one and I loved her but
the tyrant—" . _
"Attack him Sextus!" exclaimed the en
raged emperor to the Gladiator fearing some
sudden disclosure. Scarcely had the com
mand been given when the hireling slave
already tired of the long delay rushed with
an impetuous attack upon his unpratised op
ponent. The shock though unexpected was
received by the victim in a manner worthy
of a more experienced swordsman at the same
time re-covering he inflicted upon the neck
of the slave a wound which caused him to
stagger streaming with blood across the
arena. Loud shouts of applause now rent
the theatre and the Goth astonished st his
own success followed up his advantage and
repeating his blow brought the Roman to
his knee. All were now on the tiptoe of ex
pection loud cries of .slay the villain," now
burst front the seats and the sword of the
prisoner was raised high above the head of
his enemy to perform the wish of the people!
—silence deep and death-like now pervaded
the whole assembly the fallen Gladiator
stared his conqueror in the face with sullen
malignity; the emperor pale as a corpse his
eyes starting out of their sockets looking
down upon the pair unable to open his quiver
ing lips—he gasped as if the last hope was
severed.
"By heaven!" at last he exclaimed to
Seneca—"Ly heaven he shall not die—
battled—out done, slain by an ignoble Goth.
By Mars! it is to bad!" end in order to ar
rest the attention of Majesticus and save hie
favorite, in a loud voice exclaimed, "what
ho! Majesticus!"
At the mention of his name, the Goth sud
denly turned towards the speaker, when the
agile Sextus sprang to his feat, and with re
newed vigor continued the combat with so
much dexterity as to gain the advantage in
n few passes, for the Goth, not expecting ,
.such a movement, now acted on the defen',
sive. The emperor smiled maliciously as he
perceived the effect of his artifice. The skill
of the practised Gladiator was now brought
to bear, and the inequality of the combatants
was clearly perceived, for the strokes of
Majesticus waxed fainter and fainter at'every
blow of his antagonist, who, emboldened by
his success and confident of victory directed
his blows with more skill and certainty.
"Cursed treachery!" cried the Goth, as
covered with wounds and streaming with
blood, he nerved his arm to the utmost
and summoning his remaining strength he
aimed one decperate blow at the breast of his
opponent, who skilfully avoiding the pass at
the same time plunging his weapon, !Venus
Capulo, into the heart of his victim ! The
tumult in the gallery increased—the em
peror prepared hastily to depart—a shriek
loud and heart-rending now burst upon the
ears of the spectators! and a female appear.
ing at the entrance of the arena, proclaimed
at once the cause of the disturbance. She
was beautiful in the extreme—pale and
marble-like, she steed like a statue regarding
the Gladiators.—The dress she wore was of
spotless white; simple but arranged with a
taste of extreme neatness and her jet black
hair hung in loose festoons nearly down to
her very that. At last recovering from her
petrifaction—she rushed between the com
batants just as Sextue had withdrawn his
fatal weapon, who, aiming to repeat his blow,
to make death more certain, dyed his blade
again in the blood of his innocence
"Father! murmured the dying girl, as the
red blood stained her spotless garments;
father! I am dying! bless me father ere I die!"
"Na! my child! it is—it is—my Mina;
tyrant—villain!—ha! ha! ha!" exclaimed the
dying father in a voice of distracted agony
and staggering back, he tell on the arena a
lifeless corpse, embracing even in death the
inanimate firm of his martyred daughter.
The assembly h:oke forth in rebelious epithets
against the emperor, and were hastily ap
proaching to put their threats in execution,
when Nero, warned by Seneca of his danger
retreated amid the curses of the rabble; by a
backway to his palace.
BYRON.
CHAPTER IL
He, their erre,
Butchered to make a Roman holiday,
All this rushed with his blood—shall he expire
And unavengeill Arise, ye Goths, and glut
your sire. EDTRON.
'Twas midnight. The emperor had long
since retired to his apartment. lle lay upon
hie couch, wrapped in irregular slumbers,
and annoyed by unwelcome dreams. °fie!
ha! ha!" exclaimed he, in his sleep, "see, she
dies!—ha, is she his daughter? Then, I am
avenged—now let a slave learn how to
thwart a Ciesar—what! blood?—Yes! blood
—a I ;tesar'a blood"! No the blood of the hatred
Goth!"
The roars of the tumult, occasioned by the
enraged people, were now wafted to the ears
of the murderer—the monarch of Rome—
who awakening and springingfrom hie couch
hastily put on his armour, and stood in the
centre of the apartment, the very picture of
terror and dismay.
"Ha, Vintlicus!—slave—ha! dolt thou
sleep when a etesar sailer oried the terified
Nero.
await your commands,"* . answerei a
tall youth, entering the apartment of the
emperor. It was a young man just ripening
into manhood, dressed in the garb of the
common slave, but his prominent features
and the dark uster of curly ringlets, which
hung in rich profusion around his shoulders,
proclaimed him to have been born of noble
parentage. Having made his obediance to
the emperor, he retired towards the window
which overlooks the principal street in front
of the palace; and had the emperor observed
more closely, he might have seen him clutch
frantically a dagger, which was but partially
concealed in his bosom.
"Seed thou any thine" asked Nero, in
a voice rendered scarcely audible by: tears;
eee'at thou any thing?—for the sake of Rome,
what means this uproar?"
A smile of triumph lighted up the pale
features of the youth as he turned to the
emperor, and said—.`Fly, sir! fly! there is no
time to spare—'tis Vindex, the Gaul, fly, sir!
fly!—tollowed by the people and the Prretor
ian guards, he approaches the palace—fly,
sir! fly!" exclaimed again and again the
youth impetuously.
"Fly! slave!—ily from whom? a Cwear fly!
—by the Gods! if thou dared utter that word
again, I'll cleave the in two!"
The noise increased not' to a tenfold de
gree. The emperor trembled—the shouts of
the mob could now be distinctly heard—
nearer and nearer they approached the win
dow, "Ilo,'the tyrant! down with the tyrant
exclaimed the Gaul from without as he en
deavored to force an entrance into the palace.
Alarmed for hie immediate safety, Nero ap
proached the slave, and affectionately laying
his ;land on his shoulder, said, in a voice as
mild as fear would permit—"Vindtcus ! dost
thou love thy master?"
"Doat doubt thy slave, sir," answered the
youth emphatically.
"By heaven, I do not!—but see! the whole
of Reins is against me, The Preetorian band
and Burrhun, and all, are ungrateful rabble
—assist me now, slave ! and command a
Ctesar hereafter. Nay, be quick, reiterated
Nero, as the tumult increased, or 'twill be
too late. Say, slave, can'st thou not help? is
there no assistancel haat thou no safety?"
"I have!" muttered Vindicue.
" , What!"
"Thiel" whispered the slave through hie
clenched teeth, drawing from hie bosom the
hidden dagger.
'What meanst thou, slave!" asked Nero
in an alarmed voice.
"To save my master!" was the cold re
sponse. "Say sir! dolt thou recollect the
Goth—the Gladiator!"
"Well, what of him, boy!"
"He was— "
"What!"
"My father!"
"He! exclaimed the emperer,and the girl
"My sister!" answered the youth wildly.
"Ha! cried Nero, dolt thou threaten me.
slave! OH' villain! or I'll strike thee dead at
my feet! Threaten a (Item.l by heaven 'tie
perfidy complete—oh! save me! I know not
what I soy! No! no! no! thou wilt not! All
hell is 'caged against me—boy! villain! slave
stand out of my way!—ho! there! guards, hol
ho! treachery!"
"Then vengeance, to you duty!" cried the
youth as he seized the emperor by the throat
and hurling him prostrate on the floor—Thus!
1 avenge thee! father! sister!"—and he buried
his dagger deep, deep in the heart of the
tyrant.
[From the London Mirror.]
cmaisTlNE.
AT THE CONVENT 01 EONEENWERDEI
One of the many islands, that, spring
ing up in the midst of the Rhine, add so
much to the varied beauty of that noble
river, is the well known Inset of Nonnen
werder, situated at a slight distance above
the heights of the Siebengeburge, The
scenery at this part of the river is, with
out exception, beautiful—on the one hand
the majestic summits of the seven moun•
tains rise in the distance, whilst the
Rhine on the opposite side, forms a broad
basin, bounded by the vine clad hills,
that rise out of the waters, and in which
are reflected their verdent basis, v ith
such portion of the scattered villages as
may skirt the waters edge. Which way
soccer the eye may be turned, it is gree
ted by a landscape of the most finished
beauty. The broad river, enclosing with
in two arms; the island we have mention
resumes its course within more con
tracted limits, To the right, crowning a
lofty rock, arc the ruins of the old castle
of Rolandseck, from which the brave
Roland, nephew of Charleinange, looked
down on the cloisters of Nonnenwerder,
plat buried her mistress from him and the;
[WHoza No. 280
world. This; convent is now "desecrated
to the vile uses of a most vile hotel, the
boast of a small handful of dwellings
sprinkled over the little island—a consid
erable encroachment of land upon the bed
of the river, marks the site of the adja
cent islet of Grafenwerder, joining on the
right bank of the Rhine, some years since
by the celebrated Wiebaking.
This is a rapid, and for our purpose,
sufficient sketch of the 'present appear
ance of the spot in which the incidents re
corded in our narrative, are said to have
occurred. flaring, therefore, duly made
Iknown to the most gentle reader the
Place to which his attention is directed,
it remains only to satisfy him concerning
the time; is this respect, he must, indeed.
be exorbitant who requires complete sat
isfaction; in this, as in other legends, it is
sufficient that the time lies—reroute. If
this specification should not be satisfactos
ry, three more only remain to be given.
The events we are about to record hap,
pened before the castle of Rolandseck was
a ruin, before the convent of flonnenwer
der became a hotel, and before the hand
of improvement had joined the contigu
ous islet to the main land.
Those who have admired the Rhine
when clothed in its summer, or, better
still, autumn splendor, can scarcely be
able to concieve the appearance of the
same river in the winter season. The hills
that acquired so much beauty from-the
vineyards that covered their sides then,
from that very circumstance appear yet
more desolate; their verdure, unlike that
of our turf-clad hills, disappears with the
fall of the leaf, leaving nothing for the
eye to dwell upon but the coarse sandy
soil on which the vines are planted, to.
gether with the tall strai g ht poles on
which they are trained. The river, also
which in the warmer weather season, had
glided swiftly and &monthly on its course
now swells and rages, bearing with it, in
an impetuous torrent, vast masses of ice,
which bear destruction to any vessel that
dares to encounter its violence. During
this season, too, the usual bounds nu lon
ger restrain the angry flood, but the river
pours forth its waters over the adjacent
lands, to a considerable distance on eith.
er aide.
It was in the depth of such a winter that
a fair lady knelt within the convent of
Nonnenwettler. Within a small stone
cell, containing no furniture beside her
pallet, a single - stool, and the table with
its book and crucifix; before which she
was postrated; all spoke of seclusion and
pennanee. Yet the lady's dress of
white was not that of one who had fore. t
sworn the world; and her features, though
now expressing the most bitter anuish,
seemed originally, to have been moulded
by mirth and gaiety. But , even the
misery of the scene without, could not
have vied with the dreariness and desola
tion of the heart that once throbbed so
merrily, and, as she knelt before the sym
bol of salvation, to seek consolation in
prayer, though her lips formed the oft re
peated words, her mind was wandering
back to scenes of happiness.
"I cannot,"—and she buret into tears
as she rose from her vain aspiration," "I
cannot pray; my thoughts hang over this
00. H and Rudolf."
A sett tapather cell door announced
a visiter, and the next moment the ab
bess entered, the lady abbess was a state
ly woman and proud, yet her dregs be
spoke humility, and so would her words
have done, but their very sound belied.
them.
"/ come hither Sister Christine. to
learn thy final determination; the month
thy parents gave thee for reflection hats
now elapsed— wilt thou then, Sister, re
turn to thy home, and wed him for whom
thou art destined, or does it better please
thee to preserve a vain and forbidden love•
shut up for life in this convent?"
A half suppressed sigh was the only an
swer on the part of the sorrowing Chris
tine "
"My child, I wait an answer."
Still Christine replied only in tears.
"Christine," said the abbess, -.thou
halt a duty to perform, hest thou pray
ed for strength to go through with it?"
"I have knelt, lady"—and Christine
paused, for she dared not add that she
had knelt in prayer.
The abbess. however was satisfied, she
perceived not the dietinetion between
prayers that dwell only on the lips, and
those that arise from the overflowings
of
a pious heart, and she proceeded to urge
the unfortunate mained to voluntary sac
rifice.
“Lady.” replied ChristineJnful I well
do I know that, unless I submit to the
cruel wish of my parents, and wed him
whom I loathe, and that, too, this night.
I must take the veil, and vow an eternal
divorce from the world to-morrow—l
know, alas, that there is no appeal
butl cannot obey my parents, and vow
love to him I abhor; neither can I, on the
{other hand, renounce a world to which
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heart-strino are bound; see, thee,
bow dreadful heart-strings
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