SPECIAL ARTICLE,
THE GREATEST QUEEN IN THE WORLD.
BY MARIE CORELLI.
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Show me on whether there 1s were to come than in past, or more past than is to
come!"
One wonders, glancing back through the history of the triumphant reign of our great and good Sovereign, how things might have been if the Prince Consort had lived: If the Queen, instead of being driven by deep grief and heart-
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Such was the prayer of the prophet Esdras in Babylon, to the Angel who was sont from Heaven to instract him. We, in our genera- tion. zay ask the same question to-day, and proffor the same ontreaty to the Recording Angel of the world's history-that invisible sugal who stands for over among us, nute but strictly observant. Show us whether there be more to come than is prst-or more past then is to come. For it is difficult to grasp the ides of any mors perfect monarch's reign than that of our beloved. Queen and Express-it is well-nigl. impossible to tunagine a more magn ficout Empire than car own, over which this noblest, purest cul best of women holds her dominion. All the great kingioms of ancient days fade into insigailcance beside the grandeur, the progress, the steadfast making for trath jastics and freedom, which pre-eminently dis- tinguish the Pritisa, rate-and the power, the Arata force, the barbarie ostentation of conquest nul egotin of the Roman Caesars vanish like a mist of the marshes when confronted and com- pared with the cue clear light of unsullied goed- ness in the heart of our Mother of Nations" -the simple woman who, by pure love and faith, bus done more then countless legions of fighting England can ill afford the loss. Her grief for been more faithfully followed by the majority of its "strange ways," turned out to be the does for us, how unwearingly and patiently he | TUNG KWAN SAN, or “Army men could ever do for the glory of the country; aut has fulfiled a far higher destiny and won a far greater fame than say conqueror who ever ruled by fear. Victoria, whose name is Victory, is sud will be for all time unique as the monarch always victorions. She knows nothing of defeat Victories are her's by son and land-ristorien. not only over territories and peoples, it over barbarane systems of slavery, superstition and prejudice-lctorios of enlightenment and civil
learning, in education and refional advancement these cluster round her throne and adorn mers Lailliantly than the most priceless jewels can adein, her Imperial.orowa. And yet, what hshe done? In the eyes of these who admire aroganes in a Roverelga and pompous assortion jower-nothing! Her interes is of that Arep and gentle and convincing nature which is felt more than econ, and it extends not only threagh her own "Happy Isbs." bat away out to the younger children of her love-those for off and faithful zolonies, springing up in their youthful and splendid vigour to take active part in the grand work of supporting and maintain ing, at their highest culmination, the dignity and honour of Great Britain. It is an influence
ection--no one like her has been beloved woman, wife and mother, as well as monarch of an Empire and friend of all-bo one in her position has ever won so much lors and so little cumity She has experienced all the chinges of cur changing life; she has known joy and sonow with us all; and us we ucte each fresh grace she
performs all duties which she thinks any give us pleasure, how she never forgets to do a kind. meas when she can (for when kindnesses are forgotten it is not she who forgets, but those whoso place it is to ramenlur)-how in spite of formal surroundings and curt officialisa she does somehow manage to get her own loving way sometimes, and make herself more familiarly known to us as new, when she gives a fuli measure of joy to Troland-can we say too much much for her God save the Queen" is no mere formula: it is something more than the rofrain of a national song. It is the prayer of à mighty people, a people of viripus elmer and colour and creeds all difforing in opinion, but all handed together in ons great family of union and defence under the cue tothor whose love has never failed us and never will, our own Victoria, the greatest Queon in the world:
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wation-victories in selones, discovery, in without hesitation to whatever duties of state ing-in fact, it is extremely doubful whether sweetest-ber heart one of the etanachest. of her, or think too much of her, or pray tooing, is a man of great energy and business
Perhaps there was never a time more convinco many of that would not be seen at Mouten for a long time like the ugly duckling cingly marked by the Queen's mother-love for her people than now, while the war in South Africa is still claiming the lives of pinny whom
the brave fellows who have fallen-her sympathy and care for the bereaved ones left to free their desolate Eton alone-her interest in every detall of the campaign her auxiety for every scrap of xows from the front-ber simple, womanly regret for the whole deadly quarrel-all this showa na plainly what a trae and tender friend we have in our beloved monarch. And when we remember her great age, which she bears so cheerily and courageously, giving herself up
call her forth into public evidence, our reverence is mingled with wonder and admiration that she can and will do much to endear herself still more to our hearts. Our soldiers right all he the hous of her blood, from the tenderness sho express concerning them. They are "My poor soldiers?" with her they are not mere good for powder and shot as they have often been considered by former sovereigns of the and poor seldiers! Their wonnds, their losses, their palas, their troubles, are bus too, she feals them with on scute sympathy, and her kind heart aches for Tommy's weariness, ferers, excitements, and general irritation when he is goat home invalidled and craves to go out again. There is in her gentle, noble nature
gested in the following voraca none of the course indifference to his fate sug
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virtues of her ser; for as chaste wife, faithful, perpetrated by one, or a few, of their country her Majesty's visit to the disthreeful" country history of our Empire. We can greely expect. widow, and loving mother, she has no rival. men agamat the Queer, whose notis reputation, need not here be emplirvised. Those who are fa continuo a march of such Imperial triumph | Throned out crowned and sceptred "la the as well as rica reverend age, should ensure inclined to indulgo in raatling thoughts of the forever. It is well, thogatera, that we should fierce light" of the whole world's constant her safety from this kind of curse indignity past, and to dwell on old injuries and bitter-be humble as well as grateful, and at this time observation, she yet remains as unaffected and France has been famous in part annals for asses, should try to feel and to realles that it of day, devoutly prayerfal. Let us entreat the sincers of soul as the most unsophisticated of courage, chivalry, and honour to women-It is not their gentle and gracious Queen who has Ordainer of all events for the Queen, that she her subjects, and le lu very truth one with them a pity she should allow these qualities to appear of her own will and wish appeared to og may be spared to us even beyond the extreme in the ordinary round of their daily existence, even for a time mythical or obsolete. There is lost them. It should be remembered that she is limits of ordinary buman life, ceeing that ye Are we bereaved of our best beloved? Bo is then wit in eering at the Queen; and it is only & Constitutional Sovereign, and must generally need hor so much more than most kingdoms Queen. · Hare we lost friends or children? So the lowest son man of the streets that would do as her Ministars bid. Never has such an need their Sovereigna. There is no cue so good has the Queen. Have we suffered from evil fling a stone at a woman. We hope, for the opportunity occurred for her boldly to take her as she iso aimple, so kind, so thoughtful of speaking and mis-judgment? So has the Queen. credit of our distinguished neighbour acroNS own initiative as now, when the dauntless, high us all. Her little hand holds this great Empire And la our joys—is also not equally one with us Channel, that such unworthy attempts to attract spirited sona of Firin havo fought and died for in the gentle grasp of loving kindnem. She is there? Do we love a simple home life, surrounnotice may be put a stop to but oren if the her causs. With that the perception and in- the bond of union between the Old World and ded by those who are dearest to us, and removed scavengers of the French press continue to stinctive tact inherent in her nature, the Queen the Now. Her spirit is with her brave soldiers altogether from vulgar show and ostentation? | print their miserable scurrilities, it can only has recognised that now or never must her on the field of battle, and wherever she can, she So does the Queen Do we find rest and more such a nation as ours to wonder and com children of the Emerald Isle learn that the takes her welcome presence to them when they pleasure in the natural beauty of the world, the passion to think that France, beautiful, prundmother love of her heart is as war for them are brought fiome wounded and disable. She perfume and colour of flowers, the songs of artistic, glorious, admired Franco can sink won it is for all her glorious konsehold of actions. eriness a constant, activa interest in the work birds, the still grandens of the mountains: and low.
and time the loss of hor Irish sons who have of foreign peoples despite foreign insaft-she the coal leafago of the woods? So does the
bean stricken down in battle for her honour his sonda hor greeting to the sous and daughterm Queen. Do we understand the winsome ways
daised her as much grief and as many tears as of her loyal Colonies with all the tenderness sto of Ettla children, and take delight in making
even they, in their passionate exigency of neel truly feels-out to her dasky children of India them happy? So does the Quom. Do we
and clamour for love, could demand. Great was and Afghanistan for benediction goes-and interest ourselves in the hopes of young people,
the joy and pride of England on this last St. wherever her name is spoken it is received with and in the bridal happiness of lovers newly break, to retire into more or less privacy, had Patrick's Day, when the bright green far en renovation and homage. Unique in goodness, wedded? So does the Queen. In all such quiet,pontionally appeared at the head and front of Hazoned with the Hmy of Finn floatel beside caique in power, aniqas in history, she is, in natural and innocent pleasures, the Quson is one society, and taken ontinslestic part in all its the Royal standard from many window in her great ago and continued vigom, the crown- with us it is only in social vice and tolly that doings! Certainly there would have been a very as a city and town-and willingly and with ing splendoar of her splendid reign. No one he takes be part. Eren in the humble homes different state of things to that which exists at light hearts did we all do our best to char turiko her, has been the founder of new civiliza of the poor and aged, and to the besides of the present. We dare saralss that the "profga Queen Mother's command, and wear the bright tions, the engrafter of great changwa for good slick and dying, we cannot go without feeling sional beauty" would be unknown. We venture little shamrock on our breaste as a sign of affee which have spread into wide and increasing CHEONG LAN STREET, CANTON. that the sympathy of the Queen accompanies us to think divorces would not be so common. And tion, not only for cur Sovereign but for our in everything we do to relieve satering and to it is just pondble that some of the aristocrnoy sister island Lovely Ireland, with its purple create content.
would be leading very different lives, and that hills, deep green vallaya, lakes and streams. has
Carlo season after esasoa, gambling away thoir of the fairy fable; but we must not forget how reputations and virtues together. Ths Queen's that och tormented bird, whom none of its atsadfast, beautiful example of life would bare brothers and sisters vonbl understand on uscount
than it is, and the eatres into the Upper Tez fairest of the brood after, all and developed into would not have been given to the newest the graceful beauty of the swan. With tender American or South African millionairo. To beness, with care, with affection where has been presented at Court would have been really a mistrust, with fenterity where there has beau distinctive sign of houcur and high standing, dispate. Er will realise this transfiguration not a mere form of social castors and usage in in herself, not mark the days on which her which flaunting Vice rubs shoulders with modest grib Queen-Blather came to rest under her Virtue. The atrocious vulgarity, slang, and protection, as a golden tims in her calendar. opon licentiousness of the so-called "smart set e brighter daughter of the home does Victoria would never have disgraced our English breed possess than Erin-hez face is one of the
this cast as" would have existed at all; or Portry, romance, beauty, distinguish her, and if it had existed, it would not have boon termed when she sends her warriors out to fight there smart, but rather the contrary. Even as ars few that can match them or rezist then. matters now stoud we all know that it is merely Little need be said for the Irish women, whose by the marest "Buke," or through the most standard for upright living and chastity is the cautiously contrived sokuning, that every one of highest in the world, or for the sweet wild Irish theas same smart people couches the Sove girls with their bright oyaaand dark tangles of reign's actual presence at Windsor or at hair. and lovely, laughing, animated faces Oshome. It is hy the merest accident, and that The Queen, in her good heart, court hat | accident seldom occurs a second time. The rejoka to know of such fresh youth and beauty personal friends of the Queen are ines and and unspoilt innocenes, dourishing as the flowers women of upright and honourable life, and there fourish in this mossy dell-like corner of her is very strong visibly line of demarcation Empira. The gallant Irish borees who have between her Majesty's gucate and what is called fallen in the light have not perished in vain, it society" In London this line of demarcation their memory brings the Quee closer to Irishi is not so quickly and generally observable as it hearts; and makes her ons of them. which appeals to the best instincts of all men
With the spring that is now breaking in upon and all women-the home intinence the mother
is in the provinces. Londen is a sesthing whirl- pool of incessent excitement, incessant "rash, " de, we may hope that peace will come like the incessant competition; and perhaps one of the dore of life ark, Bring across the troubled waters lore. In all our annals we can find no king or queen of England who has been so much and so
fernest vruggles going on in it to-day le the and bringing good news of rest For the truly the lead the national home as Queen
fight between honour and legracs—whether to Queen's bake we pray that this may be; and Victoria Schemes of personal ambition, self- }
live wall or live ill-whether to sell the soul to that the clouds which have darkened our skies Mammon or keep it clean for God; and hetween so threateningly may disperas in clear sunshine argrandisement, treachery, and libertinage, to gether with callous indifference to the country's
the great houses that "ressive" the Phrynes We want all nations to understand that we welfare, have oftou dobused and darkened the
and Aspains of the stage, and those who pay desire brotherhood rather than enmity-lovo | reigns of many of our monarchs, and there is
servile worship to the speculster, there is very instead of hatred. We Love byen blessed abuu- not due to whom we can point with such pride
little to choose. This is an age of democracy." dently with good things-and it will be impos such lova and such liat teaterness as the vener
said a lady of birth and position the other day. gible for future history to chronicle a more able and angust Soveesiga whom we chorigh
"I should have to receive my butcher as a glorious ora of advancement in good works and to-day with a deration beyond ell words, a
gentleman if Le made a boom in South good feeling than that of Victoria, Queen and loyally exceding all expression. She is truly
Africans. Such a statement as this requires Empress A universal charity has prevailed the greatest Queen in the world. There has
no comment; but it is no doubt quite true. We throughout the real-norer have the poor had never tean one ke ber, and it is not probable
This is scarcely the right spirit to foster be demur, however, at the expression "have to re- BD much done for them-novor have the sick that there over will be on like her again tween the Sovereign and her fighting men, caire. There is as compulsion. We do not been so carefully housed and teaded, never has "Show me whether there be more to soms than When our warriors of old tims shaped England's "have to receive any one against our own will anyone with brain and skill and determination HAVE This Day REMOTED my He is past, or more past thou is to come!" grentues, and laid down the lines of glory and and will-and the line of demarcation before had better chances of forturie than now. And I de Tous Po, bu, Pray) bust, to No.
It is a curious fact, but a tras ong, that there honour for future generations to follow, they mentioned comes in much more forcibly with the despite the foot previously alluded to, that there Leronrow HILL ROAD. ars very few civilised countries where “woman's die not count up personal tronbles or hardshipe country people than with those of the town. Of is no civilised country where women's work work" is made such a butt for man's contemp--they never complained of long riarches or course there is that afflictive person" the county meets with so mash flippant vidicale from the
Hongkong, 16th May, 1900. tuous axdienly as in England. Yet England is scant fore--nor let it be well remembered mob" who reosives nobody but the wealthy. He or carnal man as in our own, the intellectual pro- : the core and centre of that vast British world have they ever complained at all of any of their "she is not by any means a gentlemen or a ladypress of wonian under a woman's government of freedom and progress which is dominated by sufferings, not now, or at any time. They have But the true county gentleman the true county bus her stendy and sure nad triumphant. : Tizis Woman: Strange paradox! The Englishman never bogged the nation's charity not lady, is generally a very plausing epatimenof what fact alone is a distinctive mark of our Queen's is over-quick to sneer at woman's advancement now, or at any time. Two or three newspapers a gentleman or a lady should be. Hespitable kind great spoch. Woman is no longer forced to be in art, in literatura in scholarshing, and genera in want of "copy" mag complain and beg for hearted, fond of home, helping their neighbours
a slave or a toy, depending upon the fancy or intellectual ability, and affects to despise what them-hat they themselves have nothing to and taking interest in everything imaodiately caprice of man, who, as her master, might of his ho cannot ignore, yet, all the while 'tis a woman sap int one thing-Duty! They have never about them, they give themselves no vulgar on will cleat either to defend of despise ber that rules him, and to a woman slons he is called themselves "beggara." If they once "airs," and are wonderfully unodaented in slang as suited his own convenience. A thousand compelled to bênd the knee! Off goes his hat began to take this low estimate of their pro- vernacular. Yet they call a spade a spade, channels are open to her to earn an independent ut sight of "The Queen! -oheete break from
living, and day by day her value and usefulness his throat at the proclaimed words "The
as a worker rises higher in public estimstion, Queen'*'*-—-—-both "knights and earls, and knavés
This may or may not be due to the Queen's and churly” bow their heads to “the Queen!"—
induance, or the consoleumess that we all have, and great ustions not allied to us by love or
that pur Sovereign, though the ruler of the Kinship, are moved to a sense of compumption
most magnificent empíra in existenča, is still.... aron in the widet of their most frenzied attacke
only a woman! Whatever may be the cause of Anglophoten by a message or a visit from
the fact is thors; and the intellectual capacity of
What did you got to eat and drink,
Johnnis, Johnnic Standing water as thick as ink,
Johnnie, my Johnnie, almi
A bit of beef that were three year stored, A bit o mutton as tough as a board, And a fort we killed with a sorgcant's sword, When the widow give the party. What did you do for knives and forks,
Johnnie, Johnnie
We carries on with us wherever we wnika,
Johnzie, ray Johnnie, aha!
And some was alloed and some was halved, And some was crimped and some was carred, And some was gutted and some was starved,
....... When the widow give the party.”
fession, the prestige of the arniy would soon be
and if a Daito miebshares himself he is not at gh end. If they started grumbling at "bar, considered a gentleman; if a Duchess is “rapid” barous war," or at their rations when the she is distinctly given the cold shoulder. The widow gires the party,” there would soon be line of demarcation is gently but firmly drawn, seething rebellion, where there is now loyalty, And so it chances that in retired parts of the devotion, and herois indifference to merely country one often come across women, both young physical inconvenience. But they know them- and old, who are like what the women must have salves and their calling too wall to do this be in the early days of our good Queen's reign
there is no one who feels greater sympathy for Thay, now, each and every man of them, that them then the Queen they serve; and that when she thanks her brave men for brave deeds bravely done, her gratitude comes from the heart, and not from the Ups alone. Her recent visits to the hospitals where her wounded soldiers lle hare borne ample evidence to this. Her in
finets are all those of sympathy, gentleness and love.
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KWONG CHI KOON is one of the largest Native Drug shops in Canton, cumploying about 300 men, The Proprietor, Mr. U.Yux capacity, nad is ciso very benevolent, giving away thousands of dollars worth of medicine in charity, usually with an eye to the main of- chance. He has any testimonials as to the Beiency of his reticutes from officials, scholars he is prest faith in medicins and is desirous of and business men. Like the Chinese generally extending his business to foreign countries, riving people of western lands the benefit of his
madicines
He has submitted to me the formulas of some of his preparations for examination, giving full explanation as to the medical yanlities of the ingredient. I have found the Thug Kwan Sno or Army Madient Powder and the Tit Ta Sas
Falling and Braising Medical Powder KKKK esed of ninek, Berors, Campbox, Rhubarb, two Kids of with red oxido of
Gr posted
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yellow sulphide a wostoru phar
Plisrensl which are
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imal ry Besides this it contains gold leaf, tigers and dra gons bones, shavings of antelope and rhinoceros Lerns, which I have shown him that chemical grience proves to be inert, be proposes to emit from the medicine prepared for foreign use.
The medicine is to be civily used be a pion nutatory, as is put up in all metal bottles by witch is can be injected into the nostrils.
The small amount of oxide of mercury and sulphide of arsenic will not be dangerous ad in this way.
(Signed) J. G. KERR.
Canton Hospital.
riethod of using the medicines.
Directions are given according to the Chinese
The patara of the all is very mild, but its action is onceedingly good, posgPREDE, VER- defully curative effects in both interual and external disease. As it is on favaluable medi- eins it should he kept on hand ready for use by all persons, whe
whether at home or abroad..
DIRECTIONS.
For osiernal use rub the oil on the temples, forehead, between the eyebrows, back of the ents and muck, on the chest and back, on the
on abdomen or wherever the pair or soreness ocated. It must be rubbed on for 5 minutes. For toothache pat a little u the tooth on cotton and rab on the gams. The oil has beneficial effects in headache, fainting, colds, sore throat. stomach-ache, colic pains, therreation, aab- nem of the limbs, pain in the back, tramp. local swelling and inflammations, induenza, diarrhea. toothache, pains in the head and oun visions after childbirth, prickly heat, boils, and
mosquito biter.
Interually the dose is fire drops in a little water, and it is to be repeated every two or three hours, at the same time using it on-
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The proprister of the Kwong Chi Koon Drag Store of Canton has placed in my hands for examination s number of his preparations with the recipes you wish Oil" has a
for each. His UI wide circulation and is very much need. It is i of aromatic and stimulant herbe anik barks, most
comprese off which are well known in cur
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iate many Chinese medicines. It is one of the combinations which has real mérite and Branch Office LONDON, NEW YORK, Box-it is not strange that it has antics to which BAY, SINGAPORE, SHANGHAI, TIEN a reputation for the relief of maladies for
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countries there seems to be unly one Que to
dames, with white hair and honourable wrinkles. cash a very high level, because to thorough No. 6, ICE HOUSE STERET, PRAYA CESTRAL the Queen And with all peoples and in all
simple, unaffected, sincero-kindly, veuerable wemetiererkers in Great Britain is bound to MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA geotein together with pluggin to costly
when the article "The" can be applied without
who are not ashamed of their age-young girls going and earnest, and not of the brilliant further explanation. Other Queens are qualified
in the freskuses of of girlhood who are pleased surface-nature which makes our American in their estate by the descriptive, proasan "of"
with the simplest trifles, and are not engaged steers sparkle in their apparently clover con --as, fuz exsxople, Queen of Italy, Queen of
from morning to night in man-hunting. These versation is pretty rivulate without depth. Rourazia, Queen of Greece Emnroof
are euch girls and women as our Queen loves: Everything has advanced and made for the Russie, but when The Queen" is said everyone
they are the upholders of her favourite virtues better in Victoria's reign, and only one section msaus England's Victoria Of all quesos the
modesty, gentleness, unsaláshness, truth, and of society persistently harks back to the worser greatest, she is of all women the simplest and
love. And to many of the more thoughtful morals and manners of Charles the Second's here gives matolless examples to her ser Whenever the Queen acts upon her own lui- among her Majesty's subjects the timely death period. That, however, is a small section, and Above the splendours of her position and tiative, something good, something gouercus, of the Trines Consort is the only cloud upon by the natural course of ovente, as also by the enthronement, she is pre-eminently woman in the something graceful, the result. How much the brightness of her glorious reign-not only low of vica sowing its own seed of destruction, sweetest and most womanly sense of the word we may have to regret from outward inter- boosuse of the deep and irremediable grief it is gradually beginning to destroy itself. And one who is gifted with quick fine sympathies, forence with her inward wishes we shall perhaps caused to the Queen, whom we all kora and loyally when history writes the record of Victoria's and who has the supreme and exquisite tact never know, but this is very certain that if obey, but also because it has deprived the social long and belliant reign; the small blots en which is, or should be inherent in every true her geacious Majesty had been able to do as her world of that closer influence and more constant society's escutcheon will vanish an though they and meeldish feminine mature, combined with own fine feeling dictated, she would have gone guidance which from her would have been had never been, and the persons who have made perfect self-command, fawiam purity, and s to Ireland long ago. She would, without doubt, of more inestimabla advantage not only to us those biola will be passed over."
potency for good, which can have visited it as often as the visited the French but to all untions. However, despite the worrows point items of ill-assorted fare in a full fest strong persona only he compared to the sunlight-warming and Riviera, and we may be quite sure that the which have separated her in certain ways of play. And the glorious name and hang of generating the beauty of the earth without Irish people would never have returned her from the world of fashion and amusement, the one Quan in England's history, who is more announcement than is in the act of skining induces by insult as the French have done, the remains the guiding light of anything gottenly the mother of her people, will shine like Placed on the highest summit of this world's For though we do not consider the low boulevard in society the model of-women-the Crust the sun cloudless sky. Show me whether eminence, the gracious lady who clalins our love press no representing the voice of France, wo and grandest crowned figure in our history there be more to come tkas is past!" There and loyalty is, boysad all things, true to herself, should like to say a more general rising of How warmly and heartily the Irich peoples cannot be more there must be less. There and to her natural endowment of the fairest warm protest among the French at the offence Freciate the firm courage and womanly grace of must be more past than is to come" in the
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