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A Woman’s Love, and a Wife’s Duty.
A Woman’s Love, and a Wife’s Duty.
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A Woman’s Love, and a Wife’s Duty.
Mrs. Amelia Opie
Philadelphia:
Crissy & Markley, No. 4 Minor St.
1848.
Printed by T. K. & P. G. Collins.
CONTENTS
Preface
Introduction.
The History of Seymour and Helen Pendarves.
Preface
You command, and I obey: still, so conscious am I of the deceitfulness of the human heart, and especially of my own, that I am doubtful whether I am not following the dictates of self-love, when I seem to be actuated by friendship only; as you have repeatedly assured me, that the story of my life will not alone _amuse_ and _interest_ you, but also hold up to an injudicious and suffering friend of yours, a salutary example of the patient fulfilment of a _wife’s duty_.
There is something very gratifying to one’s self-love, in being held up as an example: but _remember_, I beg, that while to oblige you I draw the veil from past occurrences, and live over again the most trying scenes of my life, I think myself more a warning than an example; and that, if I exhibit in any degree, that difficult and sometimes painful task--the fulfilment of a wife’s duty--I at the same time exhibit the rash and dangerous fervour of a _Woman’s Love_.
I must begin my narrative, by a short account of my progenitors.
Mrs. Amelia Opie
Philadelphia:
Crissy & Markley, No. 4 Minor St.
1848.
Printed by T. K. & P. G. Collins.
CONTENTS
Preface
Introduction.
The History of Seymour and Helen Pendarves.
Preface
You command, and I obey: still, so conscious am I of the deceitfulness of the human heart, and especially of my own, that I am doubtful whether I am not following the dictates of self-love, when I seem to be actuated by friendship only; as you have repeatedly assured me, that the story of my life will not alone _amuse_ and _interest_ you, but also hold up to an injudicious and suffering friend of yours, a salutary example of the patient fulfilment of a _wife’s duty_.
There is something very gratifying to one’s self-love, in being held up as an example: but _remember_, I beg, that while to oblige you I draw the veil from past occurrences, and live over again the most trying scenes of my life, I think myself more a warning than an example; and that, if I exhibit in any degree, that difficult and sometimes painful task--the fulfilment of a wife’s duty--I at the same time exhibit the rash and dangerous fervour of a _Woman’s Love_.
I must begin my narrative, by a short account of my progenitors.