Identifier: vanityfair01thac (find matches)
Title: Vanity fair
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863 Fiske, Minnie Maddern, Mrs., 1865- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815 British Female friendship Social classes Married women
Publisher: New York and Boston, H. M. Caldwell company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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k, givingcheerfulness and confidence to the whole corps. All the offi-cers saluted her when the regiment marched by the balconyon which this brave woman stood, and waved them a cheeras they passed ; and I dare say it was not from want of cour-age, but from a sense of female delicacy and propriety, thatshe refrained from leading the gallant—th personally intoaction. On Sundays, and at periods of a solem.n nature, Mrs.ODowd used to read with great gravity out of a large vol-ume of her uncle the deans sermons. It had been of greatcomfort to her on board the transport as they were cominghome, and were very nearly wrecked, on their return from theWest Indies. After the regiments departure she betook her-self to this volume for meditation ; perhaps she did notunderstand much of what she was reading, and her thoughtswere elsewhere ; but the sleep project, with poor Micks night-cap there on the pillow, was quite a vain one. So it is in theworld. Jack or Donald marches away to glory with his
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Venus preparing the Armor of Mars I THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND MEr 32J knapsack on his shoulder, stepping out briskly to the tuneof The Girl I left behind me. It is she who remains andsuffers—and has the leisure to think, and brood, and remem-ber. Knowing how useless regrets are, and how the indulgenceof sentiment only serves to make people more miserable, Mrs.Rebecca wisely determined to give way to no vain feelingsof sorrow, and bore the parting from her husband with quitea Spartan equanimity. Indeed, Captain Rawdon himself wasmuch more affected at the leave-taking than the resolutelittle woman to whom he bade farewell. She had masteredthis rude, coarse nature, and he loved and worshipped her withall his faculties of regard and admiration. In all his life hehad never been so happy as, during the past few months,his wife had made him. All former delights of turf, mess,hunting-field, and gambling table—all previous loves andcourtships of milliners, opera-dancers, and the like easy tri

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