THE

MAIDEN & MARRIED LIFE OF

MARY POWELL

(Afterwards Mistress Milton)

AND THE SEQUEL THERETO

DEBORAH'S DIARY

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY

THE REV. W. H. HUTTON, B.D.
FELLOW OF S. JOHN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD

AND TWENTY-SIX ILLUSTRATIONS BY

JOHN JELLICOE AND HERBERT RAILTON

LONDON

JOHN C. NIMMO

NEW YORK: CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

MDCCCXCVIII

Printed by BALLANTYNE, HANSON & Co.

At the Ballantyne Press

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"HE OFFERED ME SOME WILD FLOWERS."

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THE BOWLING-GREEN AT FOREST HILL.

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"MR. MILTON LOITERED WITH ME ON THE

TERRACE."

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"I WENT DOWN WITH ROBIN AND KATE TO

THE FISH-PONDS."

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"AT SQUIRE PAICE'S GRAND DINNER."

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"THEN MR. AGNEW CAME AND SATE ON A

FLAT TOMBSTONE."

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"THE RARE EVENT OF A DINNER GUEST."

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"THEY PAUSED IN SURPRISE AT SEEING MILTON

ASLEEP."

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"THREW IT FORTHE WITH A PAIR OF TONGS."

"THUS I REMAINED, AGONIZED IN TEARS."

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SOME POORE FOLK TO RELIEVE AND CONSOLE."

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BUNHILL FIELDS (Frontispiece to "Deborah's Diary").

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"OUT COMES A VOLLEY OF POETRY."

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"YET FORTY DAYS."

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"I TOOK THE VOLUME TO HIS SHOP."

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"NO HARM, I PROMISE YOU, MASTER."

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"HE POURS FORTH THE FULL TIDE OF MELODY

ON HIS ORGAN."

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