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Wieland; or The Transformation

CHAPTER IV
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Her last moments were rendered serene, by the assurances she received from my aunt, that her daughter should experience the same protection that had been extended to herself.
On my brother's marriage, it was agreed that she should make a part of his family.

I cannot do justice to the attractions of this girl.

Perhaps the tenderness she excited might partly originate in her personal resemblance to her mother, whose character and misfortunes were still fresh in our remembrance.

She was habitually pensive, and this circumstance tended to remind the spectator of her friendless condition; and yet that epithet was surely misapplied in this case.

This being was cherished by those with whom she now resided, with unspeakable fondness.
Every exertion was made to enlarge and improve her mind.


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