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Redwood; by the author of 'A New England tale'.
Redwood by the author of 'A New England tale' Author:Catharine Maria Sedgwick Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: trunk out of my sight, it will make me wretched to see those beautiful dresses, of Le Moine's all lying idle, getting yellow, and old-fashioned." Thus Miss Redwo... more »od continued to run on, half to her servant and half to herself, till she lost in sleep the consciousness of her disappointments. VOL. I. CHAPTER III. '' Fleecy locks and black complexion Cannot forfeit nature's claim ; Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white aud black the same." Coicper. Henry Redwood was a native of Virginia, that State of the Union where the patrician rank has escaped in the greatest degree, the levelling principle of republicanism. His father was a rich planter : adhering pertinaciously to the custom of his predecessors, he determined that his eldest son should inherit his large landed property. To Henry he gave a good education, and designed that he should resort to the usual expedient of unportioned gentility, eompen- sating by his marriage for the defects of his inheritance. He was early destined to be the husband of Maria Manning, the only daughter of Mr. Redwood's sister, a rich widow who resided in. Charleston, South-Carolina. Henry Redwood had originally a highly gifted mind, and strong affections ; under happy influences he might have become the benefactor of his country, its ornament and blessing; or he might in domestic life have illustrated the virtues that are appropriate to its quiet paths. His father trained his eldest son in his own habits, which were those of an English country squire. Henry was left to follow the bent of his own inclinations, and possessing a less robust constitution than his brother, and a contemplative turn of mind, he preferred sedentary to active pursuits. He early manifested a decided taste for literature ; he felt the beauty, a...« less