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Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-22

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 9780483604292

Excerpt from The Maiden Monarch, Vol. 2 of 2: Or, Island Queen Truly, he did, rejoined Lord Newton, there was a sullen apathy in his aspect that foreboded nothing but a stubborn unyielding perseverance in the path of vice, should he ever again possess the power of perpetrating crime, that was most discouraging to the queen. But when the spring returned; when the human heart, if left to itself, expands like all else in nature to receive the genial influence of that season of the year, even his was touched, perhaps in Opposition to his own will, or so gentle and so imperceptible the change might have been, that by himself it was neither seen nor felt. But by her who, with more that is divine than human in her nature, could forsake her gay companions and flattering adrm'rers, and the fairy-like enchantment that attended her elsewhere, to watch with her aged companion that solitary being, hour after hour, from yon lone turret. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.