Memorial of Samuel Hall Walley (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1866. Excerpt: ... Passt, November 24, 1839. My Dear Daughter, --I am glad my letter to M. was so acceptable. She must not forget her aged grandfather. Probably she is making rapid progress in study. If she has nearly finished Hume's History of England, possibly it may help to fix certain things of much importance in her mind, to commit to memory the following lines, and when I see her, I hope she will repeat them to me, without missing a word. "First William the Norman, then William his son, Henry, Stephen, and Henry, then Richard and John, Next Henry the Third, Edwards one, two and three: After Richard the Second, three Henrys we see; Two Edwards, then Richard, a villain I guess, Two Henrys, an Edward, then Mary and Bess; Next Jamie the Scot, then Charlie was slain, After Cromwell, King Charlie the Second did reign, James the Second, then William and Mary stood forth, Next Anne, four Georges, and William the Fourth, Now the young queen Victoria a diadem wears, And long may she guide this great nation's affairs." Paris, October 27, 1840. Did you ever hear, my dear M a, of a "Dial of Flowers" prepared by the celebrated Linnasus? It was quite a curious thing. Perhaps your good father can describe it better than I can. It was so arranged as to mark the hours by the opening and closing, at regular intervals, of the flowers used in its construction. What a pretty idea And what an evidence it affords us of the beauty, and order and regularity of nature in all her works I May we not gather a hint from this flowery dial, and endeavor so to regulate our lives, as that each hour may be filled up with usefulness, and bear witness in our favor as it passes into eternity, to be registered in the great Book of God's remembrance? It has been sweetly said by a lady, writing upon this them...