MANX RECOLLECTIONS

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Its appearance and society in 1820 — Superstition — The Nunnery

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Rev. William Carpenter, D.D. — Eleanor's appearance and character at eighteen — Literary composition .

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Nelly Brennan — Bill the Psalmer — Eleanor's marriage .

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Birth of Willie — Failure of Isle of Man Joint — Stock Bank — Birth of Henry and Philip .

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Dr. Carpenter's prediction — The earthquake — Sad death of Governor Ready — Death of Rev. Robert Brown, Vicar of Braddan — Death of his sons, the Potato Famine in Ireland

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Archdeacon Philpot — Lieut. Wood — His connection with Napoleon Bonaparte — Bonaparte's funeral — Lied. Wood the guest of Napoleon III. — Napoleonic relics — Prince Lucien Bonaparte in the Isle of Man — Mr. Wanton — Mr. Wanton and Mr. Wood's stormy controversies

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Dismay of the populace — His congregation present him with £400 — His last sermon — His parting address

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Rev. William Hawley — Rev. Edward Forbes — Rev. Philip Dowe — Rev. John Flowers Serjeant — He earns the approval of a Parisian school of young ladies

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Critique by Mrs. (Eleanor) Elliott on this and other poems by Elizabeth Barrett (Browning)

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His visit to Douglas — He founds the Patagonian Mission — Willie Elliott, the first collector for the Mission — Tragic result of the Mission — " Death of Neander," a poem by Mrs. Elliott.

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Marriage of Mrs. Elliott's brother, the Rev. R. Weatherell — Mrs. Elliott visits Elton — " The light of her eyes fled " — Port — a — chee — Looking for "the morning" — Advent Hymn, by Mrs. Elliott

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The Crown petitioned to appoint Dr. Carpenter — Visit of Gavazzi — The petition rejected — The Hon. Right Rev. Horatio Powys appointed bishop — Great disappointment of the people — Death of Professor Edward Forbes — The Russian War — " The Light Brigade " — " In Memoriam " — William Dillon rescues his cousin, Frederick Grier, from drowning . .

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Indian Mutiny — General Neil — Rev. E. Forbes and his family leave Douglas

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Philip at Cambridge — Rev. A Hoskins

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The slums of Douglas — Mrs. Elliott's holy hidden life — Dreadfulnews .

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The sequel to the gay wedding — Mrs. Weatherell's seizure and death — " Sunday — school Children going to Church," poem by Mrs. Elliott

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Mrs. Elliott's illness at Elton — Her recovery — Hope revived — Mrs. Elliott's acquaintance with " Rob Roy " — Hannah More's lines, " To Master John Macgregor "

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Mrs. Elliott's ready humour — Her extraordinary memory and power of quotation — Her theology — Moffat, the missionary

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The young hospital doctor — Testimony of a little child — Dreams — Close imitation of Christ

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Waning sight — Picnic at Glen Meay — The young Weatherells — Visit to Germany — The oculist, Dr. Meurer

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Eugene Bersier — Marine — Two noted preachers — Death of Mrs. Bluett — The Honourable Theodosia Wright — Lord Denman — Lady Loch

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Ancient inscriptions — Mrs. Elliott's politics — The comet "Beila" — SeaSeld — The Fairy Cup of Ballafletcher — Major Bacon's commemoration of Waterloo — The Qualm tagh .

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Monday beggars — Religious Tract Society — London City Mission — " A saint indeed " — Marian Weatherell's tract — Rev. William Lefroy (Dean of Norwich)

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The month of May — Mrs. Elliott's first meeting with Monsieur Baume — His extraordinary domicile — Karine visits him at the Union Mills — His visionary intentions — His will — His death

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South American Missionary Society — The Rev A. M. W. Christopher of Oxford — " Screaming with laughter " — A court flatterer — Death of Major Bacon — Garden party at Bishops Court — Mrs. Elliott's keen sense of enjoyment — Gracious counsel

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Connection of Captain Colin Lindsay, RN., with Pitcairn — The story of the Mutiny — Mutineers nearly all Manxmen — Peter Heywood — His trial and pardon — His sister Nessy — Pitcairn letters — An earthly paradise — Byron's poem of " The island"

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Mrs Elliott very ill — Her brother's sympathy — ZULU War — "Anguish of the broken heart" — Lines by Miss E. A. Moffat — Captain Dumergue — Mr. Alfred Adams — In auguration of the Young Women's Christian Association — A "gathered lily" — Comforting dreams .

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A shrinking heart — Isle of Man Exhibition of Pictures — Inauguration of the Isle of Man School of Art — Love of Nature — " The end of this dispensation "

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A visit to Paris — A disappointing return — Mrs. Elliott missing — Her discovery — An ophthalmic operation — Its failure — The brave heart succumbs — A startling prayer — Ruling passion strong in death — Blissful visions — The end .

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Vicar of Braddan, 1847-1887

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