. Autobiography of Mrs. Fletcher : with letters and other family memorials . husband, inthe worst of times, when he and one or two more maintainedthe independence of the Bar, we younger men would have beentrampled on and the Court of Session would never haveenjoyed the confidence of the country, .1 have registeredthis saying of Lord Jeffrey in my heart of hearts, and I wouldhave you engraft it on that of your children.] March 1850.—We spent a very agreeable evening atMr. Wedgwoods, where we met Sir Eobert Inglis, whorecognised me as an old Edinburgh acquaintance, andMadame Pulzky, the charming


. Autobiography of Mrs. Fletcher : with letters and other family memorials . husband, inthe worst of times, when he and one or two more maintainedthe independence of the Bar, we younger men would have beentrampled on and the Court of Session would never haveenjoyed the confidence of the country, .1 have registeredthis saying of Lord Jeffrey in my heart of hearts, and I wouldhave you engraft it on that of your children.] March 1850.—We spent a very agreeable evening atMr. Wedgwoods, where we met Sir Eobert Inglis, whorecognised me as an old Edinburgh acquaintance, andMadame Pulzky, the charming wife of a Hungarian patriot,who had been the secretary of the distinguished had sacrificed immense possessions in this noble cause,and this heroic woman had followed him into exile. Herfather, a rich banker at Vienna, furnished them with themeans of living in very humble lodgings, and yet not aregret or complaint escaped her. She had with difficultyavoided the horrors of captivity in an Austrian prison withher three little boys. Their flight was arranged and.


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