Cora and The Doctor; or, Revelations of A Physician's Wife

"For God unfolds, by slow degrees, The purport of his deep decrees; Sheds every hour a clearer light In aid of our defective sight; And spreads, at length, before the soul A bea...

DEAREST MOTHER,--It is a week since sister Nelly sailed for home. I am so lost without her, that I have determined to resume my journal which has been interrupted for nearly two...

"Foul jealousy! that turnest love divine To joyless dread, or mak'st the loving heart With hateful thoughts to languish and to pine, And feed itself with self-consuming smart; O...

"In the joy of a well ordered home, be warned that this is not your rest; For the substance to come may be forgotten in the present beauty of the shadow." TUPPER.

Last night when I sat writing busily, a hand was put upon my paper. Starting up, I saw Frank with one of his very grave looks. I hastily shut my desk. "How is Emily?" I asked qu...

Oh! Mother, if you could sit by me for an hour it would be so delightful, for I have much to tell you, and my pen will not move fast enough. But I will begin my story. I dressed...

"How may the mother's heart Dwell on her son, and dare to hope again? The Spring's rich promise hath been given in vain, The lovely must depart! Is _he_ not gone, our brightest...

_Nine o'clock._ The Court met pursuant to adjournment. The excitement has much increased. The court-room is crowded to its utmost capacity, and the most intense interest manifes...

DEAR MOTHER,--I must not forget to tell you that I received a call in the parlor yesterday from Mrs. Thomas Jones. She was dressed so differently that at first I hardly knew her...

I could almost see my dear husband gain in flesh and strength, so rapidly did he improve. He walks about now as erect and strong as ever. We tarried but two days in Havre, and t...

By half past eleven on the evening of this attack, Frank was so much relieved, that I felt it safe to go to bed, and slept sweetly for the first time for more than a week. The n...

"I had so fixed my heart upon her, That wheresoe'er I fram'd a scheme of life For time to come, she was my only joy, With which I used to sweeten future cares; I fancy'd pleasur...

"A Mother's love--how sweet the name! What _is_ a mother's love? A noble, pure, and tender flame, Enkindled from above, To bless a heart of earthly mould The warmest love that _...

"When all the fiercest passions cease, (The glory and disgrace of youth;) When the deluded soul in peace, Can listen to the voice of truth; When we are taught in whom to trust,...

"The first fresh love Dies never wholly; it lives on through pain And disappointment; often when the heart Is crushed, and all its sympathies pressed out, This lingers, and awak...

I feel a little stronger to-day. My husband came in yesterday while I was writing, and put his lordly veto upon my penning another word. I asked him if he had heard anything mor...

DEAR MOTHER,--I must write you a few lines to tell you how happy I am. Yesterday, you remember, I was to decide whether I would conduct the family devotions when Frank is absent...

"He loved--loved keenly; and he could not bow To what seemed tyranny, and so he sought His wonted happiness, at least the bliss Of mutual tears, and vows of tenderness, Never to...

I have been to the little hut occupied by William Reynolds and family, to see what had become of the children. Frank thinks it would be well to put them to school. It shall be m...

* * * * "'Tis with our souls As with our eyes, that, after a long darkness, Are dazzled at th' sudden approach of light; When in th' midst of fears we are surpris'd With unexpec...

"If a soul thou would'st redeem, And lead a lost one back to God;-- Would'st thou a guardian angel seem To one who long in guilt hath trod,-- Go kindly to him,--take his hand Wi...

"Habitual evils change not on a sudden, But many days must pass, and many sorrows; Conscious remorse, and anguish must be felt, To curb desire, to break the stubborn will, And w...

"Give him not all his desire, so shalt thou strengthen him in hope; Neither stop with indulgence the fountain of his tears, so shall he fear thy firmness. Above all things, graf...

He was much pleased, and turned back to give me another embrace, and whispered, "my darling," in such a loving tone, that my heart felt very warm all the forenoon.

"This fond attachment to the well known place Whence first we started into life's long race, Maintains its hold with such unfailing sway, We feel it even in age, and at our dyin...

"I feel death rising higher still, and higher Within my bosom; every breath I fetch Shuts up my life within a shorter compass: And like the vanishing sound of bells, grows less...

We assisted Emily up into her chair to-day while Ann put fresh linen upon the bed. How she has changed! What a softened, subdued look there is about her! Mother was the first to...

. . . . "No, I'll not weep; I have full cause for weeping; but this heart Shall break into a hundred thousand flaws, Or ere I'll weep;--O fool, I shall go mad!" SHAKSPEARE.

DEAR MOTHER,--I have just returned from a pleasant drive with Mother, Frank and Emily. You will wonder that I can so soon address any other but yourself by that endearing word,...

"The feeling of a parent never dies But with our moral nature; all in vain. The wretch by cold and cruel spurning tries To change that love to hate." PERCIVAL.

Emily is so much better, we think she can go down stairs to-morrow. As I have had no suitable opportunity to talk with Frank, I have avoided, when with her, the subject of our l...

"And lo! at last relieved from every toil, They come! the wanderers view their native soil! Then the bright raptures words can never speak, Flash in their eyes, and mantle in th...

* * * * * "Thy natal day, Love bids it welcome, the love which hath smiled, Ever around thee, my gentle child! Watching thy footsteps and guarding thy bed, And pouring out joy o...

"How few, like thee, inquire the wretched out, And court the offices of soft humanity! Like thee, reserve their raiment for the naked, Reach out their bread to feed the crying o...

Since the receipt of your last letter, I have had serious thoughts of taking a trip to England. From what you say of father's health, I fear he is failing fast, and my heart yea...

"Dear Mother--between friend and friend, Prose answers every common end; Serves in a plain and homely way, To express the occurrence of the day, Our health, the weather, and the...

"There are smiles and tears in the mother's eyes, For her new born babe beside her lies; Oh, heaven of bliss! when the heart o'erflows With the rapture a _mother_ only knows." H...

Joseph came two days ago, accompanied by a young lady, Mademoiselle Vinet, or Adele, as Joseph calls her. He went directly with her to her uncle's, who lives about forty leagues...

"On thee, blest youth, a father's hand confers The maid thy earliest, fondest wishes knew; Each soft enchantment of the soul is hers; Thine be the joys to firm attachment due."...

My dearly loved mother,--How can I express words of sympathy to you, when my heart is so full of grief on my own account, from such a loss as I can never experience but once, _t...

Emily was married this morning, and has gone to Waverley. The cottage is closed, and mother will spend the winter with us. Emily and I have had our first quarrel, on the questio...