Explore "Mary Seaham, Volume II" by Mrs. Grey on Textopian. Read with annotations and highlights.
Have I not had to wrestle with my lot? / Have I not suffered things to be forgiven? / Have I not had my brain sear'd, my heart riven? / BYRON.
It was Mr. Trevor's good pleasure to bestow the church living in his / gift upon his second son. On the same principle, we suppose -- as it was / the fashion, at that period -- more we trust than in the present time -- for / the least promising and least talented of a family to be devoted to the / sacred service of the church -- did the father, we conclude, in the / present instance select for this purpose the son least esteemed and / honoured in his eyes, without any regard to the inclinations of his own / heart, or his fitness for that vocation.