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Madelaine.
tinned their avocations for love of art , AA'hich had insensibly arisen in their minds , and AA'hich iuged them to continue their respective pursuits now that their daily expenses were fully provided for . The Marchioness began copies of the old Masters , and very soon her pictures after Holbein and Albert Durer Avere much sought for . The Chevalier began to sculture and carve
p in Avood ; he distinguished himself in the art , and was speedily one of the most eminent artists of his class on that side the Rhine . They still show in the cathedral at Nuremberg a pulpit from his hand , AA'hich is admirable ; the principal group , representing John preaching in the desert , is as beautiful as any carving throughout Germany , and might well sustain a comparison
AAith the Avood carvings in the church of San Giorgio Maggiore at Venice . Besides the solid benefits these pursuits procured them , they found in them one sure and precious result of study , —that of raising and elevating the mind , —of opening a wider and purer horizon to the soul . By degrees , all the narrow prejudices , the limited ideas which their birth and education had draAvn around
them , Avere broken doAvn . They recognized the existence of an aristocracy of talent , —of a royalty of intelligence ; like butterflies emerging from their chrysalis , they sprung forth from the narrow regions of caste , and became members of the universal family of humanity . Meantime the Marquis was consumed by an eternal ennui , and at length he rendered into
tlie hands of his Creator the small amount of soul which he possessed ; and he was wept for by the Marchioness and the Chevalier as if he had been their child . Some months after—it Avas iu 1802—they Avere asked by the First Consul to return to France , and they joyfully recrossed the Rhine . For a long time they had become reconciled to the
new government , and they again trod the soil of their native land , with beating hearts and thankful spirits . They were easily reinstated in their property , and soon their exile appeared like a long dream ; only reversing that of Epimenides , they had awakened young , at least in heart , after haAing fallen asleep old . As soon as he had arranged his chateau , the Chevalier
hastened to return to Germany , for the purpose of Avedding a fair girl , AVIIO had disinterestedly loved him in those times of poverty and trial . After a year of unalloyed happiness , she died in giving birth to a son . The child greAV up , carefully tended by the Marchioness and the Chevalier , who equally devoted themselves to him , and continued to lead a tranquil life upon their respective estates , dead to all ambition , and far removed from the gay Avorld . Of all habits , that of occupation
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Madelaine.
tinned their avocations for love of art , AA'hich had insensibly arisen in their minds , and AA'hich iuged them to continue their respective pursuits now that their daily expenses were fully provided for . The Marchioness began copies of the old Masters , and very soon her pictures after Holbein and Albert Durer Avere much sought for . The Chevalier began to sculture and carve
p in Avood ; he distinguished himself in the art , and was speedily one of the most eminent artists of his class on that side the Rhine . They still show in the cathedral at Nuremberg a pulpit from his hand , AA'hich is admirable ; the principal group , representing John preaching in the desert , is as beautiful as any carving throughout Germany , and might well sustain a comparison
AAith the Avood carvings in the church of San Giorgio Maggiore at Venice . Besides the solid benefits these pursuits procured them , they found in them one sure and precious result of study , —that of raising and elevating the mind , —of opening a wider and purer horizon to the soul . By degrees , all the narrow prejudices , the limited ideas which their birth and education had draAvn around
them , Avere broken doAvn . They recognized the existence of an aristocracy of talent , —of a royalty of intelligence ; like butterflies emerging from their chrysalis , they sprung forth from the narrow regions of caste , and became members of the universal family of humanity . Meantime the Marquis was consumed by an eternal ennui , and at length he rendered into
tlie hands of his Creator the small amount of soul which he possessed ; and he was wept for by the Marchioness and the Chevalier as if he had been their child . Some months after—it Avas iu 1802—they Avere asked by the First Consul to return to France , and they joyfully recrossed the Rhine . For a long time they had become reconciled to the
new government , and they again trod the soil of their native land , with beating hearts and thankful spirits . They were easily reinstated in their property , and soon their exile appeared like a long dream ; only reversing that of Epimenides , they had awakened young , at least in heart , after haAing fallen asleep old . As soon as he had arranged his chateau , the Chevalier
hastened to return to Germany , for the purpose of Avedding a fair girl , AVIIO had disinterestedly loved him in those times of poverty and trial . After a year of unalloyed happiness , she died in giving birth to a son . The child greAV up , carefully tended by the Marchioness and the Chevalier , who equally devoted themselves to him , and continued to lead a tranquil life upon their respective estates , dead to all ambition , and far removed from the gay Avorld . Of all habits , that of occupation