sheprosedtheboysthathetothetheatreandbookedseatsonthepreviousday;butonthedayoftheproposedvisitheheardavoicenstantlysaying:
”donotgotothetheatre;taketheboysbacktoschool”
1ibid,voli,p283
hehesitated,gaveuphisplanandresuditagainbuttheselvesandiressingtheelvesuponhiand,intheend,hedefinitelydeuchtothetthatnightthetheatreroyedbyfire,halossofthreehundredlives
ayaddtothistheprevisionofthebattleofborodino,tohestoryinfullerdetail,astoldinthejoualofstephengrelletthequaker
aboutthreenthsbeforethefren,holdingheronlysonbythehand,andsaidtoher,inapitifultone:
”yourhappinessisatanendhe”aninguntesstoutschkoffshusband”hasfallenhehasfallenatborodino”
thedreaheranguishofnd:
”eonthepanddidnotfindit
beforethefrenoingherfather,holdinghersonbythehand,enteredherroottheinninherdreahecriedout:
”hehasfallenhehasfallenatborodino”
thenshesaeroondthroughtheeobjectsthatshehadseeninherdreaherhusbandanye1
1irsofthelifeandlaboursofstephengrellet,voli,p434
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thisisevidentlyaveryrareandperhapssolitaryexaleofalongdatedprediousprobleoffatality,freethespeent,onitionhadanygoingtoborodinoitishighlyprobablethathedidnotknoachineryoffastanditonition,therefore,uldonlyhavebeengivenbecauseitainnottobeobeyed
asforthetusthereagainrerktheusualstrangereservationsandobservehoonitionssavebyattributingtheooursubnsain,unavoidableeventisnotprestobeaverted,asthoughtokeusbelieveinsodefinitepoysteriousentitythatforesaustalsohaveforeseenthatnothingitayhaveasintheontory,thepperortheebyinferenentofaniendingperil,or,asihavealreadysaid,apartial,interttentandunsettledvisionofthefutureevent,and,initsdoubt,yutterits
ostforbiddentohunreasontostrayintheseregions;andthatthepartofaprophetis,nexttothatofantatorofpropheostdifficultandthanklessthatancanattettosustaintheage
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iaotsureifitisreallyneofthepreexistenysteryoftheuniversethetheologiansandthetaphysisfroverysideangthosesredefinitelyandstriain,ifnotasuniginable,atleastasinprehensibleasonthedayeandspaofoursensibility,thatistosay,anintuitionprepirietiistheabstraulaoftheeanorderofsequenofanyrepresentation,ebethefatherofspae,ohingis,angoneyntionindisholtz,renouvier,jassully,stuf,jasjas,stuartll,ribot,fouillee,guyau,bain,leeit;andthat,houayntradictoneanother,theyareallequallydefensibleandalikestrugglevainlyinthedarknessagainstshadohatarenotofourworld
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toofthepreexistenblytotranslateitintotangibleiges,toplaanvillageitisoneofthoselovelysuerdaysostvisibleintheazurevaseofearthandskyinthedistancestretche
