the day, while he sat patiently on in the corner of the pretty room.
Mrs. Thaxter was steadily at work at her table, yet always hospitable, losing sight of no cloud or shadow or sudden gleam of glory in the landscape, and pointing the talk often with keen wit. Nevertheless, the idleness of it all palled upon him. It was Sunday, too, and he longed for something which would move us to higher levels.
Suddenly, as if the idea had struck him like an inspiration, he rose, and taking a volume of Emerson from the little library, he opened to one of the discourses, and handing it to Celia Thaxter, said:--
Read that aloud, will thee?
I think we should all like to hear it.
After she had ended he took up the thread of the discourse, and talked long and earnestly upon the beauty and necessity of worship — a necessity consequent upon the nature of man, upon his own weakness, and his consciousness of the Divine Spirit within him. His whole heart was stirred, and he poured himself out tow
Douw, Gerard, 9.
Dustin, Hannah, 4.
E.
Earle, Edward, 121.
East Haverhill, Mass., 23, 51, 58.
East Salisbury, Mass., 44.
Edinburgh, Scotland, 107.
Elliot, Me., 142.
Ellis, Rev. G. E., 83.
Emancipator, the, mentioned, 67.
Emerson, Nehemiah, 137.
Emerson, Mrs., Nehemiah, 137.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 2, 37, 127,151,159,173,178; his Life and letters in New England, quoted, 80; Whittier's letter to, 46, 47; acquaintance with Whittier, 110, 111.
Endicott, Gov., John, 83-85.
EnEmerson, Mrs., Nehemiah, 137.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 2, 37, 127,151,159,173,178; his Life and letters in New England, quoted, 80; Whittier's letter to, 46, 47; acquaintance with Whittier, 110, 111.
Endicott, Gov., John, 83-85.
England, 1, 26, 28, 50, 96, 104, 113, 152, 163.
Era, the, mentioned, 109.
Essex Agricultural Society, Whittier's letter to, 19, 20.
Essex Club, 181.
Essex County, Mass., 19, 20, 50, 138, 155.
Europe, 13.
Evarts, W. M., 97.
Everett, Edward, 43.
F.
Faneuil Hall, Boston, 75.
Farrar, Archdeacon, F. W., asks Whittier to write inscription for Milton Memorial Window, 181, 182; his letter to Whittier, 183.
Federal Street, Boston, 60.
Felice, Professor de, 167.
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