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f outer life.
Mr.ThornedidnotliveinsolitudeatUllathorne.Hehadasisterwho
wastenyearsolderthanhimselfandwhoparticipatedinhisprejudices
andfeelingssostronglythatshewasalivingcaricatureofallhisfoibles.
Shewouldnotopenamodernquarterlydidnotchoosetoseea
magazineinherdrawing-roomandwouldnothavepollutedherfingers
withashredoftheTimesforanyconsideration.ShespokeofAddison
SwiftandSteeleasthoughtheywerestilllivingregardedDefoeasthe
bestknownnovelistofhiscountryandthoughtofFieldingasayoung
butmeritoriousnoviceinthefieldsofromance.Inpoetryshewasfamil-
iarwithnamesaslateasDrydenandhadoncebeenseducedintoread-
ing"TheRapeoftheLock;"butsheregardedSpenserasthepuresttype
ofhercountry'sliteratureinthisline.Genealogywasherfavouriteinsan-
ity.Thosethingswhicharetheprideofmostgenealogistsweretoher
contemptible.Armsandmottoessetherbesideherself.Ealfriedof
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Ullathornehadwantednomottotoassisthimincleavingtothebrisket
GeoffreyDeBurghandEalfried'sgreatgrandfatherthegiganticUlla-
fridhadrequirednootherarmsthanthosewhichnaturegavehimto
hurlfromthetopofhisowncastleacousinofthebaseinvadingNor-
man.ToherallmodernEnglishnameswereequallyinsignificant:Hen-
gistHorsaandsuchlikehadforherearstheonlytruesavourofnobil-
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