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his left, and to sit myself down upon it ; when, 

 putting his left hand into mine, he struck his breast 

 violently with his right, and with as much vehemence 

 as in his then weak state he could command, ex- 

 claimed, " I never intentionally injured any person in 

 my life, and I hope God will forgive me." These 

 words were followed by a flood of tears ; yet how 

 exactly do they resemble those of Manfred to the 

 Abbot of St. Maurice : — 



" I hear thee. This is my reply ; whate'er 

 I rnay have been, or am, cloth rest between 

 Heaven and myself : I shall not choose a mortal 

 To be my mediator." 



The offer of sending for the clergyman was declined, 

 but without further remark. 



Cicero says, No man in his sound mind is quite 

 destitute of religion : and even unsound as poor 

 Mytton's, to a certain extent, always was, I am quite 

 sure he was not destitute of it, although his proud 

 spirit was loth to own a dread of anything, either 

 human or divine. But supposing he had never 

 owned it to man, we are not to imply that he did not 

 own it to his God ; for although the fall of Solomon 

 is told, we know nothing of his repentance. I shall 

 have occasion, however, to show, that the subject of 



