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ELIZA BRIGHTWEN, 
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years, and of the ill-health which rendered even more remarkable 
than it would otherwise have been her persistent observation of the 
various natural objects by which she was surrounded. 
t was during these later years that I became acquainted with 
one of her botanical papers; and so on. The beautiful lawn 
which extended at the back of the house was but slightly broken 
y beds; its chief ornament was a magnificent tulip-tree. It 
Brightwen would sit for hours, observing the birds and other 
creatures which came out, undisturbed by her presence. She 
seemed to have a special power over living creatures; I rememb 
one afternoon, when, obeying her instructions, I sat motionless 
