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"Hiems transiit; imber abiit et recessit.... Vox turturis audita est in terra nostra.... Surge, amica mea, et veni." My mother, resuming her story, went on to say: "We are all, as a matter of fact, at the mercy of our illusions, and the proof of this is that in many cases nothing is easier than to take in Nature by devices which she is unable to distinguish from the reality.
By degrees a tender delirium took hold of her sense; and then a subtle emotion which was partly prompted by dim rivalry with the voice that seemed to be speaking so richly to the man she loved set her bosom rising and falling. She translated it to herself thus: "What a joy it will be to him to hear me now!" And in a pause she sang clear out "Prima d'Italia amica;"
I intend the work as an olla podrida, into which any species of narrative or discussion may be thrown. I wrote easily. I think the exertion has done me good. I slept sound last night, and at waking, as is usual with me, I found I had some clear views and thoughts upon the subject of this trifling work. I wonder if others find so strongly as I do the truth of the Latin proverb, Aurora musis amica.
"Ah, Austin! do you not humble me if you are too proud to accept what is due to you from my brother?" "Velit, nolit, quod amica," answered my father, taking off and rubbing his spectacles, "which means, Kitty, that when a man's married he has no will of his own. To think," added Mr. Caxton, musingly, "that in this world one cannot be sure of the simplest mathematical definition.
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