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Updated: June 11, 2025
In the terraced garden, half lost among the intertwining blossoms, Morgana moved to and fro, gathering roses, her little figure like a white rose itself set in among the green leaves. Lady Kingswood watched her, with kindly, half compassionate eyes. "It must be a terrible responsibility for her to have so much money!" she thought. "She can hardly know what to do with it!
Many souls were hot with Luther's indignation, before he burned the Bull in the market-place of Wittenberg; many spirits had inwardly rebelled against the deadness of the age, before Wesley told the Gospel tale to the colliers of Kingswood.
Kingswood School, founded by Wesley, continues, as in his day, to give excellent instruction to ministers' sons. In 1837 a Methodist school, Wesley College, was opened at Sheffield, and a few years later one at Taunton, well known as Queen's College. The Leys School at Cambridge, under the head-mastership of Dr.
In olden times, "fechting" was the Border man's strong point; but in later, and perhaps less robust, days there were to be found some who took a degenerate pride in getting by craft what their fathers would have taken by force. Of such, in the early days of the eighteenth century, was Dicky of Kingswood.
On the servant's opening the door, her ladyship thrust him out with her blessing, "The Lord be with you do the best you can." At Trevecca a college which she founded and supported solely at her own expense her will was law. 'Trevecca, wrote John Wesley, 'is much more to Lady Huntingdon than Kingswood is to me. I mixes with everything.
Morgana wrote many letters and varied this occupation by occasionally sitting in the loggia to talk with Manella and Lady Kingswood, both of whom now seemed the natural inhabitants of the Palazzo d'Oro.
So even marriage left you high and dry on the rocks as it were till my little boat came along and took you off them!" "A very welcome little boat!" said Lady Kingswood, with feeling "A rescue in the nick of time!" "Never mind that!" and Morgan waved her pretty hand expressively "My point is that marriage just marriage has not done much for you.
Soon tears might be seen forming white gutters down cheeks blackened from the coal-mine. Then sobs and groans told how hard hearts were melting at his words. A fire was kindled among the outcasts of Kingswood, which burned long and fiercely, and was destined in a few years to overspread the land.
Neither Lady Kingswood nor Don Aloysius exchanged a word, so absorbed were they in watching the "White Eagle" arrive, and not till it began to descend towards the shore did they relax their attention and turn to each other with looks of admiration and amazement. "How long have they been gone?" asked Aloysius then. Lady Kingswood glanced at her watch. "Barely two hours."
It is what women clamour for, and scheme for, and nine out of ten regret the whole business when they have had their way. There are so many more things in life worth winning!" Lady Kingswood looked at her interestedly.
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