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A Reminiscence of Federalism

The narrator recounts the partisan divide between Federalists and Democrats in a New England town by reminiscing about a childhood friend, and her suitor's coming of age.

Tags: "Hymn to Adversity" (1782), "Il Penseroso" (1645), 1833, 1834, A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy (1768), Acts 7.60, Angelica Catalani, anonymous publication, aristocracy, As You Like It, ballots, Beauty and the Beast, Chimborazo, clergy, coming of age, Cotton Mather, courtship, Curtius, Death, death-bed promise, Democrat, Edie Ochiltree, elections, Federalism, Gioachino Rossini, Helicon, herbalist, Increase Mather, inheritance, Jack and the Beanstalk, Jacobin, Jews, John Adams, John Cotton, John Milton, Judges 11:34, lampoons, Laurence Sterne, lawyer, letters, Love, marriage, New England, newspapers, Norton Anthology of American Literature, Paradise Lost, partisan, pseudonym, Puritans, second wives, Shakespeare, Sir Walter Scott, sisters, Southerners, spinster, Tales and Sketches -First Series, The Age of Reason (1794), The Antiquary (1816), The Token, Thomas Gray, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, Tristam Shandy, Uncle Toby, Vermont, Virgil, widowers, William Cullen Bryant

An Auction Sale

The narrator describes two auctions in which she took part, and reflects on friendship, buying, and selling.

Tags: auctions, Chickering & Sons, Elysium, Friendship, furniture, History of Henry IV Part II, J. & J.W. Meeks, Jews, Judea, Liverpool blue china, Martha, Mary, money changers, pawn broker, piano, Shakespeare, Temple

"Cacoethes Scribendi"

A young woman is embarrassed when her writing is published by her family without her knowledge.

Tags: annuals, art, authorship, blue stocking, Boston, Disraeli, domestic duties, genius, Ichabod Crane, James Crichton, marriage, music, New England, New Haven, New York, North American Review, piety, Shakespeare, Sheherazade, Tasso, The Tempest, Waverley

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