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A CHARMING GRANDMAMMA.

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soprano, was listened to with breathless attention by the little ones.

Ann Carwardine died March 2, 1817, in the 66th year of her age, of the same cruel malady that sixtyeight years later carried off her grand-daughter. When Ann Carwardine's bier was placed in Colne Church, a robin redbreast flew in and perched upon her coffin, singing sweetly the while. As we look at Romney's portrait, the mother's arms encircling her eldest boy, one of twelve, cannot we believe all good things of this grandmamma, and say with Locker,—

"If Romney's art be true,

What a lucky dog were you,
Grandpapa!"

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