Life in the Sick-Room

Part 1

MAY 1, 1845.

A LIST OF BOOKS

RECENTLY PUBLISHED BY

EDWARD MOXON, 44, DOVER STREET.

DRAMATIC LIBRARY.

BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER. With an INTRODUCTION. BY GEORGE DARLEY. In two volumes, 8vo, with Portraits and Vignettes, price 32s. cloth.

II.

SHAKSPEARE. With REMARKS on his LIFE and WRITINGS. BY THOMAS CAMPBELL. In one volume, 8vo, with Portrait, Vignette, and Index, price 16s. cloth.

III.

BEN JONSON. With a MEMOIR. BY WILLIAM GIFFORD. In one volume, 8vo, with Portrait and Vignette, price 16s. cloth.

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MASSINGER AND FORD. With an INTRODUCTION. BY HARTLEY COLERIDGE. In one volume, 8vo, with Portrait and Vignette, price 16s. cloth.

WYCHERLEY, CONGREVE, VANBRUGH, AND FARQUHAR. With BIOGRAPHICAL and CRITICAL NOTICES. BY LEIGH HUNT. In one volume, 8vo, with Portrait and Vignette, price 16s. cloth.

VI.

SHERIDAN’S DRAMATIC WORKS. With a BIOGRAPHICAL and CRITICAL SKETCH. By LEIGH HUNT. Price 5s. 6d. cloth.

ROGERS’S POEMS.

ROGERS’S POEMS. A NEW EDITION; In one volume, illustrated by 72 Vignettes, from designs by Turner and Stothard, price 16s. boards.

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WORDSWORTH’S POEMS.

WORDSWORTH’S POETICAL WORKS. In six volumes, price 30s. cloth.

II.

WORDSWORTH’S POEMS, chiefly of early and late Years, including “THE BORDERERS,” a Tragedy. In one volume, price 9s. cloth.

III.

WORDSWORTH’S SONNET& In one Volume, price 6s. cloth.

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Part 2

WORDSWORTH’S EXCURSION. A POEM. In one volume, price 6s[.?] cloth.

SELECT PIECES FROM WORDSWORTH. In one volume, illustrated by numerous Woodcuts, price 7s. 6d. boards. 8s. 6d. half-bound, morocco, gilt edges.

CAMPBELL’S POEMS.

CAMPBELL’S POETICAL WORKS. A NEW EDITION. In one volume, illustrated by 20 Vignettes from designs by TURNER, and 37 Woodcuts from designs by HARVEY. Price 20s. boards.

II.

CAMPBELL’S POETICAL WORKS. In one pocket volume, illustrated by numerous Woodcuts, price 8s. cloth.

III.

THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF CAMPBELL. Edited by Dr. WILLIAM BEATTIE, one of his Executors.

In the Press.

SHELLEY’S WORKS.

SHELLEY’S POETICAL WORKS. Edited by MRS. SHELLEY. In one volume, 8vo, with Portrait and Vignette, price 10s. 6d. cloth.

II.

SHELLEY’S ESSAYS AND LETTERS FROM ABROAD. Edited by MRS. SHELLEY. A NEW EDITION. Price 5s.

CHARLES LAMB’S WORKS.

LAMB’S WORKS. A NEW EDITION. In one volume, 8vo, with Portrait and Vignette, price 14s. cloth.

II.

THE ESSAYS OF ELIA. A NEW EDITION. Price 5s.

D’ISRAELI’S WORKS.

CURIOSITIES OF LITERATURE. THIRTEENTH EDITION. In one volume, 8vo, with Portrait, Vignette, and Index, price 16s. cloth.

II.

MISCELLANIES OF LITERATURE. In one volume, 8vo, with Vignette, price 14s. cloth.

CONTENTS:--

1. LITERARY MISCELLANIES. 2. QUARRELS OF AUTHORS. 3. CALAMITIES OF AUTHORS. 4. THE LITERARY CHARACTER. 5. CHARACTER OF JAMES THE FIRST.

DYCE’S BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER.

THE WORKS OF BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER; the Text formed from a new collation of the early Editions. With Notes and a biographical Memoir. By the Rev. A. DYCE. In eleven volumes 8vo. Price 6l. 12s. 0d. cloth.

CHAUCER AND SPENSER.

CHAUCER’S POETICAL WORKS. With an ESSAY on his LANGUAGE AND VERSIFICATION, and an INTRODUCTORY DISCOURSE; together with NOTES and a GLOSSARY. By THOMAS TYRWHITT. In one volume, 8vo with Portrait and Vignette, price 16s. cloth.

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Part 3

SPENSER’S WORKS. With a MEMOIR, NOTES, and a GLOSSARY. In one volume, 8vo. In the Press.

MISCELLANEOUS.

HAYDN’S DICTIONARY OF DATES, and UNIVERSAL REFERENCE, relating to all Ages and Nations; comprehending every Remarkable Occurrence, Ancient and Modern--the Foundation, Laws, and Governments of Countries--their Progress in Civilisation, Industry, and Science--their Achievements in Arms; the Political and Social Transactions of the British Empire--its Civil, Military, and Religious Institutions--the Origin and Advance of Human Arts and Inventions, with copious details of England, Scotland, and Ireland. The whole comprehending a body of information, Classical, Political, and Domestic, from the earliest accounts to the present time. SECOND EDITION. In one volume, 8vo, price 18s. cloth.

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KNOWLES’S (JAMES) PRONOUNCING AND EXPLANATORY DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Founded on a correct development of the Nature, the Number, and the Various Properties of all its Simple and Compound Sounds, as combined into Syllables and Words. A NEW EDITION. In medium 8vo, price 10s. 6d. cloth.

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By the AUTHOR OF “TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST.”

DANA’S SEAMAN’S MANUAL; containing a Treatise on Practical Seamanship, with Plates; a Dictionary of Sea Terms; Customs and Usages of the Merchant Service; Laws relating to the Practical Duties of Master and Mariners. SECOND EDITION. Price 5s. cloth.

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HINTS ON HORSEMANSHIP, to a NEPHEW and NIECE; or, Common Sense and Common Errors in Common Riding. By Colonel GEORGE GREENWOOD, late of the Second Life Guards; Price 2s. 6d.

CICERO’S LIFE AND LETTERS. The Life by Dr. MIDDLETON; The Letters translated by WM. MELMOTH and Dr. HEBERDEN. In one volume, 8vo, with Portrait and Vignette, price 16s. cloth.

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ELLEN MIDDLETON. A TALE. BY LADY GEORGIANA FULLERTON. SECOND EDITION. In three volumes price 31s. 6d. cloth.

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CAPTAIN BASIL HALL’S FRAGMENTS OF VOYAGES AND TRAVELS. A NEW EDITION. In one volume, 8vo, price 12s. cloth.

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DEERBROOK. A NOVEL. By HARRIET MARTINEAU. A NEW EDITION. In one pocket volume, price 6s. cloth.

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THE HOUR AND THE MAN. A Historical Romance. By HARRIET MARTINEAU. A NEW EDITION. In one pocket volume, price 6s. cloth.

TALFOURD’S (MR. SERJEANT) VACATION RAMBLES AND THOUGHTS; comprising the Recollections of three Continental Tours in the Vacations of 1841, 42, and 43. SECOND EDITION. Price 10s. 6d. cloth.

XI.

DYCE’S REMARKS ON MR. C. KNIGHT’S AND MR. J. P. COLLIER’S EDITIONS OF SHAKSPEARE. In 8vo, price 9s. cloth.

XII.

LIFE IN THE SICK-ROOM: ESSAYS. By AN INVALID. SECOND EDITION. Price 8s. boards.

XIII.

HISTOIRE DE FRANCE DU PETIT LOUIS. Par LADY CALLCOTT. Price 2s. 6d. half-bound.

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SHELLEY’S (MRS.) RAMBLES IN GERMANY AND ITALY in 1840, 1842, and 1843. In 2 vols. post 8vo. Price 21s. cloth.

Part 4

POETRY.

TENNYSON’S POEMS. 2 vols. Price 12s. boards.

MILNES’S POEMS. 4 vols. Price 20s. boards.

TRENCH’S JUSTIN MARTYR, and other Poems. 6s. bds.

-------- POEMS FROM EASTERN SOURCES. Price 6s. bds.

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---------- STRAFFORD. Price 5s. boards.

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---------- SORDELLO. Price 6s. 6d. boards.

PATMORE’S (COVENTRY) POEMS. Price 5s. bds.

BARRETT’S (MISS) POEMS. 2 vols. Price 12s. bds.

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TALFOURD’S (SERJEANT) TRAGEDIES. Price 2s. 6d.

TAYLOR’S PHILIP VAN ARTEVELDE. Price 2s. 6d.

-------- EDWIN THE FAIR, &c. Price 2s. 6d.

BARRY CORNWALL’S SONGS. Price 2s. 6d.

LEIGH HUNT’S POETICAL WORKS. Price 2s. 6d.

PERCY’S RELIQUES. 3 vols. Price 7s. 6d.

LAMB’S DRAMATIC SPECIMENS. 2 vols. Price 5s.

CHEAP EDITIONS OF POPULAR WORKS

SHELLEY’S ESSAYS AND LETTERS. Price 5s.

SEDGWICK’S LETTERS FROM ABROAD. Price 2s. 6d.

DANA’S TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST. 2s. 6d.

CLEVELAND’S VOYAGES AND COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES. Price 2s. 6d.

ELLIS’S EMBASSY TO CHINA. Price 2s. 6d.

PRINGLE’S RESIDENCE IN SOUTH AFRICA. 3s. 6d.

THE ESSAYS OF ELIA. Price 5s.

HUNT’S INDICATOR, AND COMPANION. Price 5s.

Part 5

------ THE SEER; OR, COMMON-PLACES REFRESHED. Price 5s.

SHERIDAN’S DRAMATIC WORKS. With an INTRODUCTION. By LEIGH HUNT. Price 5s.

LAMB’S LIFE AND LETTERS. Price 5s.

------ ROSAMUND GRAY, &c. Price 2s. 6d.

------ TALES FROM SHAKSPEARE. Price 2s. 6d.

------ ADVENTURES OF ULYSSES. TO WHICH IS ADDED, MRS. LEICESTER’S SCHOOL. Price 2s.

HALL’S VOYAGE TO LOO-CHOO. Price 2s. 6d.

------ TRAVELS IN SOUTH AMERICA. Price 5s.

------FRAGMENTS OF VOYAGES AND TRAVELS. FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD SERIES. Price 5s. each.

CAMPBELL’S POETICAL WORKS. Price 2s. 6d.

LAMB’S POETICAL WORKS. Price 1s. 6d.

BAILLIE’S (JOANNA) FUGITIVE VERSES. Price 1s.

SHAKSPEARE’S POEMS. Price 1s.

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ESSAYS.

“Quand on se porte bien, on ne comprend pas comment on pourrait faire si on était malade; et quand on l’est, on prend médecine gaiement: le mal y résout. On n’a plus les passions et les désirs des divertissements et des promenades, que la santé donnait, et qui sont incompatibles avec les nécessités de la maladie. La nature donne alors des passions et des désirs conformes à l’état présent. Ce ne sont que les craintes que nous nous donnons nous-mêmes, et non pas la nature, qui nous troublent; parcequ’elles joignent à l’état où nous sommes les passions de l’état où nous ne sommes pas.”--PASCAL.

LIFE IN THE SICK-ROOM.

ESSAYS.

AN INVALID.

“For they breathe truth that breathe their words in pain.”--SHAKSPERE.

“The saddest birds a season find to sing.”--ROBERT SOUTHWELL.

SECOND EDITION.

LONDON: EDWARD MOXON, DOVER-STREET. MDCCCXLIV.

LONDON: BRADBURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.

CONTENTS.

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THE TRANSIENT AND THE PERMANENT IN THE SICK-ROOM 1

Part 6

SYMPATHY TO THE INVALID 11

NATURE TO THE INVALID 43

LIFE TO THE INVALID 64

DEATH TO THE INVALID 104

TEMPER 126

BECOMING INJURED 146

POWER OF IDEAS IN THE SICK-ROOM 155

SOME PERILS AND PAINS OF INVALIDISM 176

SOME GAINS AND SWEETS OF INVALIDISM 197

TO----

“Passion I see is catching; for mine eyes, Seeing those beads of sorrow stand in thine, Began to water.” SHAKSPERE.

“When we our betters see bearing our woes, We scarcely think our miseries our foes; Who alone suffers suffers most i’ the mind, Leaving free things and happy shows behind. But then the mind much sufferance doth o’erskip, When grief hath mates, and bearing fellowship.” SHAKSPERE.

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