A WIFE.
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Moore, in his life of Sheridan, thus speaks
of Sheridan's first wife. Miss Linley, that
was 1--WE have already seen with what
plant sympathy she followed her husband
throughout his various pursuits-indemnify fly
ing herself with the politician as warmly and
readily as with the author, and keeping love
still attendant on genius through all his trans
actions. AS the wife of the dramatist and
manager, we find her calculating the receipts
of the house, assisting in the adoption of her
husbands opera, and reading over the plays
sent in by dramatic candidates. As the
wife Of the senator and orator, we see her,
with no less zeal, making extracts from
state papers, and copying out ponderous
pamphlets entering with all heart and soul
into the details of elec ions, and even en-
deavoring to fathom the mysteries of the
funds. The affectionate and sensible care
with which she watched over, not only her
own children, but those which her beloved
sister, Mrs. Tickell, confided to her in dy-
ing, gives the finish to this picture of dones-
tic usefulness. When it rs recolected too,
that the person thus homelily employed was
gifted with every charm that could adorn
and delight society, 1t would be difficult,
perhaps, to find any where more perfect
example of that happy mixture of utility
and ornament, in which all thar is priced by
the husband and the lover combines, and
which renders women, what the sacred fire
was to the Parsees-not only an object of
alteration on their altars, but source of
warmth and comfort to their hearts,"