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Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles Robert Maturin
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Melmoth the Wanderer,
by Charles Robert Maturin
Transscribed and Published by Jacson Keating (editor)
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TO THE
MOST NOBLE
THE
MARCHIONESS OF ABERCORN,
This Romance
Is, by her Ladyship’s permission,
Respectfully inscribed by
THE AUTHOR.
PREFACE.
The hint of this Romance (or Tale) was taken from a passage in one of my Sermons, which (as it is to be presumed very few have read) I shall here take the liberty to quote. The passage is this.
“At this moment is there one of us present, however we may have departed from the Lord, disobeyed his will, and disregarded his word—is there one of us who would, at this moment, accept all that man could bestow, or earth afford, to resign the hope of his salvation?—No, there is not one—not such a fool on earth, were the enemy of mankind to traverse it with the offer!”
This passage suggested the idea of “Melmoth the Wanderer.” The Reader will find that idea developed in the following pages, with what power or success he is to decide.