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e Ladies" from Ireland, the country of their nativity. In Memory of MRS. MARY CARRYL, _Deceased 22 November_, 1809. This Monument is erected by Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby of Plas Newydd in this Parish. _Released from Earth and all its transient woes_, _She whose remains beneath this Stone repose_, _Steadfast in faith resigned her parting breath_, _Looked up with Christian joy and smiled in death_. _Patient_, _Industrious_, _Faithful_, _Generous_, _Kind_, _Her Conduct left the proudest far behind_;_ Her Virtues dignified her humble birth_, _And raised her mind above this sordid earth_. _Attachment_ (_Sacred bond of grateful breasts_)_ Extinguished but with life_, _this Tomb attests_, _Reared by Two Friends who will her loss bemoan_, _Till with her ashes_--_Here shall rest their own_. In 1832, the home of "the Ladies of Llangollen" was sold by auction, by the late renowned "knight of the hammer," Mr. George Robins, who put forth the following advertisement, in his characteristic style of decorative description. "IN NORTH WALES. * * * * * Particulars and Conditions of Sale OF THE LADY ELEANOR BUTLER AND MISS PONSONBY'S LITTLE PARADISE AT LLANGOLLEN, Of which a more enlarged description will appear on the other side. IT IS ALL FREEHOLD, And it need hardly be remarked that it is in the most favoured Spot in NORTH WALES; Which will be Sold by Auction BY * * * * * MR. GEORGE ROBINS, * * * * * AT THE AUCTION MART, LONDON, On THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1832, at Twelve o'Clock, IN ONE LOT, BY DIRECTION OF THE EXECUTORS. May be viewed only with Tickets, and Particulars had Twenty-one Days prior to the Sale
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