Now since by creation the husband is truth, and the wife the good thereof; or, what is the same thing, since by creation the husband is understanding, and the wife the love thereof, it is evident that the external or natural reasons, which aggravate the widowhood of a woman, have their origin from internal or spiritual reasons.

She is then at liberty to marry again or lead a life of single blessedness, but few of them, I believe, wish to encounter the risk attending a second widowhood.

She never married again, but devoted her long widowhood to his memory personally as well as artistically.

The black gown could hardly have implied her widowhood: the allusion would not have been delicate.

One thing is clearI shall soon have to mourn my own widowhood.

" "You are for ever throwing my widowhood in my teeth, Georgina," said Lady Belstone, plaintively.