sphere

Of celestial bodies, first the sun, / A mighty sphere, he framed.

Though cold and darkness longer hang somewhere, / Yet Phoebus equally lights all the Sphere.

ſooner ſhall the Sun fall from his Spheare,

Than Tamburlaine be ſlaine or ouercome.

...while his sweet and gentle niece would be a charming companion for Francesca; and he thought, with a glow of affection long unfelt, that Lucy Aylmer must inevitably make a friend whose future kindness might add much to her happiness. Both were at present placed out of their sphere: but the one would in all probability have it greatly in her power to cherish and aid the other.