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355 OPEN COUNCIL.
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suxnerous never In MA this held .DAM enl...
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355 Open Council.
355 OPEN COUNCIL .
Suxnerous Never In Ma This Held .Dam Enl...
never In this held . DAM enli hefore , ghtened ; with age a magazine when woman circle devoted to holds her to her a interests position wants and when in the wishes world , and _she a
receive _suxnerous six the and _sympath ive hi at ghl least y y their intelli their try gent pity ing to position the over demands -worked , m and illiner ; five ; when out governesses of in every fact persons g
entreat assure a reformation you a few , from moments in these life . ' matters attention If Mary seems to were ' Mary to he possessed ' advancin s' little of history g a with tolerable , rap sketched id education strides knowledge , I honestly , may she of I two out of the three " Es" considered neither necessary to a polite ? rithmetic , '
myself having could tell , ever and her make been tale broug best the herself public ht before , but acquainted her notice with reading , I am those , induced ' riting few , particulars to nor few step ' miles for of ward from her , life with which I am conversant . Born in the country a found
her Dublin she left useful , but behind in broug the and nursery ht to who this , have she country retains in all when probability but a little mere affection child long b since y for a lad those forgotten y who relatives her . , residence in landMaris to all intents
and Still , notwithstanding intensel her Irish long . Hot-headed Eng warm-hearted , y , and dirty , but then she find purposes as she for truly attention says , y she to has the no comforts time to of clean , life , with herself four . ' sets What of lodgers time can in
the housebesides any her mistress and family ? And she a seryant-of-all-work ! traordinary The first , thing animosity that struck she cherished my attention against next her to mistress her and dirtiness , whom reached , was she the seemed when
exbut possible to regard who of . certainl as This an person y ogre looked as to who * she be upon may / watched and all have Irish at been communication all as very a times kind estimable , of intended machine over in - other , to was be resp always confi ects - , spoken by Mary any
protrusion dential consisting was first of invariabl the of an , head y indescribable prefaced through b the y but a half series in no opened wise of pantomimic agreeable door , and sniffle performances thirdl , next y , the a ,
forced assurance By degrees itself * she the ' s all extreme ri my ght notice . ' dilap . idation I saw of that Mary her ' s whole black personal dress appearance was never
that changed her , shoes that upon the ( when hooks she and wore eyes any which ) ht were had kept fallen on with off produced were great never difficulty by rep a coat , laced that of ,
be her sooty a comp cap dirt of lexion that black encrusted , which netwas I had her the face thoug delusion , and so finall caused peculiar y , that by , was an what innumerable I had imag brush quantity ined to
of short fine hair , which work , , from all long her neg head lect and Was entire disuse naturall of and b or
combformed a net over . Mary y y habit work , she dirty had and before untid her y then it would ? Probabl have y been she inhuman may have to been attempt ; but improving with the that
her is to nature she or had correcting sold herself , her habits for a . triflin Mary g sum was to in il my er mi op stress inion , a to slave be at , her say lastedShe
rose beck appeared After in at knocking the all , to morning hours come at of every the the at six various day day , when or but ni bedroom Saturday g it ht was , so not long doors , when washing as , the with l cleaning engagement morning hot water ' , which took , she its however had . place to .
tersx prepare clearing _^ ersed the and away with coals carry , answering for the which up washing breakfast she the up carried door , for making , running four about beds separate in errands a , large dusting parties , and box rooms , keep , heavy then ing , etc enoug came Hiv . e ; fires h the in to
break going all It time is , her my in back private the , ni and op ht put inion and them that all she could on never with discover undressed her fingers that , she . for had I have relieved seen herself her at
of washing any garment s and much but g besides that , which never was she performed called her by ' her gownd after . ' other All peop the household le had
retired to rest , for then she said , she did not get called off so . ' Her hands she ,
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Jan. 1, 1859, page 355, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01011859/page/67/
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