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.BIANCA MILESI MOJOK. 11
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In Appropriating To Our Own Pages The Fo...
_. the among irls the to gentry a confidential ; tliat b - eing woman to confide -who combined the boys the to offices an abbe of , m and aid
Bianca and g governess and her , sisters and thus were relieved admitted , the every mother morning of all to responsibility the bedside .
of their motherkissed her handand did not see her again until , , dinner time , when several _giiests were always assembled . * The
children were not admitted to the drawing-room till evening , and then looked on while tarots and ombre were played . On Sunday
The they eldest took a sister drive was on the the Corso onl , one always accompanied ted fromthese by t rules he duenna . She .
write tini occup , a ied just great separate as lad much y apartments of as the was good y with old tim her exemp e , grandmother to who deci knew pher , how , her Bianca to psalms read Viscon and and
no keep book her can laundress teach . ' s account She had , necessary but been she much had courted learnt from in her the youth world , what both _,
on account of her beauty and her friendly relations with Count she Grepp had i , retained then Intendant great kindliness -General . and Her amiabilit manners y . were Her whole noble , plea and
sure consisted in gathering at her table some of her friends , the youngest ing was to of arrange whom was with seventy Paolo , , and the her head great cook business , the of the dinner every morn which
should be served . For this purpose the remains preceding this day were sole use broug and ht she before gravel her , r and eviewed set out these in a with hall her appropriated aid-de-camp to .
, y Each time that she decided on a new dish , or pointed out the means of preparing an old one for a reappearance , Paolo bowed respectfully
I and sh rep all lied do so , " . ) Illustrissim The excell a , en si , t far woman 6 cosi . often " ( Yes ch , anged most illustriou her resolutions s lady , _^ who failed to
change and gave by iece new the of orders same business salutation to her being valet , and over , the the never same old official lady repaired p approve hrase . to every This the
drawing grave p -room . She received company , all day , with either a fan or a screen in her handaccordinto the season ; andthanks to the
general Bianca habits was her of idleness father , ' s in favorite , Ital g y , , societ and she y never returned failed , his her love . with all
the tenderness of her heart . Pie died in 1804 , when she was but fourteenleaving the little irl inconsolable . At that age , such
, poor g a calamity seems to end the world . She inherited a small proportion of her father ' s wealth ; the son , according to the Italian law ,
taking the bulk of the property—the lion ' s share . Her sisters were all married earland Biancathe youngest of the flockremained
y , , , her mother ' s companion . . From this time she displayed that eagerness to know everythingwhichher biographer _" was the
eternal delight and etern , al torment , says of her life . " She , spent her days in drawing and study . She had an accomplished tutor with
whom she studied arithmetic , geometry , and algebra . Her reading under his guidance embraced history , biography , dramatic
poetry , and a few metaphysical works . Her mother was charmed
.Bianca Milesi Mojok. 11
. BIANCA _MILESI _MOJOK . 11
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1861, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031861/page/11/
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