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355 NOTICES OF BOOKS.
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conpeculiar of 77 advantages and so earl . Born as 1797 in 1780 she , commenced she , attained her the diary venerable , the y
age last braced also entry b was the ; bein one great g of made as transition well so late as , speculation singular as 1844 . characters , The and period action who thus , m p arked layed
emtheir s Indeed aid that part y her Miss on writings the Wynn political are was singularl as rem well arkable y as devoid social for genius of stage all ori . or g im It inality ag cannot ination , and be .
beyond _3 fitte f her d to own criticism mix . But in upon the she busiest appears actors , scenes as she an s accomp eldom she has lished ventures so well gentlewoman an described opinion . ,
Eer well sty turned le of writing and the is lucid anecdotes and unadorned are related , the with sentences point and are , not
liscrimination We cannot hel . p More hoping she that does this attempt volume . may be considered
355 Notices Of Books.
355 NOTICES OF BOOKS .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1864, page 355, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071864/page/67/
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