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MARIA EDGEWORTH. 17
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consented ment , — "Ms to undertake eloquent affection the responsible conquered charge her of timidity the happ , " and iness she of
the so many Rev . William They were Beaufort married * at on the St . Anne 31 st of ' s May Church by , her in brother Dublin , ,
. , and arrived late in the same evening * at Edgeworthstown . " Of her first entrance and appearance" says Maria" I can recollect
,, onl effort y the or pretension general impression the chief , that thing it remarkable was quite natural was , that , "without she , of
whom we were all thinking , so much , seemed to think so little of herself . " from
thi Miss s union Edgeworth which her did father not anti did cipate ; but the she happy quickl consequences y found reason to
prop after change er this p her laces marriage op , inion and the , , and things fear with of and her change persons usual which frankness found had perp themselves say lexed s so . numbers in " their Soon
to was the graduall . , occasion y , dispelled and superior . Mrs to . Ed the geworth expectation was found . Of always all the bless equal - The
ings we owe to Him , this has proved the greatest . " testimony friend given to of the own world who by was her rel pen ated , was to Mrs corroborated . E . and by expressed her lips to her a
deep satisfaction our , on knowing that she was , so much beloved , " Beloved ! " exclaimed Maria in her enthusiastic manner , " beloved
seems a cold word to apply to her—amongst us she has been an angel !" bad emi
nence The ' year as that 1798 in which , possesses the Irish in the Rebellion annals of raged Ireland in its , a fullest ' force - ; of the
island extending The its count malignant of Long influence ford shared over in the the greatest turbulence portion and alarm
disaffected of the . times were ; its joined Roman y by Catholic the peop inhabitants le of the nei , who ghbouring were notoriousl county of y
Westmeath , and when it was known that the French army under General Humbert , had landed at Killalla , on the west coast of
Irelandand were , marching forward , they rose in a body , and attacked , the village and house of Edgeworthstown . Happily , the
famil marched y had with escaped the Ed to Long geworthstown ford . Mr . corps Edgeworth of yeomanry and his . son His Henry wife
rode on horseback , and the rest of the ladies and children were crammed into two carriages . The townalready crowded with troops
and fugitives from the surrounding country , , afforded but small accommodationand the whole familyeleven in number , were lodged
impossible in two very ; and , small as she rooms lay , at or rather the hotel , , tossed . Here restlessl Maria y about found her sleep bed ,
she heardas she thought , suppressed screams frequently repeated . , * Hector of G-lanmire and Prebendary of Cork . That excellent since minister been
called has , to to the his heavenl loss of y an rest attached , by Him circle to whose of friends service , some lie few long year and s faithfully _devoted talents of an uncommon orderand the highest powers of a highly '
gifted mind . ,
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Maria Edgeworth. 17
MARIA EDGEWORTH . 17
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1858, page 17, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091858/page/17/
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