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    MAEIA EDGEWORTH. 19

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    of another , telling of the sudden death long own gy valued friend . it w B y this not even however t , the p relin leasure quished of the and projected towards tour the was close sadly of dampe 1802 d ; ,

    Miss Edeworthwith her sisters , Emmeline and Charlotte , accompanied time their g and parents w , here to Emme their line favorite Maria Clifton ' s second , wher si ster the was y st opp ted ed

    some , , to From Mr . King Cliffcon , to whom Mr . and she Mrs had . Ed been geworth , for some proceeded time engaged to Paris . , where ,

    t furnished hemselves with in introductions , hihlintelle by ctual Monsieur Parisian Pictet circle , they , soon containin found g y

    amonst othersDumont g ( with whom Maria for many subsequent and years the g carried aged on Abb , an e intimate Morellet , . correspondence Here llt they mechan met in i for French l f the riend , ) last D Mr 'Alembert time Watt Mr . ,

    Edgeworth ' s ingenious and exceenca , . , who The made intimacy them known of these to two many philosop foreigners hers had of celebrity been of . long standhonorable mention

    ing of Mr ; so . Ed far geworth back as , in 1768 writing , Dr . to Small Mr indefati . had Watt made . " He he is has a gentlemen taken

    resolution of fortune , of young moving , mec land hanica and l , water and carriages gable by steam , he seema a to be in a fair of knowing whatever can be known on sucli

    prop we subjects 1858 find hetic it . " is * the 4 sagacit curious In clear the way y , and valuable cheering mind interesting of work his Mr friend . froBi to Ed read geworth with which . Mr a , this prediction . with Watt extract extraordinary had which is in taken 1786 , in , Boulton

    constructed a steam carriage of ' some size , ' and tells Mr . by James Origin P . and Muirliead progress , Esq of . the vol mechanical . 1 , p , 29 . inventions of James Watt 2 , etc , VOL . II .

    Maeia Edgeworth. 19

    MAEIA EDGEWORTH . 19

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1858, page 19, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091858/page/19/