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MARIA EDGEWORTH. 21
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leffc system for of esp land ionage but Veil the to such friendshi , injustice formed . They with therefore French immediatel and Swiss y Eng ; ps
savans were permanent . Maria kept alive their original warmth and freshnesss by uninterrupted correspondence . Their return was most
happ quickl ily timed that , the they declaration would probabl of war have with had Great the Britain misery , following of being
so among A * cloud the y detenus which , as overcast Mr . Edgeworth the y domestic ' s son Lovell circle was for with eleven mournful years .
now frequency " loomed , , apprehension in the horizon for the . " health All the of sisters a cherishe were d member strongly ,
attached to their brother Henry , but Miss Edgeworth was peculiarly to so train as , when and a teach little ; boy it was he had with been the put deepest under sorrow her especial they learned care
that symptoms had appeared of that disease" Most Consump fatal tion of , Pandora silent cheater ' s train of , tlie eye !"
studies Hearing under from Dr . Edinburg Gregory , h an , where alarming he was account pursuing of his his health medical , his and
father determined to return to Ireland by Scotland ., bring endeared Henry home him with to all him who . knew The amiable himand disposition it was with of this no small young grati man
fication that his family heard Alison , , Playfair , and Dugald Stewart much speak from of him the as milder if he climate were their of Ireland own son and . after Dr . Gregory their arrival hoped at
, , home late in 1803 the amendment in his patient seemed to justify , the Government hope . having at length determined to make trial of the
Telegraph , applied to Mr . Edgeworth , and he , released from the pressure of immediate anxiety on account of his son assistance , once more of
turned his mind to his favorite plan , and with the his brother-in-lawCaptain Beaufort , * who was then at home to recover of severe wounds , leted a line from Dublin to Galway ,
on which messages and answers , comp were transmitted in eight minutes . Bat the alarm of the French invasion subsided , Mr . Edgeworth and
and his friend their Telegrap were diplom hs consi aticall gned y thanked to the for care their of the gratuitous ordinary exerti military ons ,
establishments . worthstown daug The hter next , It literary was the i An work joint _HJssaz , which / _prodiiction on Irish ( in 1803 Bulls of ) ] the appeared and pens was of from intende father Ed d and ge to
-. was the shew eloquence to the Eng and lish talent public of , under the lower the semblance classes in of a Ireland pretended . It attack fully , it had iven
was accomp fresh lished in the its mind object of ; the and reader whilst , was the followe amusement d by the ' Popular g
winter * Afterwards of 1857 , Admiral a long life Sir , spent Francis in the Beaufort service , of K . his C . B country ., wlio closed ; nrst , in in the the her to the
Navy , and then for twenty six years as HydrograpAdmiralty .
Maria Edgeworth. 21
MARIA EDGEWORTH . 21
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1858, page 21, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091858/page/21/
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