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MAMA EDGE WORTH. 23
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rather neither sketches very and probable of incidents than nor finished which very interesting portraits produces , and , a most degree there of of is a languor want both not are to of
persons , have Whilst been the expected health in of so Henry short a Ed work geworth of so seemed animated to revive a writer , that . ' * of had she
been her sister when Charlotte they were unexpectedl on the continent y gave way that . she So had blooming been described
by one , celebrated foreigner as _" fraich , e com / me un ro _^ e \ et avec des yeux pleins _cf intelligence ; " by another , who deeply ad character _oiired her and , —
the well known Camille Jourdan , —the purity of her countenance were exactldescribed in his passionate exclamation to
her _father" Elle a Pair y si vierginalle /" In the autumn , of 1816 , pulmonary symptoms appeared , and in had
bered April , but 1817 four , she and was twenty carried years off had , by but rap made even id decline her in that the . short fondl She perio loved d num , her the - peculiarling disposition y
y engag , cherishe a fatal shock d favorite to the , the fragile deep health ly mourned of Henry —of . all In . vain Her he death exerted gave
where himself he to took prepare his degree for his ; and intende probabl d profession y overtasking . He his went strength to London , was ,
flattered obliged to his sail famil for with Madeira fallacious . A hopes slight of amendment his recovery once , but more he
Clifton soon lost two ground y affcer again the , and death returning of his lamented to Eng sister land , . expired at years
After , this sad eventthree or four years were quietly passed at homewhich were usuall , y employed by Miss Edgeworth in writing ,
but aunt now Kuxton , and then Dr varied Beaufort by visits Her to own the hosp delig itable htful and houses agreeable of her
kept home was with also or the visited gentry . by of numerous the . country friends with , and whom pleasant her intercourse animated
manners up and varied conversation made her , a general favorite . Pier father wasmeanwhilemuch and fatiguingly engaged , in prosecuting
experiments , on wheel carriages , ; and then , in the examination of bogs , and lan the for best constructing mode of drainage ire for for the them church . He of now Edgeworthstown also invented , to a
of was be p fitted a executed large together number in , a and of perfect a friends then sp m raised anner assembled by , in machinery August to _witness , to 1811 its its , erection p in lace presence . This and
X reading His - ) lacing favorite on aloud the relaxation steep which le , where she in the , did it evening steadil inimitabl y was stands listening In at this this to very way Mari day hor a ' s .
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Mama Edge Worth. 23
MAMA EDGE WORTH . 23
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1858, page 23, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091858/page/23/
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