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25 MARIA EDGEWORTH.
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frankness to spare a which little praise might ; have but her remarks one , even her ' hearty dislike to Erasmus Miss Edgeworth Percy , with as nauseous the utmost as his good medicines temper , ! ' and wer drew e received from her by
this cordial reply . < l The best thanks much to you , leasure my dear tliat Mrs letter . Inclibald this , for whole your letter famil , you father would
mo be t g lad to t see her how sisterauthor p ! "When we compared gave it with one from y ; "Walter , Scottrece , ived nearl , y , at tlie same time , and read both , letters again , upon the
whole Mrs . Inchbald , , the preference ' s . Now was I must giv assure en by the you whole that as breakfast to quantity -table of praise ( a full , I jury believe ) to
find y Scott our fault b far ooks _, exceeded and are say so ori you c such g , i . a We , st so al particularl e in trick teresting was y unwor , like and the t g ive y frankness of me us . so ' much Your with letters the which idea , like you of
truth and , reality , that I am more and more desirous to be personally acquainted with you thoug ; and h in this ha wish t I seen am most her in heartil prin y t joined you would by Mrs I . E will ., a
pers answer on w for it , like better you than v any e no one author or authoress , of your acquain , - tance , as I do , , my father only excepted . "
which Of Miss she little Edgeworth exacted ' s we readiness had ourselves to bestow an opportunit that commendation y of judging .
autograp Miss Village Mitford , ' h etc of . , , Maria ft the desirous late Edgeworth , kind of -hearted obtaining , applied and for to popular us a to young make author known friend of ' this Our the
manner desire , throug and h matter a mutual , making friend comp . She liance at once doubl comp y obli lied ging , both . The by follows
substance of what she wrote was pretty nearly as : " Although I am no literary which fetcher felt and the carrier first of perusal bags , ' of I cannot Miss Mitford refrain '
from admirable expressin traged g t y of pleasure Bienzi 7 , the next I , on the very next , in merit to those of s the immortal Shakespeare . '
" Mfriend will I fear after all be disappointed of her autograph , y " was Miss Mitford ' s very natural it observation would be , " for as ! to
g my ive Earl parting promise y in with the of spring many that specimen health of 1814 y of years , penmanshi whilst , Mr his . Ed p appearance geworth , was seemed impossible seized yet with to "
Lovell an alarming now in illness the twelfth . This year was of increased his captivity by anxi on ety parole about . _Bxit his son his
liberation soverei , into was Paris at hand the . ' prisoners On the were glorious set free return , and of Mr . the L . Ed allied
geworth home hearing gns He arrived in London at nig of ht his and father the ' invalid s illness who at once was set sinking off for to
rest , after a day of _exhaiisting , pain , seemed re-invigorated by the
25 Maria Edgeworth.
25 MARIA EDGEWORTH .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1858, page 25, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091858/page/25/
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