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    27 MARIA EDGEWORTH.

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    It seeined to be a continuance of that state of undenionsfcrating endurance to which she had of latter weeks wrought up her mind ,

    that dearest she object might of avoid her life giving . She added had pain not yet to shed him one who tear had , when been her the to Black Castle

    aunt Ruxton carried her from that house of sorrow , her where The Dr . tender Beaufort kindness ' s family of had Mrs gone . Beaufort , kindly and which anxiousl -was but y to deep meet

    ened . and mellowed by advancing years , seemed , to make her intuitively understand the intenseness of this _dangeroiisly-suppressed anguish . softl

    Throwing gent " My ing sympath poor broug her Maria y arms ht , opened ! relief " around This to the the the simp sluices bursting silent le expression of sufferer heart sorrow . , of , she and sincere long y and whispered continued

    intelliweep affliction Long and of her acutel life y . did On Miss Mrs Ed . S geworth . C . Hall continue asking to her feel many this deepest years write novelshe lied

    that afterwards she had what generall length taken of time she le took time . to She had a written , ' Harring rep

    ton and _^ _OnnoncV in three y months amp , " but that , " she added " was at my father's command . I never heard of the book , nor could I think of read it to

    it after his death , till my sister two years afterwards me , unaware then it _tvas of the quite circumstances forgotten" under Even which by the these cold tale world s were of criticism written , , received with

    and indifferent to them had it been aware—they were of approbation letter from . an The American plot of Jewess Harring comp ton * ' was laining formed that , in her consequence nation had

    a , been treated with iHiberality in some of Miss Edgeworth ' s writings . Anxious that her reparation should be as public as her offence , she

    adopted When this Miss agreeable Edgeworth method ' s spirit of doing s had justice in some . measure revive had d made , she

    in _accej London _> ted invitations , and taking from with several her , her of the sisters seats friends of Honora these whom friends and she Fanny enj , paid ing

    the many Bowood society deli where ghtful of the amongst visit elite s at of the the other land country celebrities . She was , she particularl met for the y , first happy oy tim at e

    but the the poet feeling on the , , Moore whole and , . expression she She was admired with not so which his much brilliancy he fascinated sung in the conversation Irish as most melodies peop , and le ,

    , seemed to be 5 by his sociable and genial qualities . From this agreeable tour she returned home two for eldest some _month hters s ,

    the after advantage which , anxious of mixing to give in French Mrs . Ed societ geworth yearl ' s y in the daug spring of

    , 1820 she once more went to Paris . From all the friends remaining there , whom she had formerly known , she received the warmest

    welcome , , and enlarged her acquaintance hi with a number of written remarkable with

    peop all the le . life Her and letters irit of home her conversation were ghly . entertaining In the hurry , and excitement of Parisian sp lifeshe contrived often to write long and most

    , interesting accounts of the distinguished people she met , to Dr .

    27 Maria Edgeworth.

    27 MARIA EDGEWORTH .

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1858, page 27, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091858/page/27/