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A -GONEIiY CHILDHOOD. 173
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XXIX.—A LONELY CHILDHOOD.
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Wan causes t of of unkindne sympathy ss ...
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women hav in town to . _'" or queens coun Shet t land r and fur , f ther ar phe more south tesses . agreeable . " This , I the think sort , than of socie that ty we of y
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comfor I ts and are city still pleasures unbelieving . so I will release you from
¦ your '—thi see uncom s much you fortabl I will e position . Go of to listener Shetlan , d to . an a d proser try the ; onl life y— I have stay say
m so iracl imperfectl e to y described . we She , t t land tell ladies me , m an you age t o pass , that the it time is a you
much agreeabl f y . the You hearing must go ; oh have ! goodb iven ye then and —thank the lar y g e p ver iece y
you have or added to that endless crochet g mat , . Goodbye Cyntha . .
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A -Goneiiy Childhood. 173
A -GONEIiY CHILDHOOD . 173
Xxix.—A Lonely Childhood.
XXIX . —A LONELY CHILDHOOD .
Wan Causes T Of Of Unkindne Sympathy Ss ...
Want of sympathy is , no doubt , reference one of the to those most in frequent whom
we causes take of no unkindne ecial ss interest ; for even human in nature is not essentially malevolentand sp common h , umanitwould mostly prevent us
from would inflicting reall , y be injury injury , if ; onl while y our in own the case feelings of those told us we that love it ,
* , Vikinger—_ Torse , plural of Viking .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 2, 1864, page 173, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_02051864/page/29/
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