The Life of Mary Russell Mitford ...: Told by Herself in Letters to Her Friends, Volume 1Harper & brothers, 1870 |
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... poor , poor brains . But I would rather serve in a shop - rather scour floors — rather nurse children , than undergo these tremen- dous and interminable disputes , and this unwomanly pub- licity . Pray forgive this sad no - letter ...
... poor , poor brains . But I would rather serve in a shop - rather scour floors — rather nurse children , than undergo these tremen- dous and interminable disputes , and this unwomanly pub- licity . Pray forgive this sad no - letter ...
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... poor endeavors , has not , I believe , even inquired for a situation ; and I do not press the matter , though I anxiously wish it , being willing to give one more trial to the theatre . If I could but get the assurance of earning for my ...
... poor endeavors , has not , I believe , even inquired for a situation ; and I do not press the matter , though I anxiously wish it , being willing to give one more trial to the theatre . If I could but get the assurance of earning for my ...
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... poor talents . Pray forgive this egotism ; it is a relief and a comfort to me to pour forth my feelings to so dear and so respected a friend ; and they are not now so desolate , not quite so desolate , as they have been . God grant me ...
... poor talents . Pray forgive this egotism ; it is a relief and a comfort to me to pour forth my feelings to so dear and so respected a friend ; and they are not now so desolate , not quite so desolate , as they have been . God grant me ...
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... could ? I beg a thousand pardons for tormenting you with * Thomas Campbell , author of " The Pleasures of Hope , " and at that time editor of the " New Monthly Magazine . " 1 my poor concerns ; but I have an entire LETTERS FOR 1824 . 29.
... could ? I beg a thousand pardons for tormenting you with * Thomas Campbell , author of " The Pleasures of Hope , " and at that time editor of the " New Monthly Magazine . " 1 my poor concerns ; but I have an entire LETTERS FOR 1824 . 29.
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... poor concerns ; but I have an entire reliance on your kindness , and to get money , if I can , is so much my duty , that that consciousness takes away at once all the mock modesty of authorship , for the display of which the rich have ...
... poor concerns ; but I have an entire reliance on your kindness , and to get money , if I can , is so much my duty , that that consciousness takes away at once all the mock modesty of authorship , for the display of which the rich have ...
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