The Life of Mary Russell Mitford ...: Told by Herself in Letters to Her Friends, Volume 1Harper & brothers, 1870 |
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... wish it , being willing to give one more trial to the theatre . If I could but get the assurance of earning for my dear father and mother a humble competence I should be the happiest creature in the world . But for these dear ties I ...
... wish it , being willing to give one more trial to the theatre . If I could but get the assurance of earning for my dear father and mother a humble competence I should be the happiest creature in the world . But for these dear ties I ...
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... wishes from all . Ever yours , M. R. MITFORD . To B. R. HAYDON , ESQ . , 8 Paddington Green . [ Fragment . ] October , 1823 . I have a sneaking kindness for portraits . I do not mean the faces on the Royal Academy walls , but those 18 ...
... wishes from all . Ever yours , M. R. MITFORD . To B. R. HAYDON , ESQ . , 8 Paddington Green . [ Fragment . ] October , 1823 . I have a sneaking kindness for portraits . I do not mean the faces on the Royal Academy walls , but those 18 ...
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... wish to be incognita ; so I tell it you as a secret to be told . I wish you had seen my friends Mr. Macready and his sis- ter , for she is traveling with him . You would have been pleased with both ; and Miss M. would have had one point ...
... wish to be incognita ; so I tell it you as a secret to be told . I wish you had seen my friends Mr. Macready and his sis- ter , for she is traveling with him . You would have been pleased with both ; and Miss M. would have had one point ...
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... wish you all prosperity in your new abode . I do not wish you happiness , for you have it . With such a wife and such a boy , and such a con- sciousness of those blessings , I do really think you the hap- piest man in the world . I ...
... wish you all prosperity in your new abode . I do not wish you happiness , for you have it . With such a wife and such a boy , and such a con- sciousness of those blessings , I do really think you the hap- piest man in the world . I ...
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... wishes that attend you from all here ? Adieu ! M. R. MITFORD . To B. R. HAYDON , ESQ . , 8 Paddington Green . Three - mile Cross , July 11 , 1824 . MY DEAR FRIEND , -I like to hear of your painting ex - may- ors ( corporate bodies are ...
... wishes that attend you from all here ? Adieu ! M. R. MITFORD . To B. R. HAYDON , ESQ . , 8 Paddington Green . Three - mile Cross , July 11 , 1824 . MY DEAR FRIEND , -I like to hear of your painting ex - may- ors ( corporate bodies are ...
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