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This most unfortunate production I send you at the end of my scrawl , and if you
think it can give any serious offence , you would perhaps be so kind as to send
me a single line , if possible , on the reception of this , that I may endeavour to
recal ...
This most unfortunate production I send you at the end of my scrawl , and if you
think it can give any serious offence , you would perhaps be so kind as to send
me a single line , if possible , on the reception of this , that I may endeavour to
recal ...
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The prospect of seeing you soon , after so long an interval of time , gives me the
most lively pleasure ; and I have purposely deferred an intended visit to ... If you
could make it convenient to return with me , and give us as much of your ...
The prospect of seeing you soon , after so long an interval of time , gives me the
most lively pleasure ; and I have purposely deferred an intended visit to ... If you
could make it convenient to return with me , and give us as much of your ...
Page 185
The following letters give an interesting picture , as well of the tenderness of his
domestic affections as of his occupations during his wife ' s absence . TO HIS
WIFE . Kingsbury , Tuesday , August 4 , 1801 . MY DEAREST JANE , I am happy
to ...
The following letters give an interesting picture , as well of the tenderness of his
domestic affections as of his occupations during his wife ' s absence . TO HIS
WIFE . Kingsbury , Tuesday , August 4 , 1801 . MY DEAREST JANE , I am happy
to ...
Page 188
He will , no doubt , give you an account of our gaiety , for so it has been to me
who am used to so quiet and stationary a life . I hope that you are enjoying
yourself , and are as happy as you are making others . I think of going to Lichfield
the ...
He will , no doubt , give you an account of our gaiety , for so it has been to me
who am used to so quiet and stationary a life . I hope that you are enjoying
yourself , and are as happy as you are making others . I think of going to Lichfield
the ...
Page 189
She is indeed a pattern for little girls , very sociable without being the least
troublesome , and as submissive as either a father or a husband could desire . To
give you joy of your safe journey and voyage and to express my compassion for ...
She is indeed a pattern for little girls , very sociable without being the least
troublesome , and as submissive as either a father or a husband could desire . To
give you joy of your safe journey and voyage and to express my compassion for ...
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Page 210 - IN the midway1 of this our mortal life, I found me in a gloomy wood, astray Gone from the path direct : and e'en to tell, It were no easy task, how savage wild That forest, how robust and rough its growth, Which to remember only, my dismay Renews, in bitterness not far from death. Yet, to discourse of what there good befel, All else will I relate discover'd there.
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| Title | Works, Volume 1 Works, Henry Francis Cary |
| Editor | Henry Francis Cary |
| Publisher | H. G. Bohn, 1847 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 3 Mar 2006 |
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