A book of memories of great men and women of the age, from personal acquaintance (1877)
Hall, S. C. (Samuel Carter), 1800-1889, St. John, Cynthia Morgan, 1852-1919. fmo, Wordsworth Collection · London, Virtue · leaf 132
or me, was his power over my mind, that no one thing I everbegan to write was ever left unfinished. In the few letters he addressed to her—lor they were rarely apart even for a day—he signs himself Your critic, partner,father, friend. To write for children was then considered below the dignity of… … % EDGEWOIiTHSTOWN. I There is abundant evidence that much of the true greatness of Maria Edgeworthsmind—and the inestimable value of her writings—resulted from the duty whichnature imposed upon her when she was placed at the head of a family consisting ofchildren of varied ages from infancy to…
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