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It will of course be observed that Miss Mitford's charming sketches of village life
must have suggested the form of my rude attempt . I dare not flatter myself that
any one will be led to accuse me of further imitation of a deservedly popular
writer .
It will of course be observed that Miss Mitford's charming sketches of village life
must have suggested the form of my rude attempt . I dare not flatter myself that
any one will be led to accuse me of further imitation of a deservedly popular
writer .
Page 9
It is of one of these humble attempts that it is my lot to speak , and I make my
confession at the outset , warning any fashionable reader who may have taken
up my book , that I intend to be • decidedly low . " Whether the purchaser of our
village ...
It is of one of these humble attempts that it is my lot to speak , and I make my
confession at the outset , warning any fashionable reader who may have taken
up my book , that I intend to be • decidedly low . " Whether the purchaser of our
village ...
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At the first encounter of such a mud - hole as I have attempted to describe , we
stopped in utter despair . ... I insisted with all a woman's obstinancy that I could
not and would not make the attempt , and alighted accordingly , and tried to find a
...
At the first encounter of such a mud - hole as I have attempted to describe , we
stopped in utter despair . ... I insisted with all a woman's obstinancy that I could
not and would not make the attempt , and alighted accordingly , and tried to find a
...
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The next day I was to spend in the society of my hostess ; and I felt in no haste to
quit my eyrie , although it was terribly close , but waited a call from one of the little
maidens before I attempted my twilight toilet . When I descended the ladder ...
The next day I was to spend in the society of my hostess ; and I felt in no haste to
quit my eyrie , although it was terribly close , but waited a call from one of the little
maidens before I attempted my twilight toilet . When I descended the ladder ...
Page 44
But if I should attempt to set down half my recollec . tions of that piquant and
changeful scene , I should never get on with my story : so , begging pardon , I will
pass over the young ladies , who never were hungry , and their papas , who
could ...
But if I should attempt to set down half my recollec . tions of that piquant and
changeful scene , I should never get on with my story : so , begging pardon , I will
pass over the young ladies , who never were hungry , and their papas , who
could ...
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| Title | A New Home--who'll Follow?: Or, Glimpses of Western Life, Part 33 Novel newspaper |
| Author | Caroline Matilda Kirkland |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | C. S. Francis, 1839 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 15 Nov 2006 |
| Length | 337 pages |
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