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... letters , written about the time of Elizabeth Fry's childhood , of love of music as a thing which tends " to weaken and destroy the spiritual discernment . " Mr. and Mrs. Gurney , however , seem to have been very free from such ...
... letters , written about the time of Elizabeth Fry's childhood , of love of music as a thing which tends " to weaken and destroy the spiritual discernment . " Mr. and Mrs. Gurney , however , seem to have been very free from such ...
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... letters , dated 1850 : “ A Bristol magistrate told me that for twenty years he had felt quite unhappy at going ... letter her mother speaks of the wonderfully tranquillising influence of dolls on her little Mary . She never shrank ...
... letters , dated 1850 : “ A Bristol magistrate told me that for twenty years he had felt quite unhappy at going ... letter her mother speaks of the wonderfully tranquillising influence of dolls on her little Mary . She never shrank ...
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... letter from her brother Philip describes one of these occasions , at the meeting in 1860 of the British Association at Oxford , when her subject was , Educational Help from the Government Grant to the Destitute and Neglected Children of ...
... letter from her brother Philip describes one of these occasions , at the meeting in 1860 of the British Association at Oxford , when her subject was , Educational Help from the Government Grant to the Destitute and Neglected Children of ...
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... letter , written when she was eighty - eight years old , Caroline recalls these furtive hours stolen from the serious occupa- tions of her life , which then consisted in sewing , orna- mental needlework , knitting , plaiting hair , and ...
... letter , written when she was eighty - eight years old , Caroline recalls these furtive hours stolen from the serious occupa- tions of her life , which then consisted in sewing , orna- mental needlework , knitting , plaiting hair , and ...
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... letters complimenting her on her discoveries . One from De la Lande addressed her as " Savante Miss , " while another from the Rev. Dr. Maskelyne saluted her as " My worthy sister in astronomy . " Royal and other distinguished visitors ...
... letters complimenting her on her discoveries . One from De la Lande addressed her as " Savante Miss , " while another from the Rev. Dr. Maskelyne saluted her as " My worthy sister in astronomy . " Royal and other distinguished visitors ...
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