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... habit . Soon after this , at the age of twenty , she became the wife of Mr. Joseph Fry , and re- moved to London , where she lived in St. Mildred's Court , in the City . The family into which she married I 3 ELIZABETH FRY CAROLINE HERSCHEL.
... habit . Soon after this , at the age of twenty , she became the wife of Mr. Joseph Fry , and re- moved to London , where she lived in St. Mildred's Court , in the City . The family into which she married I 3 ELIZABETH FRY CAROLINE HERSCHEL.
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... wife . Public attention was now alive to the importance of the work ; and in the following year a Select Committee of the House of Commons was appointed to inquire and report upon the condition of the London prisons . Mrs. Fry was ...
... wife . Public attention was now alive to the importance of the work ; and in the following year a Select Committee of the House of Commons was appointed to inquire and report upon the condition of the London prisons . Mrs. Fry was ...
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... wife was in an exceptionally good temper . In a 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 ...
... wife was in an exceptionally good temper . In a 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 ...
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... wife . At that time the post between London and Hanover was an affair of fifteen days , and letters were carried by a monthly messenger , of whose services she seldom failed to avail herself . She took the keenest interest in her ...
... wife . At that time the post between London and Hanover was an affair of fifteen days , and letters were carried by a monthly messenger , of whose services she seldom failed to avail herself . She took the keenest interest in her ...
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... wife to go on foreign service for some years . She had accompanied her husband to London , and on returning home to Scotland was obliged to stay at the Manse of Jedburgh , the home of her brother - in - law and sister , Dr. and Mrs ...
... wife to go on foreign service for some years . She had accompanied her husband to London , and on returning home to Scotland was obliged to stay at the Manse of Jedburgh , the home of her brother - in - law and sister , Dr. and Mrs ...
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