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... devoted to improving the lot of the prisoners in Great Yarmouth Gaol . She did not - indeed , she could not give up her dressmaking . She worked out at her customers ' houses , earning about 1s . 3d . a day . Her first resolve was to ...
... devoted to improving the lot of the prisoners in Great Yarmouth Gaol . She did not - indeed , she could not give up her dressmaking . She worked out at her customers ' houses , earning about 1s . 3d . a day . Her first resolve was to ...
Page 33
... devoted work she was well known throughout the whole town and neigh- bourhood , and was no longer entirely dependent on her own slender earnings . Her grandmother died in 1826 , and she then inherited a small income of about £ 12 a year ...
... devoted work she was well known throughout the whole town and neigh- bourhood , and was no longer entirely dependent on her own slender earnings . Her grandmother died in 1826 , and she then inherited a small income of about £ 12 a year ...
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... with marmalade , made by her own hands , one of the ships that were being fitted out for a Polar expedition . She was a most loving wife and tender mother as well as a devoted and faithful friend . 38 EMINENT WOMEN OF OUR TIMES.
... with marmalade , made by her own hands , one of the ships that were being fitted out for a Polar expedition . She was a most loving wife and tender mother as well as a devoted and faithful friend . 38 EMINENT WOMEN OF OUR TIMES.
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Short Biographical Sketches Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett. mother as well as a devoted and faithful friend . She gave up far more time than most mothers do to the education of her children . Her love of animals , especially of birds ...
Short Biographical Sketches Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett. mother as well as a devoted and faithful friend . She gave up far more time than most mothers do to the education of her children . Her love of animals , especially of birds ...
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... devoted to her . brother James , who was two years her junior . When he left home for college , the brightness of her life departed ; he told her she must not permit herself to be so miserable , and advised her to take refuge , each ...
... devoted to her . brother James , who was two years her junior . When he left home for college , the brightness of her life departed ; he told her she must not permit herself to be so miserable , and advised her to take refuge , each ...
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