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    362 THINGS IN GENERAL.

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    with any parts of the Bloomer costume , and is indeed as of strong-minded propensities as any lamb ! will describe herand

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    her youth a sort of Lady Die Spanker . She married the younger son herself of a nei and ghbouring made him squire assume , had her all maiden her properly name of ti Armstrong ghtly secured . His on

    name died earl had , y , been leaving Courtenay her with , but one that boy did , Courtenay not matter Armstrong . Her husband ; and all

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    time with even a fraction of her liberty , and she devoted herself , after her own ideas , to Courtenay . Of to him she that certainl she abominated y wished to

    milksops to make ak a man , fi but gurativel , for her she love was overlay of rule accustomed ing was him too and strong say thoug ; she h he could escaped not actual help ,

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    of taug every Edward ht female just VI as child . it She mi in g tried her ht have parish to marry been dressed all a the young and taug folks ht , in not the as rei they gn

    wantedbut as she wanted ; sometimes trying to bring together the heirs at others to , conti using guous all her lots influence of land because in sundering it would the improve course of her true farms love ,

    because been son finall expected it fell dwelt , out it was at . opposite He upon gave thi ends in s delicate to of her the question imp parish licitl . y th , till at As she mi one g and ht day have her she

    bund out y he had married a merchant ' s . daughter in a neighbouring

    362 Things In General.

    _362 THINGS IN GENERAL .

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1859, page 362, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081859/page/2/