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Excerpt from Emmeline: With Some Other Pieces
When she passed the bounds of mere childhood, the defects, under which her early education must otherwise have la boured, were remedied partly by a short residence at school in Edinburgh, and, still more, by the affectionate care of her father''s sisters of whose kindness she entertained, through life, the most grateful recollection. But as a great part of her training was still left to herself, her love for reading spent itself on poetry and fiction. They helped to people for her that world of her own, which the day-dreams of youth called up in her solitude.
At a very early age, the charge of her father''s household devolved upon her and the details of housekeeping in Orkney are of so exhausting a kind, that, from her sixteenth to her twentieth year, she could have had very little leisure for self-improve ment.
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When she passed the bounds of mere childhood, the defects, under which her early education must otherwise have la boured, were remedied partly by a short residence at school in Edinburgh, and, still more, by the affectionate care of her father''s sisters of whose kindness she entertained, through life, the most grateful recollection. But as a great part of her training was still left to herself, her love for reading spent itself on poetry and fiction. They helped to people for her that world of her own, which the day-dreams of youth called up in her solitude.
At a very early age, the charge of her father''s household devolved upon her and the details of housekeeping in Orkney are of so exhausting a kind, that, from her sixteenth to her twentieth year, she could have had very little leisure for self-improve ment.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
Contributors
Author
Mary Brunton
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780265934760
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm
Page Count - 323
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Contributors
Author
Mary Brunton
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781331712268
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm
Page Count - 325
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