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Excerpt from Lady Duff Gordon''s Letters From Egypt
Two years later Mr. Austin was appointed Royal Com missioner to inquire into the grievances of the Maltese. His wife accompanied him, but so hot a climate was not considered good for a young girl, and Lucie was sent to a school at Bromley. She must have been as great a novelty to the school as the school-life was to her, for with a great deal of desultory knowledge she was singularly deficient in many rudiments of ordinary knowledge. She wrote well already at fifteen, and corresponded often with Mrs. Grote and other friends of her parents.'' At sixteen she determined to.be baptized and confirmed as a member of the Church of England (her parents and relations were Unitarians). Lord Monteagle was her sponsor and it was chie?y owing, I believe, to the in?uence of himself and his family, with whom she was very intimate in spite of her Radical ideas, that she took this step.
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Two years later Mr. Austin was appointed Royal Com missioner to inquire into the grievances of the Maltese. His wife accompanied him, but so hot a climate was not considered good for a young girl, and Lucie was sent to a school at Bromley. She must have been as great a novelty to the school as the school-life was to her, for with a great deal of desultory knowledge she was singularly deficient in many rudiments of ordinary knowledge. She wrote well already at fifteen, and corresponded often with Mrs. Grote and other friends of her parents.'' At sixteen she determined to.be baptized and confirmed as a member of the Church of England (her parents and relations were Unitarians). Lord Monteagle was her sponsor and it was chie?y owing, I believe, to the in?uence of himself and his family, with whom she was very intimate in spite of her Radical ideas, that she took this step.
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
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Author
Lucie Duff-Gordon
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ISBN - 9780331835922
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm
Page Count - 407
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Lucie Duff-Gordon
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ISBN - 9781331039136
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm
Page Count - 409
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