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it was not worth while Dicky liked it, however, and met some pleasant dogs. I am reading Greville's last volume, it is too political but curiously like the present time in so many things, tho' I think the morality of politicians has improved (except with the Irish). The contempt and bad opinion he has of Dizzy is curious, when one considers how he has been turned into a saint. Emma Darwin to her daughter Henrietta Litchfield. THE GROVE, May 1, 1887. To-morrow is my birthday, which is the one

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, however, they enjoyed their trip. This autumn my mother had a scheme for giving pleasure to her poorer neighbours by opening out a strip of her field parallel to the Huntingdon Road. It was bordered with trees and she wished to make it a kind of play-place for the children. The plan was, however, found to be impossible. Emma Darwin to her daughter Henrietta Litchfield. Nov. 14, 1890. I opened my boulevard scheme to George, who did not disapprove so much as I expected. Horace doubts whether it

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Emma Darwin to her daughter Henrietta Litchfield. DOWN, July 25, 1891. I am much interested in De Quincey's letters, or rather in Dorothy Wordsworth's to him. There must have been something very engaging in him to have received such nice, wholesome letters, full of the children. Then follow some paragraphs about patterns of chintz and arrangements for the come and go of life, and as a postscript written across the letter: Such a loathsome crawling letter of Coleridge to De Quincey, declining

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question of Home Rule. I have now her map of England on which she coloured every seat as it was lost or gained. Her son Leonard was standing for Lichfield as a Liberal-Unionist. After the election was over, she wrote: I am so intensely interested in the debates I must put myself on stoppages or I shall wear out my eyes. Emma Darwin to her son Leonard. DOWN, July 19th [1892]. MY DEAR LEONARD, We got your blessed telegram at 2.45. Now we must hope that there will be no dissolution. I had been schooling

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Emma Darwin to her daughter Henrietta Litchfield. May 18th, 1895. I am reading the Psalms and I cannot conceive how they have satisfied the devotional feelings of the world for such centuries. I am at the 35th, and about three or four I have found beautiful and satisfactory, the rest are almost all calling for protection against enemies or for vengeance one fine penitential Psalm. Matheson is reading Macaulay's Life to me, and his letters are delightful. He was as good a hater as St Simon, but

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i. 172; letter to Elizabeth Wedgwood, i. 154; letter to Fanny Wedgwood, i. 249; letter to Harry Wedgwood, i. 114 Langton, Mrs Charles (Catherine Darwin), i. 218, 224, 225, 227, 228; her marriage, ii. 180, 181; her death, ii. 183; her character, ii. 184 Letter to Emma Darwin, i. 225; letter to Charles Darwin, ii. 119; letter to Fanny Wedgwood, i. 227 Le Caron, ii. 298 Leith Hill Place, ii. 106, 158, 243 Leslie, John, i. 136 n. Lewes, Mr and Mrs G. H., ii. 216 Lewis, Cornewall, Sir George and

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never married, were important members of the group. Emma Allen was the only plain woman among the sisters. She spoke of her half-formed face, and was quite aware how much more Jessie and the piquant Fanny were sought after. But she had no doubt of her welcome at Maer. She wrote in 1803 to her sister Bessy (sixteen years older than herself): I have a very earnest desire to have some other communication than letter writing with my dear Bessy, whom it is now four years since I have seen. I do

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and seemed a sensible, modest, plain girl. She said she was come to England to give her children a religious education. Her book on suicide is just coming out, and is dedicated to Bernadotte, who she says is exceedingly beloved by the Swedes, whom he renders happy as it is possible. She complains heavily of the London hours and large parties. I hope it will not drive her from London before next June.... Emma Allen to her sister Mrs Josiah Wedgwood. GREAT GEORGE STREET, July 28 [1813]. ...The next

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? If Mme de Sta l hears this she will not, as she intended, go to Edgeworthstown in her tour through Ireland; and that she will hear it, there is no doubt, as she has very ready ears.... Emma Allen to her sister Mrs Josiah Wedgwood. DULWICH, Febry. 10th [1814]. DEAREST BESSY, In spite of my most earnest entreaty that you would spare your eyes and time and not spend them, most precious as they are, in my service, here is the gown1 arrived and such a beauty. I thought I should never cease to

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He chose well considering my hatred. He asked me if it was my mother that was with me; I cannot guess whether this was Jessie or Emma. He begged to know what hotel I was at, said he should carry remembrances away with him, and asked me whether I should not also he tried me in all languages, and then said, You know the language of love. I tell you this that you may know how a Russian makes love.... W. Clifford makes a good comparison in the way of opposition to G. Newnham [an acquaintance who

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way, without being anxious to know whether you have fallen upon the most favourable current.... Emma Allen to her sister Mrs Josiah Wedgwood. QUATTRO NAZIONI, FLORENCE, March 19th [1816]. ... You will be almost as much surprised by the date of my letter as I am to find myself here. It appears to be very much like a dream, but I must tell you how it came to pass. After the flatness of Sismondi's departure and with feelings of despair about ever accomplishing our journey into Italy, at least

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. I was very much amused with little Louis, who pressed me and the little girls very much to dance, and when at last he prevailed on Fanny, he made her an elegant bow and kissed her hand with as good a grace as Sir Charles Grandison could, which had a very ridiculous effect, as the little gentleman is but seven years old and very little for his age; and when we got up to go to the dancing-school, he took out Emma, gave her his arm, and led her off. Friday 20. Yesterday was the grand procession of

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former nurse) to Fanny and Emma Wedgwood. CHESTER, Dec. 8, 1818. MY DEAR LITTLE FRIENDS, I have neglected you very long after your desiring an answer, but I thought I should meet with an opertunity and so I have. I was very happy you may be sure to se a line from those whom I love and to hear of evry body being got quite well and I think Tritton your little Dog must be a Treasure to you to go about with. I wish I could come and go with you and se how much you are grown. I am affraid of you ovr

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it will give you pleasure. You know we expected to find the poor beast gasping in the garden but Beauty has had better luck in reality than in the tale.... Emma Allen to her niece Elizabeth Wedgwood. CH NE, June 1, 1821. ... I never saw such rapture as his to meet Jessie, or such a state of happiness ever since we arrived. Jessie also appears gay and happy, and amuses herself in talking nonsense to puzzle him. She is much pleased with the alterations he has made in the house. There are two

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she would describe how he would say, Hm, hm, what is Emma saying? I remember her telling us that a boy was naturally uncongenial to the Doctor. He was cautious, even timid as to bodily dangers, though with great moral fearlessness, and the venturesomeness and untidiness of a boy were equally distasteful to him. No son however could have been more devoted and more reverent than our father. Indeed, when he said, My father thought or did so and so, we all knew that in his mind there could then be no

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. A journey weighs upon my mind as a penance more than a pleasure, and though I remain alone, I am glad not to have to go to Paris with Sismondi this April; thus pleasures drop from us like leaves, one by one, till we arrive to feeling that repose is the greatest of all pleasures. Poor Emma [Allen] is confined with broken chilblains. It is not for want of fires that she has them, for I endeavour to keep up a continual blaze, and our winter rooms are very warm. What could John mean by keeping

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by myself, that I may write to you quite at my ease in this little drawing-room, with a good fire, and just at Emma [Allen]'s own end of the table where she used to study. I pretend to study French, but in a very dawdling manner. Indeed we dawdle a good deal over everything, and can with some difficulty breakfast before 10 o'clock, do no work, and scarcely read at all. I hope we shall mend our manners when we get to Ch ne. I felt a little low-spirited when they all went, but I trust my Jessie

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will share for they love you dearly. I am, my dear Bess, Your most affectionate J. W. The tour to Venice was given up, and the family returned home in September, after two months spent at Ch ne, including a short visit to Chamounix. The tour in all had lasted nine months. They arrived at Maer on October 1st, 1825. In spite of any drawbacks which may have arisen from their want of enterprise, this tour was an immense advantage to Emma in enlarging her sympathy and outlook. She never lost her

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up once in the morning to see what letters had come, once in the afternoon, I suppose to see what they were going to do, whilst in the evening when they came out from dinner he was settled in the one armchair. His uncle Jos occasionally talked of representing to him that they sometimes wanted to be alone, but was too kind-hearted ever to carry out his intention. However by 1833 these visits had come to an end, I think through some representation of his brother Robert. Emma Wedgwood wrote in that

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village, which under the Holland influence you will guess has had little done for it. She canters here on any cart- or coach-horse she can find, and returns loaded with good books and good advice as to how to proceed from the Miss Inglises, who are well able to give both. She never mentions her father's religious opinions, but seems so excessively fond of him, and he of her, that I think her father and Robert Hall's friend cannot but end well. Emma Wedgwood to her sister Elizabeth. GENEVA

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Caroline and Charles Darwin, set out to fetch the two girls home from Geneva. Charles was only to go as far as Paris and then return. This was the only time he ever set foot on the Continent. Josiah Wedgwood to his daughters Fanny and Emma at Geneva. PARIS, Saturday, 26 May, 1827. MY DEAR LITTLE GIRLS, ... I am very glad that I induced Car. D. to come with me. I need not tell you how agreeable a companion she is, and she has so much taste for beauty that it is a pleasure to travel with her. She has

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I think you will wish to know how I like my two little girls now that I look with a fresh eye upon them. I think you and my kind Sismondi have done them good, but I don't perceive any marks of spoliation that I rather expected from both your kindness. I perceive that they converse with much more ease than they did, and are quite as unaffected. Emma is a little bronzed, but Fanny is one degree nearer prettiness than she was; but I hope she will never make the mistake of thinking that she is

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other competitors; and nothing pleased my little Emma so much as losing the second prize which was so near being judged in her favour. Perhaps they carried their scruples further than necessary, but there was a delicacy in the feeling that I could not but feel pleased with. Miss Acland is gone, very much to my satisfaction, but don't tell Harry I said so. Flirting girls are dreadful bad company, and make everybody that comes within their influence very bad company also.... Jenny received a

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In the spring of 1831 Josiah Wedgwood stood for Newcastle-under-Lyme. Mrs Josiah Wedgwood to her sister Emma Allen. (At Mrs Holland's, New Norfolk St., Park Lane.) MAER, May 11, 1831. ... I thank you very much, my dear sisters, for the warmth with which you have taken up our cause. I am not less warm on yours and if you [John Allen] had come in at Pembroke, I should have been consoled for being thrown out at Newcastle. As it is, I think Jos is very little disappointed; it is not a pleasant

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He enjoyed very much seeing my mother so well and gay, and she was exhilarated by his company in a manner that she would not have been capable of two or three years ago. They had a merry battle at whist every night, in which numberless old scraps of songs used to come forth from the extraordinary store-houses of both their memories, and enquiries about people so long gone by, that the wonder was how they even recollected their names.... Emma Wedgwood to her sister-in-law Mrs Hensleigh Wedgwood