This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ....o-: ' ire i ace mi'-'ing wriitc We it '..! fijoywl 1lu-ii'Ui.t uf all tin-p-.'-. '-'ijrs, it '. ' i ' Pitt I vt: r-i f 1 bplievetti.il....ri'Hiii.i ' 'i ' '.ji I., the hi.ti r of Jo.-iah Wedi""i.!. a'i-1 witv.'' 1.'win, hid rt-il in 1817, whi-n.i.inii.-: c.'s.u:, w.ts I'-t, and I'aroline 17 years old. 1 O.iJ ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ....o-: ' ire i ace mi'-'ing wriitc We it '..! fijoywl 1lu-ii'Ui.t uf all tin-p-.'-. '-'ijrs, it '. ' i ' Pitt I vt: r-i f 1 bplievetti.il....ri'Hiii.i ' 'i ' '.ji I., the hi.ti r of Jo.-iah Wedi""i.!. a'i-1 witv.'' 1.'win, hid rt-il in 1817, whi-n.i.inii.-: c.'s.u:, w.ts I'-t, and I'aroline 17 years old. 1 O.iJ'lnn ol the John Wedgwoods. tr/c.i../i//y/'///?' /it, i, it. Jrptn n cJiit/A'ti)t'i'fnfff, i S/h' nf-. '! 1819-1823 Singing-lessons at the Darwins 139 Marianne and Caroline took charge of the household on the death of their mother, and Caroline taught her little brother and sister, Charles and Catharine, who were eight and seven years old. The following letter tells of a gathering of girls to take singing-lessons at Dr Darwin's, the Mount, Shrewsbury. The Miss Owens of Woodhouse, mentioned in the following letter, were the daughters of a Shropshire squire living some miles from Shrewsbury. My father kept up a warm friendship for Sarah, the eldest Miss Owen (afterwards Mrs Hali-I Hirton/, and many were the stories we heard about his visits to Woodhouse. Elizabeth Wedgwood to her aunt Fanny Allen. My Dear Fanny Shrewsbury, 30 Nov., 1820. When we came here we found the Dr at Berwick where Lady Hill is very ill after her confinement, so we had a quiet dinner with nobody but Erasmus. The next day Caroline was very busy scrattling1 and making a gown which was to be done in one day, and having her hair cut and the rooms arranged. Sunday we dined at half-past one, drest afterwards, and sat about 3 hours expecting the tide to come in about dark, and rather stiff and awful the evening was. I now like Mrs Owen very much, but her manners are at first very grave and cold. Miss Owen is a very little girl of 16, a most prodigious friend of Susan's, and Mr...
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