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H.F. Chorley : Memorials of Mrs Hemans

Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, c.29 August 1836: 'Mrs Lenox Conyngham's name had come to my ears but it was not familiar to them, -- & your brief account of her wd have interested me even if you had not said that she thought kindly of me. I am going to read her poems, & to go on reading Mr Chorley's Memorials. Shame upon me, you may think, for not having finished reading [italics]them[end italics] long ago!'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Barrett      Print: Book

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