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Wordsworth, Dora (1804-1847). - Letter, from Rydal Mount, to Elizabeth Hamilton, at an unstated address, dated 1 June 1831. The letter is not in her hand. WLL / Wordsworth, Dora / 1 / 35
Dora Wordsworth to Eliza Hamilton Rydal Mount My dear Friend, You must be wearied with my excuses for idleness, therefore I will make none, but just beg you to accept my very sincere thanks for your last kind & most interesting letter, which reached me when at Buxted, so long ago that I dare not look at the date of it. There we were detained by my Uncle's ill health much longer than was intended, so at last we were obliged to hurry from town & from Cambridge, & home as fast as possible, & here we have been three weeks. Poor of this town, so he found them out. They recommended a Physician & further insisted upon removing my Mother to their house, so my poor Mother, who could scarcely rise without fainting away, was carried thither, & by kind & good nursing she was strong enough in about 12 days to follow my Father home. But, poor soul, her troubles end not here: she had had but one week's quiet enjoyment of her beautiful home when she was again hurried off to Cheltenham. Such a letter of entreaty from poor old Dr Bell that she would go to see him, that there was not a choice left, & she went by return of mail - (The Madras system Dr Bell) - the poor old man is in such a state of health that his death may be looked for any day, & yet he may live for a long long time. He has lost his voice completely. She is with him still, & we cannot guess when he will consent to part with her.
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Howitt, William (1792-1879)
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Howitt, Mary (1799-1888)
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Wordsworth, Mary (1770-1859)
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Howitt, Mary (1799-1888)
Our - the sweetest Thing alive - tho' so plain that she is almost ugly, - wild with pleasure - as you may imagine an active, clever happy Child of ten years old taken from a London boarding school & allowed to run at her
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Wordsworth, William (1810-1883)
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Wordsworth, John (1803-1875)
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Wordsworth, Isabella (1806-1848)
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Quillinan, Rotha (1822-1876)
My Aunts are both quite well & desire to be most kindly remembered to you. Mrs Luff too & Mrs Harrison are well: so is my particular Friend Mr Barber, & in good humor too with himself & everybody & the Reform also. We have grand disputes on this subject, & my argument generally ends in a true Woman's style, me. I read your lines to my Father; they pleased him extremely, & I know, if, whilst he is writing, Reform does not run away with him, he will tell you so himself. Now that summer is come the sticks & hoops are again tossing on the front, but I am sorry to say
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Archer, Mr
ever yr very affectionate Dora Wordsworth. John's & Isabella's kind regards.
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Object summary: WLL / Wordsworth, Dora / 1 / 35
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