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When we bring back with us the objects most dear, and find those we left unchanged, we are tempted to doubt the lapse of time but one link in the chain of affection broken, and every thing seems altered.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
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Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
Age: 59 †
Born: 1789
Born: September 1
Died: 1849
Died: June 4
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