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How is it that hope so powerfully excites, and fear so absolutely depresses all our faculties?

Maria Edgeworth

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Maria Edgeworth
Age: 81 †
Born: 1768
Born: January 1
Died: 1849
Died: May 22
Essayist
Novelist
Writer
Oxon.
Eliza Edgeworth
Depressing
Faculty
Absolutely
Hope
Fear
Depresses
Powerfully
Excites
Faculties

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