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We perfectly agreed in our ideas of traveling we hurried from place to place as fast as horses and wheels, and curses and guineas, could carry us.

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
Ideas
Curse
Guineas
Perfectly
Hurried
Speed
Curses
Carry
Guinea
Fast
Agreed
Horse
Horses
Travel
Traveling
Place
Wheels

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