Edition - The Heiress of Egremont - New York Weekly edition
(source: Stanford Libraries)
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Stanford Digital Repository
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New York Weekly
v. 22 no. 27 (chapters I-II, pages 1-2)
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The Heiress of Egremont
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Author:
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Lewis, Leon, Mrs.
(pseudonym used by Lewis, Harriet)
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May 23, 1867
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Why did the gods give thee a heavenly form, And earthly thoughts to make thee proud of it? Why do I ask? 'Tis now the known disease, That beauty hath to bear too deep a sense, Of her own self-conceived excellence.-Jonson |
First Sentence: |
The Egremonts of Egremont traced their genealogy back to the time of William the Conqueror. |