Memoir of Anne Gorham Everett; With Extracts From Her Correspondence and Journal - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 1150750073 ISBN 13: 9781150750076

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1857. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XIII. Arrival In London--Residence In Upper Grosvenor Street--First Impressions--Order Of Life--Correspondence. u She was a flower New opened, and no living thing had left Print of the world's pollution." The journey of five days, from Paris to London, had been one of extreme fatigue, which could be alleviated by little enjoyment in the month of December. In crossing the English Channel, Anne yielded herself captive, for the first time, to the power of the sea. During the passage of nearly four hours, she lay in her berth suffering greatly. Their arrival in London was, therefore, a matter of no little satisfaction. A description of their new home in Upper Grosvenor street, is given in her first letter to her sister at Paris. To C. B. E. "London, 17th December, 1841. "Dear C,--We have just received your letter of the 9th, 10th, and 11th December to mamma; but as she wrote you a long letter the day after our arrival here, I thought I would answer it. We are rejoiced to hear you are happy and pleased with your situation. I wrote a letter to E. when mamma wrote to you, describing our journey, so I need say no more about that, as doubtless he showed you the letter. Also I hope you received the letter we sent by Thomas from Boulogne. I really think you are better off than we are, for you are in a place you know something of; in short, you are at home in Paris, and we are strangers in the vast city of London. Oh! how homesick I was when we first came, and the feeling has not yet wholly worn off. I wished myself back in Paris a hundred times, and wondered I ever could have left it. Every thing seemed so strange; the house, streets, people, manner of life, and every thing else; and then not a soul to speak to, after my pleasant companions of the last month...

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• ISBN 10: 1150750073
• ISBN 13: 9781150750076
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