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I am the mother that bore you, and your sorrow is my agony; and if you don't hate her, i do'Then, mother, you make me love her more. She is unjustly treated by you, and I must make the balance even.
I am the mother that bore you, and your sorrow is my agony; and if you don't hate her, i do'Then, mother, you make me love her more. She is unjustly treated by you, and I must make the balance even.
Approximate author period: c. 1837 AD · industrial
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- Elizabeth Gaskell
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- Approximate author period: c. 1837 AD · industrial
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