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I have often wondered since at my own firmness. In that dreadful interview with my uncle I had felt, in the whirl and horror of my mind, on the very point of submitting, just as nervous people are said to throw themselves over precipices through sheer dread of falling.
I have often wondered since at my own firmness. In that dreadful interview with my uncle I had felt, in the whirl and horror of my mind, on the very point of submitting, just as nervous people are said to throw themselves over precipices through sheer dread of falling.
Approximate author period: c. 1843 AD · industrial
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- J. Sheridan Le Fanu
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- Approximate author period: c. 1843 AD · industrial
Approximate author-period evidence for Sheridan Le Fanu: life dates 1814 to 1873. Wikidata Q326467, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q326467 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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