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Nothing can be more touching than to behold a soft and tender female, who had been all weakness and dependence, and alive to every trivial roughness while treading the prosperous paths of life, suddenly rising in mental force to be the comforter and supporter of her husband under misfortune, and abiding with unshrinking firmness the bitterest blast of adversity.

Nothing can be more touching than to behold a soft and tender female, who had been all weakness and dependence, and alive to every trivial roughness while treading the prosperous paths of life, suddenly rising in mental force to be the comforter and supporter of her husband under misfortune, and abiding with unshrinking firmness the bitterest blast of adversity.

Approximate author period: c. 1821 AD · industrial

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Author or tradition
Washington Irving
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Approximate author period: c. 1821 AD · industrial
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Many Thoughts of Many Minds (1896) (1896 AD)

Wife · anthology attribution: Washington Irving

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