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• Sir Patrick Rackrent lived and died a monument of old Irish hospitality.

  Maria Edgeworth

  Hospitality, Monument, Died

  1800 Castle Rackrent,'An Hibernian Tale'.

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• Let menot, even inmyownmind, committheinjustice of taking a speck for the whole.

  Maria Edgeworth

  Let Me, Specks, Whole

  1812 The Absentee, ch.11.

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• Possessed, as are all the fair daughters of Eve, of an hereditary propensity, transmitted to them undiminished through succeeding generations, to be 'soonmoved withtheslightesttouch of blame'; very little precept and practice will confirm them in the habit, and instruct them all the maxims, of self-justification.

  Maria Edgeworth

  Daughter, Self, Practice

  'An Essay on the Noble Science of Self-Justification' (1787)

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• Home! With what different sensations different people pronounce and hear that word pronounced!

  Maria Edgeworth

  Home, People, Different

  Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1825). “Works”, p.116

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• Those who have lived in a house with spoiled children must have a lively recollection of the degree of torment they can inflict upon all who are within sight or hearing.

  Maria Edgeworth

  Children, Sight, House

  Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1823). “Works of Maria Edgeworth: Popular tales. 1823”, p.258

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• Nature's hasty conscience.

  Maria Edgeworth

  Shame, Hasty, Conscience

  Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1824). “Works”, p.150

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• Now flattery can never do good; twice cursed in the giving and the receiving, it ought to be.

  Maria Edgeworth

  Giving, Receiving, Flattery

  Maria Edgeworth (1971). “The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth”

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• There are two sorts of content; one is connected with exertion, the other with habits of indolence. The first is a virtue; the other, a vice.

  Maria Edgeworth

  Two, Contentment, Firsts

  Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1825). “Works”, p.169

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• A man who sells his conscience for his interest will sell it for his pleasure. A man who will betray his country will betray his friend.

  Maria Edgeworth

  Country, Men, Pleasure

  Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1826). “Works”, p.65

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• Bishop Wilkins prophesied that the time would come when gentlemen, when they were to go on a journey, would call for their wings as regularly as they call for their boots.

  Maria Edgeworth

  Journey, Wings, Gentleman

  Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1824). “Works”, p.314

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• every man who takes a part in politics, especially in times when parties run high, must expect to be abused; they must bear it; and their friends must learn to bear it for them.

  Maria Edgeworth

  Running, Party, Men

  Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1825). “Works”, p.351

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• Did the Warwickshire militia, who were chiefly artisans, teach the Irish to drink beer, or did they learn from the Irish how to drink whiskey?

  Maria Edgeworth

  Beer, Whiskey, Drink

  1800 Castle Rackrent,'History of Sir Conolly Rackrent'.

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