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The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 5 (of 8)

Note 611 — PREFACE TO THE EDITION OF 1814 (continued 3)

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1827.

... with her own. They argued that such meeting would disturb The Mother's mind, distract her thoughts, and thus Unfit her for her duty—in which dread, 1814. Week after week, the mandate was enforced.

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