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I have defined Ladies as people who did not do things themselves.
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In my grandparents' house it was a distinction and a mournful pleasure to be ill. This was partly because my grandfather was always ill, and his children adored him and were inclined to imitate him; and partly because it was so delightful to be pitied and nursed by my grandmother.
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Ladies were ladies in those days; they did not do things themselves.
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You may take it from me, that however hard you try - or don't try; whatever you do - or don't do; for better, for worse; for richer, for poorer; every way and every day: the parent is always wrong. So it is no good bothering about it. When the little pests grow up they will certainly tell you exactly what you did wrong in their case. But never mind; they will be just as wrong themselves in their turn.
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You can have no idea, if you have not tried, how difficult it is to find out anything whatever from an encyclopedia, unless you know all about it already...
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Gwen Raverat
Born:
August 26, 1885
Died:
February 11, 1957
(aged 71)
Bio:
Gwen Mary Raverat, née Darwin, was an English wood engraver, who was a founder member of the Society of Wood Engravers. and author of Period Piece in 1952.
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Period Piece (1952)
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