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An unusual sensation possesses my breast - a sensation which I once thought could never pervade it on any occasion whatever. It is pleasure, pleasure, my dear Lucy, on leaving my paternal roof.

Hannah Webster Foster

You ask me, my friend, whether I am in pursuit of truth, or [of] a lady? I answer, both. I hope and trust they are united; and really expect to find truth and the virtues and graces besides in a fair form.

Hannah Webster Foster

It is by surmounting difficulties, not by sinking under them that we discover our fortitude.

Hannah Webster Foster

Hannah Webster Foster

Hannah Webster Foster

Born: September 10, 1758

Died: April 17, 1840 (aged 81)

Bio: Hannah Webster Foster was an American novelist.

Known for:

The Coquette (1797)
The Power of Sympathy (1789)
Power of Sympathy and the Coquette

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