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Book, page 1 / 484 Produced by Jonathan Ingram, William Flis, and Distributed Proofreaders TALES AND NOVELS BY MARIA EDGEWORTH. IN TEN VOLUMES. WITH ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. VOL. VII. PATRONAGE. PATRONAGE. "Above a patron--though I condescend Sometimes to call a minister my friend." TO THE READER. My daughter again applies to me for my paternal _imprimatur_; and I hope that I am not swayed by partiality, when I give the sanction which she requires. To excite the rising generation to depend upon their own exertions for success in life is surely a laudable endeavour; but, while the young mind is cautioned against dependence on the patronage of the great, and of
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