More letters of Charles Darwin; a record of his works in a series of hitherto unpublished lettersEdited by Francis Darwin and Volume 1 . ion ; I hope to hardenmy in li husbands seem to find it difficult to effect thi ^^rti I have taken several looks, as you will r to the drawing-room ; 1 suppose fp. )urs is already deteriorated, for I iook less ugly. I take so much p]., ! declare I am just like a great over- [., -v, but f- - ?- •^- -? real child, 1 i and pt Tl: copy of the Au/o-• tiers which appeared ^t a good mother sheas been my greatestyhole life I have neveridlher hav
More letters of Charles Darwin; a record of his works in a series of hitherto unpublished lettersEdited by Francis Darwin and Volume 1 . ion ; I hope to hardenmy in li husbands seem to find it difficult to effect thi ^^rti I have taken several looks, as you will r to the drawing-room ; 1 suppose fp. )urs is already deteriorated, for I iook less ugly. I take so much p]., ! declare I am just like a great over- [., -v, but f- - ?- •^- -? real child, 1 i and pt Tl: copy of the Au/o-• tiers which appeared ^t a good mother sheas been my greatestyhole life I have neveridlher have been unsaid,vmpathy towards me, and»ce my frequent complaints. do not believe she has ever_; a kind action to any one near^ood fortune that she, so infinitely my•lality, consented to be myiser and cheerful comforterhich without her would have been during; a miserable one from ni-hpa1th. She hast every soul near her Uppf^i Cower Street, is now No. no, Gower Street, and forms part of: ? Messrs. Shoolbreds employes. We are mdebtf-i. • ^ Mr. Wheatley, of the Societyof .\rts. h SIkhas 1of illmisse>her. W i through,a verv earn. ?(.,i/Atr/i(^ikfrrll -j/, , < ^y /n/, i8o9—1842I DOWN 31 C. Lyell to C. Darwin. Letter 11 [July?, 1841?]Lyell started on his first visit to the United States in July, 1841, andwas absent thirteen months. Darwin returned to London July 23rd, 1841,after a prolonged absence ; he may, therefore, have missed seeing the date 1841 to be correct, it would seem that the plan ofliving in the country was formed a year before it was actually carried out. I have no doubt that your father did rightly in persuadingyou to stay [at Shrewsbury], but we were much disappointedin not seeing you before our start for a years cannot tell you how often since your long illness I havemissed the friendly intercourse which we had so frequentlybefore, and on which I built more than ever after yourmarriage. It will not happen easily that twic
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