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Charlotte Bertie Guest : journals of c.1833

3 April 1887: 'Today I have been tempted to open old journals of 54 years ago. Many of the circumstances to which allusion is made in them, are now forgotten, and all is painful.'

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Lady Charlotte Schreiber      Manuscript: Unknown

Charlotte Bertie Guest : journals

4 April 1887: 'Woke early and resumed the reading [from 3 April] of the old journal. What strikes me most is that I speak several times of being tired, and once of having a headache. I did not think I ever had one, and have no recollection of such a thing.'

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Lady Charlotte Schreiber      Manuscript: Unknown

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