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Mary Leadbetter and Maria Edgeworth : Cottage Dialogues Amongst the Irish Peasantry

'Have you seen the little book, 'Cottage Dialogues', by Mrs Leadbetter. Edgeworth's notes are lively and [nationally] characteristic as ever: but I own I am tired a little of the receipts to make cheap dishes.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Sarah Harriet Burney      Print: Book

Mary Leadbetter : Cottage Dialogues Among the Irish Peasantry

'Have you seen the little book, "Cottage Dialogues", by Mrs Leadbetter? Edgeworths notes are lively and [nationally] characteristic as ever: but I own, I tired a little of the receipts to make cheap dishes. Without half so much ceremony & fuss and trouble, I had rather dine upon that cheap dish, an egg boiled in the shell - or a good mess of gruel and onions'.

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Sarah Harriet Burney      Print: Book

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