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Maria Edgeworth

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Maria Edgeworth, born on January 1, 1768, and died on May 22, 1849, was an outstanding Irish novelist. Her works are known for their delicate psychological portrayals and profound insights into social issues, which had a profound impact on 19th-century British literature.

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Famous Maria Edgeworth Quotes

“sometimes the very faults of parents produce a tendency to opposite virtues in their children.”

Children Sometimes Parent Virtue Produce Opposites Faults Tendencies

Book:Works

Source: Works

“Hope can produce the finest and most permanent springs of action.”

Action Hope Produce Spring Permanent Finest

Book:The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth

Source: The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth

“tyranny and injustice always produce cunning and falsehood.”

Produce Injustice Tyranny Falsehood Cunning

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Source: Works

“First loves are not necessarily more foolish than others; but the chances are certainly against them. Proximity of time or place, a variety of accidental circumstances more than the essential merits of the object, often produce what is called first love.”

Firsts Chance Objects Produce Circumstances Essentials Foolish Variety Merit First Love Chances Are Proximity

Book:Works

Source: Works

“... an inaccurate use of words produces such a strange confusion in all reasoning, that in the heat of debate, the combatants, unable to distinguish their friends from their foes, fall promiscuously on both.”

Use Fall Produce Strange Debate Confusion Heat Reasoning Foe

Book:Works of Maria Edgeworth: Letters to literary ladies. Castle Rackrent. Leonora. Essay on Irish bulls. 1824

Source: Works of Maria Edgeworth: Letters to literary ladies. Castle Rackrent. Leonora. Essay on Irish bulls. 1824

About the Author

Born: January 1, 1768
Died: May 22, 1849
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 89

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Works of Maria Edgeworth: Popular tales. 1823Related source material

Works of Maria Edgeworth: Tales of fashionable life. 1826.- -v. 7. Patronage. 1825Related source material

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