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James Edward Austen The Summer paſsed away unmarked by anyincident worth narrating, save oneor any1 pleasure to Catharine save one, which arose from thereciept of a letter from her friend Cecilianow Mrs : Lascelles, announcing theirthe2speedy return of herself & Husband to EnglandA correspondaence productive indeed of little pleasure to either party had been established between Camilla & Catharine The latter had now lost the only satisfaction she had ever received from the lettersof Miſs Stanley, as that young Lady havinginformed her Friend of the departure of herBrother to Lyons now never mentionedhis name — Her letters seldom containedany Intelligence except a descriptionthe accountof some new Article of Dreſs, an enumerationof various engagements, a panegirgepanegyric3 on Augusta Halifax & perhaps a littleabuse of Sirthe4 unfortunate Sir Peter  

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'or any' written over erased '[?]save one'.Back to context...
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'the' written over erased 'their'.Back to context...
3.
JEA perhaps meant to write 'panegyric'.Back to context...
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'the' written over 'Sir'.Back to context...
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