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Fables for the Fair
THE WOMAN WHO MARRIED HER DAUGHTER
THERE was once a Woman who was Very Anxious to Have her Daughter well Married. For this Purpose she Selected an Eligible Young Man who had but One Fault. This Fault was great Timidity.
"If he had Not been so Timid he would have Been Acquired by somebody Long Since," said the Woman's Friends, "and it is Not Likely that your Daughter, who has a very Haughty Appearance, would Succeed where So Many of Us have Failed; for We also Have Daughters."
But the Thoughtful Mother refused to Listen to these Sneers.
“I have Made a Study of These Mat-
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