The Bronte Sisters (21 page)

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“In talking perhaps . . .” is quoted in Gordon, p. 97.

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Heger, “sacrifice,
without pity
. . .” is from Hoar, p. 216.

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Charlotte Brontë, “The bird’s nest is but a line . . .” is from Hoar, p. 214.

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Emily Brontë, “He is inwardly convinced . . .” is from Lonoff, p. 98.

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Heger, “a head for logic . . .” is quoted in Barker, p. 392.

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Charlotte Brontë, “Emily works like a horse,” and “this time she rallied . . .” are quoted in Barker, p. 384.

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Emily Brontë, “I wish to be . . .” is from Lonoff, p. xli.

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Taylor, “not only in health . . .” is quoted in Stevens, p. 38.

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Wheelwright, “I simply disliked her . . .” and “Charlotte was so devotedly attached . . .” are quoted in Barker, p. 395.

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Charlotte Brontë, “We are completely isolated . . .” is from Wise, vol. 1, p. 260.

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Patrick Brontë, “saw him in tranquility . . .” is from Turner, p. 259.

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Anne Brontë, “If few and short . . .” is from Chitham, p. 87.

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“orthodox principles . . .” is from
Haworth Village.
Available online. URL:
www.haworth-village.org.uk/hostiry/church/inside_church.asp
. Downloaded on January 16, 2011.

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Charlotte Brontë, “was to her more . . .” and “calm and serious . . .” are from Stevens, p. 41.

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Branwell Brontë, “I have now lost . . .” is from Wise, vol. 1, p. 273.

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Branwell Brontë,
“
almost insanity
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and “I can now speak . . .” are from Wise, vol. 1, pp. 263–64.

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Branwell Brontë, “Shall this pale Corpse . . .” is from Neufeldt, p. 229.

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Charlotte Brontë, “an irresistible impulse,” is quoted in Gordon, p. 106.

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Charlotte Brontë, “It seems you will hardly hear . . .” is quoted in Barker, p. 411.

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Charlotte Brontë, “Throughout my early youth . . .” is from Lonoff, p. 362.

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“He was a worshipper . . .” is quoted in Barker, p. 419.

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Charlotte Brontë, “I actually did confess . . .” is from Wise, vol. 1, p. 304.

Five: “A Peculiar Music”

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Charlotte Brontë, “I suffered much . . .” is from Wise, vol. 2, p. 3.

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Charlotte Brontë, “Oh it is certain . . .” is from Wise, vol. 2, p. 14.

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Anne Brontë, “had some very unpleasant . . .” is from Orel, p. 73.

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Charlotte Brontë, “bad beyond expression,” is from Wise, vol. 2, p. 43.

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Branwell Brontë, “My mistress is DAMNABLY TOO FOND . . .” is quoted in Barker, p. 459.

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Branwell Brontë, “ripened into declarations . . .” and “mental and personal attractions . . .” are from Grundy, p. 87.

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Charlotte Brontë, “No one in the house . . .” is from Wise, vol. 2, p. 43.

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Branwell Brontë, “a certain woman . . .” is quoted in Leyland, p. 76.

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Emily Brontë, “During our excursion . . .” is from Wise, vol. 2, pp. 49–51.

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Taylor, “I told her very warmly . . .” is quoted in Stevens, p. 161.

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“a more promising career . . .” is from Ward, p. 1.

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Charlotte Brontë, “I intend to stay,” is quoted in Stevens, p. 161.

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Charlotte Brontë, “You showed me once . . .” is quoted in Gordon, p. 116.

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Charlotte Brontë, “the slave of a regret . . .” is quoted in Gordon, p. 119.

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Charlotte Brontë, “He appears a respectable young man . . .” is from Wise, vol. 2, p. 35.

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Brown, “Many’s the time . . .” is quoted in Scruton, p. 130.

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Charlotte Brontë, “something more than surprise . . .” and “these verses too . . .” are from Charlotte Brontë, “Biographical Notice of Ellis and Acton Bell,” p. 6.

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Vivian [Lewes], “Does it never strike . . .” is from Vivian, “A Gentle Hint to Writing-Women,” p. 189.

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Emily Brontë, “a hopeless being,” and Charlotte Brontë, “In his present state . . .” are from Wise, vol. 2, p. 84.

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Charlotte Brontë, “Some have won a wild delight . . .” is from Bell, Bell, and Bell, p. 112.

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Charlotte Brontë, “The human heart has hidden treasures . . .” is from Bell, Bell, and Bell
,
p. 121.

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Emily Brontë, “Oh, stars, and dreams . . .” is from Bell, Bell, and Bell
,
p. 23.

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Emily Brontë, “Cold in the earth . . .” is from Bell, Bell, and Bell
,
p. 31.

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Anne Brontë, “If life must be so full . . .” is from Bell, Bell, and Bell
,
p. 81.

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Anne Brontë, “My soul is awakened . . .” is from Bell, Bell, and Bell
,
p. 125.

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“the bleating of a calf,” is from Gaskell, p. 261.

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Charlotte Brontë, “To papa he allows rest . . .” is quoted in Barker, p. 493.

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Patrick Brontë, “only some little effect,” is quoted in Lock and Dixon, p. 381.

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“a ray of sunshine . . . ,” “a fine quaint spirit . . . ,” and “Perhaps they desired . . .” are quoted in Barker, p. 497.

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Charlotte Brontë, “She does her business . . .” is from Wise, vol. 3, p. 99.

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Patrick Brontë, “The feeling, under the operation . . .” is quoted in Barker, p. 507.

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Charlotte Brontë, “a heroine as small and as plain . . .” is quoted in Allott, p. 303.

Six: “It Is Soul Speaking to Soul”

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Branwell Brontë, “Constant and unavoidable depression . . .” is from Wise, vol. 2, p. 114.

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Charlotte Brontë, “The sky looks like ice . . .” is from Wise, vol. 2, p. 117.

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Charlotte Brontë, “Were I to retrench . . .” is quoted in Barker, p. 528.

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Charlotte Brontë, “There was no possibility . . .” is from C. Brontë,
Jane Eyre,
p. 39.

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Eyre [Charlotte Brontë], “My Uncle Reed is in heaven . . .” is from C. Brontë,
Jane Eyre,
p. 60.

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Charlotte Brontë, “a black pillar” and “like a carved mask,” are from C. Brontë,
Jane Eyre,
p. 63.

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Brocklehurst [Charlotte Brontë], “When you put bread . . .” is from C. Brontë,
Jane Eyre,
p. 95.

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Scatcherd [Charlotte Brontë], “You dirty, disagreeable girl . . .” is from C. Brontë,
Jane Eyre,
p. 85.

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Burns [Charlotte Brontë], “Love your enemies . . .” is from C. Brontë,
Jane Eyre,
p. 90.

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Eyre [Charlotte Brontë], “I was no Helen Burns,” is from C. Brontë,
Jane Eyre,
p. 98.

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Charlotte Brontë, “I abstained from recording . . .” is from Wise, vol. 2, p. 150.

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Eyre [Charlotte Brontë], “women feel just as men feel . . .” is from C. Brontë,
Jane Eyre,
p. 141.

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Rochester [Charlotte Brontë], “heart-weary and soul-withered,” is from C. Brontë,
Jane Eyre,
p. 247.

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Eyre [Charlotte Brontë], “warning fragrance,” is from C. Brontë,
Jane Eyre,
p. 276.

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Rochester [Charlotte Brontë], “Don’t long for poison . . .” is from C. Brontë,
Jane Eyre,
p. 290.

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Charlotte Brontë, “demoniac laugh,” is from C. Brontë,
Jane Eyre,
p. 179.

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Thackeray, “It interested me so much . . .” is from Wise, vol. 2, p. 149.

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Lewes, “It is soul . . .” is from Lewes, p. 691.

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Lewes, “The writer is evidently a woman . . .” is from Lewes, pp. 690–91.

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“a novel of remarkable power . . .” is from “An Evening’s Gossip on New Novels,” p. 614.

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“Why, they have got Cowan Bridge School . . .” and Charlotte Brontë, “He did not recognize Currer Bell . . .” are quoted in Gordon, p. 164.

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Taylor, “so perfect as a work of art . . .” is from Stevens, p. 74.

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Charlotte Brontë, “Papa, I have been writing . . .” is from Wise, vol. 3, p. 144.

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Patrick Brontë, “I hope you have not been . . .” is from Wise, vol. 3, p. 144.

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Charlotte Brontë, “I think I shall gain . . .” is from Wise, vol. 3, p. 144.

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Patrick Brontë, “Children, Charlotte has been writing . . .” is from Wise, vol. 3, p. 144.

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“In ‘Jane Eyre’ the immorality . . .” is from “The Last New Novel,” p. 377.

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“Religion is stabbed . . .” is from “The Last New Novel,” p. 380.

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“It would be no credit . . .” is from “The Last New Novel,” p. 376.

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Rigby, “the personification of an unregenerate . . .” and “is the strength . . .” are from Gates, p. 139.

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Rigby, “for if we ascribe . . .” is from Gates, pp. 141–142.

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Rigby, “if by no woman . . .” is from Gates, p. 142.

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Charlotte Brontë, “in whose eyes . . .” is from C. Brontë,
Jane Eyre,
p. 35.

Seven: “Moorish, and Wild, and Knotty as a Root of Heath”

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Emily Brontë, “dark almost as if it came . . .” is from E. Brontë,
Wuthering Heights,
p. 30.

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Catherine Linton [Emily Brontë], “I’m wearying to escape . . .” is from E. Brontë,
Wuthering Heights,
p. 137.

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Catherine Linton [Emily Brontë], “You have killed me . . .” is from E. Brontë,
Wuthering Heights,
p. 135.

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Heathcliff, “You have killed yourself . . .” is from E. Brontë,
Wuthering Heights,
p. 137.

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Charlotte Brontë, “It is moorish . . .” is quoted in Gordon, p. 150.

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“The characters are as false . . .” and “a perfect pandemonium . . .” are from “Noteworthy Novels,” p. 486.

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“took the liberty . . .” is from “Noteworthy Novels,” p. 486.

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Emily Brontë, “strange wild pictures” and “heightening their repulsiveness” are from “Wuthering Heights,” p. 953.

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“that they have never read . . .” and “We must leave it . . .” are from Allott, p. 228.

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“to put every trust . . .” is quoted in Alexander and Smith, p. 10.

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Anne Brontë, “Such humble talents . . .” is quoted in Harrison and Stanford, p. 238.

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Anne Brontë, “All true histories . . .” is from A. Brontë,
Agnes Grey,
p. 1.

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“subjects that are peculiar . . .” and “the injudicious selection . . .” are quoted in Alexander and Smith, p. 9.

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“must have bribed some governess . . .” is from Allott, p. 227.

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Grey [Anne Brontë], “How delightful it would be . . .” and “to earn my own maintenance . . .” are from A. Brontë,
Agnes Grey,
p. 7.

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Mrs. Bloomfield [Anne Brontë], “the flower of the flock . . .” is from A. Brontë,
Agnes Grey,
p. 12.

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Grey [Anne Brontë], “oblige, instruct, refine . . .” and “render them as superficially attractive . . .” are from A. Brontë,
Agnes Grey,
p. 45.

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Rosalie Ashby [Anne Brontë], “And as for all the wisdom . . .” is from A. Brontë,
Agnes Grey,
p. 135.

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Grey [Anne Brontë], “Of course, I pitied her . . .” is from A. Brontë,
Agnes Grey,
p. 134.

Eight: “A Dreadful Darkness Closes In”

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Smith, “rather quaintly dressed . . .” is from Smith, p. 89.

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Smith, “country cousins,” is from Stevens, p. 177.

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Charlotte Brontë, “he would have liked some excitement” is from Stevens, p. 179.

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Charlotte Brontë, “Fine ladies and gentlemen . . .” is from Stevens, pp. 179–80.

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Charlotte Brontë, “a firm, intelligent man . . .” is from Stevens, p. 181.

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Smith, “interesting rather than attractive . . .” and “was a gentle, quiet, rather subdued person . . .” are from Smith, p. 91.

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Helen Huntingdon [Anne Brontë], “destitute of principle . . .” is from A. Brontë,
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall,
p. 109.

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“There are scenes . . .” is from “Noteworthy Novels,” pp. 486–87.

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Helen Huntingdon [Anne Brontë], “Mr. Hattersley burst into the room . . .” is from A. Brontë,
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall,
pp. 219–20.

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Helen Huntingdon [Anne Brontë], “Without another word . . .” is from A. Brontë,
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall,
p. 171.

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Sinclair, “The slamming of that bedroom door . . .” is from Sinclair, p. 48.

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Arthur Huntingdon [Anne Brontë], “make a man of him,” is from A. Brontë,
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall,
p. 280.

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Blackstone, “In law, the husband and wife . . .” is quoted in Chaplin, p. 35.

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Arthur Huntingdon [Anne Brontë], “What is God . . .” is from A. Brontë,
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall,
p. 364.

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“There seems in the writer . . .” is from Allott, p. 250.

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Anne Brontë, “If there were less . . .” is quoted in Alexander and Smith, p. 496.

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Anne Brontë, “If I have warned . . .” is quoted in Alexander and Smith, p. 498.

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Charlotte Brontë, “Papa—and sometimes all of us . . .” is from Wise, vol. 2, p. 240.

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Grundy, “He spoke of Branwell . . .” is from Grundy, pp. 90–91.

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Grundy, “was a mass of red, unkempt, uncut hair . . .”, “looked frightened . . .”, and “something like the Brontë of old,” are from Grundy, p. 91.