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Dream and Mercy O More in a Victorian Tale of Love
A long column of romantic vignettes and social asides from a 19th century paper recounts Mercy O More winning a lover away from Kathleen Nolan through wit and music. The tale, set among gossipy neighbors and wedding talk, follows Harry Percival’s schemes, Kathleen’s charm, and Mercy’s decisive actions ending in marriage to Mercy. Other snippets praise domestic virtue, religion, and women’s roles, with quotations from moralists and a humorous note on shipboard rules and matchmaking.
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Lorne
Earth
Suils
Venus
Mercy O 'More
Giant's Causeway
Cape Clear
Gonnefara
Hawth
Darling
Miss
Mercy
Mercy O'More
Florence
Maurice O
Harry Percival
Itoday
Sir Maurice
Benedict
Mercey O'More
Barney
Harry
Conner O'Casy
Kathleen
Pirit
Heaven
Paradise
Villan
Mery
Mary
Percival
Mercy O' More
Barocét
Tom
Kathleen 'Nolan
Maurice
Sir Maurice O' Moye
Matrice
Kathleen Arthly
Pércival
O'More