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Reading and embroidery clash in Mrs Merritt's home
A domestic sketch shows Mrs. Merritt balancing needlework with reading and social duties as her brother Arthur challenges her time use. He argues one can read more by reducing sewing, while she defends her chosen craft and weighs time for charity, music, and correspondence.
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John
Hough
Avi
Jon
God
Satan
Arthur
Mrs. Merritt
Mr. Warren
Lizzie
Slater
Ater
Julia
Mine
Europe
James Bryce
Constantinople
Harpers
Black Sea
Mediterranean
Asia
Turkey
Asia Minor
N. E
Bosphorus
Dardenelles
Bosphoros
Aegean Sea
Stamboni
Golden Horn
Sea of
Marmara
Strait
Bosphoria
Stambod
Galats
Amelie
Galata
Pera
Stamboul
Scutari
Stambon
Kadikeni
Shalecedon
Dardanelles
The
Sea of Marmora
Kum Kaleh
Medjidie
Kirsche Borum
Nagera-Borum
India
Congress
Brooklyn Eagle
Washington
Andrew Jackson
John Howard
Robert Burnam
Humboldt
John Wesley
General Fremont
Thomas Benton
Martin Luther
Shakespeare
Father Hyacinth
Byron
Horace Greeley
Peter the Great
Milton
Josh Billings
Tamr
Abe
Deacon Brown
Becaues