Sue Anderson
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807 appearances
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first heard Aug 2026
last heard 8 Aug
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and though miserable in themselves continue to find admirers among the classes for whom they were composed.
The first of my productions which met the public eye was an elegy on the death of an unfortunate female.
This poor maniac was known for more than twenty years in the neighborhood of Belfast by the appellation of Mad Mary.
She was found dead in the ruins of an old house where she had taken refuge during a stormy winter night.
This little piece being much noticed on account of the subject having excited a general interest, the
I was advised to collect my best productions and give them to the public.
Encouraged by the patronage of a few generous individuals, I set about the work, which in a few months made its appearance.
In the early part of life I prided myself much on my activity as a pedestrian.
I have frequently travelled through a part of the country with which I was totally unacquainted but
At the rate of thirty miles in a day, the
But this was only in case of emergency.
For my usual rate was from fifteen to twenty miles.
This, however, is too much for a person in my situation.
For supposing a blind man sets out to travel on foot alone to a distance of twenty miles and
He will experience much more fatigue and go over more ground than he who has his sight will do in a journey twice that length.
This is evident from the zig zag manner in which he traverses the road.
And as Hammond says, in his description of the drunken man staggering home,
From the serpentine manner in which he goes, he makes as much of a mile as possible end quote.
In the summertime the blind man subjects his whole frame to a shock.
By trampling in the cart ruts that are dried upon the roads, and in winter he travels through thick and thin.
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