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> [!SUMMARY]
> In 1805, [[Sophia Thrale]] sent her [[Hester Thrale née Salusbury|mother]] a gift of pens, to which her mother wrote some verses in response.
> [!QUOTE] [[Thraliana]] entry 30 July 1805 by [[Hester Thrale née Salusbury]]
> Sophia Thrale has sent me a Present of curious Pens; very new & neat & portable I returned her these Verses in three hours Time … They really write [[Hester Thrale's Hebrew|Hebrew]] very nicely.
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> > To give my lovely Girl Delight
> What with her Present shall I write?
> What Character assume?
> A plodding Scholar best they'll fit,
> For Foes to **feather**-headed Wit
> Are pens without a **Plume**.
## See also
![[hester-lynch-thrale-1741-1821🔎#^hester-lynch-thrale-infoblock]]
#history/person/SALUSBURY/hester-lynch-born-1741
#history/person/THRALE/sophia-born-1771
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