A Candid Spinstee. — Miss Dalrymple, sister of Lord Hailes, was of dwarfish and deformed figure, while amiable and judicious above the average of her sex. Taking into view her beautiful place of residence and her large wealth, she remarked to a friend one day, ' I can say for the honour of man that I never got an offer in my life.'—" Chamber's Traditions of Edinburgh."
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Tuapeka Times, Volume II, Issue 64, 1 May 1869, Page 6
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65Untitled Tuapeka Times, Volume II, Issue 64, 1 May 1869, Page 6
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