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The Dame Van Winkle that we now know is the creation of Mr. Boucicault; to him it is we owe that vigorous character, -- a scold, a tyrant to her husband, but nevertheless full of relentful womanliness, and by the justice of her cause exciting our sympathy almost as much as Rip himself does.
A Study of Hawthorne George Parsons Lathrop 1874
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The Dame Van Winkle that we now know is the creation of Mr. Boucicault; to him it is we owe that vigorous character, ” a scold, a tyrant to her husband, but nevertheless full of relentful womanliness, and by the justice of her cause exciting our sympathy almost as much as Rip himself does.
A Study Of Hawthorne Lathrop, George P 1876
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