Her great expectations fell on hard times
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When your father's close friend is one of the best writers in English literature and the editor of his own journal, it would not be unreasonable to request a small leg-up for one's own fledgling career.
When your father's close friend is one of the best writers in English literature and the editor of his own journal, it would not be unreasonable to request a small leg-up for one's own fledgling career.