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'' brother, by which you now no longer addrefs 

 *' me ; you will find this brother among your 

 " equals, and fuch as have riches and high birth, 

 " which I can never offer you. But, whither can 

 " you go to be more happy than where you are ? On 

 " what land can you fet your foot, dearer to you 

 " than that which gave you being. ^ Where can you 

 ** find a fociety more amiable, than one of which 

 " you are entirely beloved ? How can you exift 

 ** without the carelTes of your mother, to which 

 *' you have been fo long accuftomed ? What will 

 " become of your mother herfelf, already far ad- 

 *' vanced in life, when (he no longer fees you by 

 *' her fide, at her table, in the houfe, and in her 

 " walks, where you ufed to be her fupport ? To 

 " what a flate will mine be reduced, who is as 

 " fondly attached to you as your own ? What can 

 ** I fay to give them confolation, when I fee them 

 *' mourning your abfence ? Cruel girl! I fay no- 

 *' thing of myfelf ; but. What fliall become of me, 

 " when, in the morning, I no longer enjoy your 

 " company, and when night comes on, without 

 " bringing us together again: and when I fhall be- 

 ** hold thefe palm trees, planted at our birth, and 

 " which, fo long, have been the witneffes of our 

 ** mutual affedion. Ah ! fmce a new deftiny at- 

 " trads you ; lince you will feek other countries, 

 *' far from the fpot where you was born, and other 

 " pofTeffions than thofe which the labour of my 

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