1792. JSrom Isabella to Albert. 129 
_ when they come to be able to understand the nature 
of the engagements they are to come under, have 
the purport of their baptismal vows explained to 
them ; and solemnly, in the face of the congregation, . 
‘take the vows upon themselves, and thus have their 
baptismal covenant voluntarily confirmed, | when I 
owas excefsively struck with the inimitable beauty of 
‘a girl who was brought there tobe confirmed. Her 
features were fine,-her complexion pure as _ the first 
tints of the morning. Innocence, devotion, and hu- 
mility, were the only exprefsions that beamed in her 
countenance ; and when her hat .was removed, a 
gentle timid blufh cast such an ineffable sweetnels 
over the whole, that all the congregation was lost 
in silent admiration. I think it is impofsible to 
form an idea of any object on earth that could be 
‘more purely angelic. i was attached to her by an 
irresistible impulse of kindnefs ; my eye followed 
her wherever fhe went ; and you may believe it was 
not long before we discovered who fhe was. I found 
dhe was the daughter of a gentleman in our near 
neighbourhood ;—we cultivated his acquaintance, and 
‘the little innocent soon became my frequent visitor. 
‘* Unfortunately, however, those very charms 
proved to her a very great misfortune. 
Wot that fhe was betrayed, by that. means, into 
the snares of vice; for in that respect fhe was 
irreproachable. But being naturally a girl of high 
spirits and great vivacity, the admiration fhe met 
with raised her spirits to a higher pitch than other- 
wise would have been the case. She gradually became 
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