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superiors, are kept chiefly at home gratifying 

 themselves, in their turn to fill the same 

 situation their mother has done before them, 

 their reward being " sporting a new bonnet at 

 church,'* or "a love of a gown" in which to 

 appear when friends are asked to "take a dish 

 of tea," or when they go out for such purpose, 

 either events ardently looked for should the 

 said dress be a new one. It is possible some one 

 more sprightly, or at all events less domesticated 

 than the rest, may be apprenticed to the 

 milliner of the neighbouring town, who displays 

 on her board or plate " from London ; " our 

 young aspirant here acquires the idea that 

 nothing but London can qualify her to become 

 eminent in her business. Her first overture to 

 her parent in this particular, is probably met 

 with the bluff observation, on the part of her 



father, "London be d d," but the coaxing of 



his Maria prevails; he is even won into the half 

 belief that it is for her interest that she should 



