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'" happy, proved inceflant. His Koufe, as 

 '" you know, has ever been the relbrt of 

 " people of fcicnce and merit. If, from 

 " my hufband's great and extenfive prac- 

 " tice, I had much lefs of his fociety than 

 " I wiftied, yet the converfation of his 

 " friends, and of my own, was ever ready 

 i( to enliven the hours of his abfence. As 

 " occalional malady made me doubly enjoy 

 " health, fo did thofe frequent abfences 

 " give a zcft, even to delight, when I could 

 " be indulged with his company. My 

 6C three boys have ever been docile, and 

 " afFeftionate. Children as they are, I 

 (< could truft them with important fecrets, 

 " fo facred do they hold every promife they 

 c< make. They fcorn deceit, and falfehood 

 " of every kind, and have lefs lelfiflinefs 

 "'than generally belongs to childhood. - 

 " Married to any other man, I do not fup- 

 " pofe I could have lived a third part of 

 "" thofe years, which I have pafled with 



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