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beauty, and it's concomitant defire of orna- 

 mented drefs. The only inducement, there- 

 fore, which this lovely artlcfs'girl cousd have 

 to combat and fubdue the natural prefe- 

 rence, in youth ib bloflbming, of eafc to 

 pain, of vacant fport to the labour of think- 

 ing, was the defire of pleafing her protestor, 

 though me knew not how, or why he be- 

 came fuch. In that defire, fear had greatly 

 the afcendant of affection, and fear is a 

 cold and indolent feeling. 



Thus, after a feries of fruitlefs trials, 

 Mr. Day renounced all hope of moulding 

 Sabrina into the being his imagination had 

 formed ; and ceafing to behold her as his 

 future wife, he placed her at a boarding - 

 fchool in Sutton-Coldfield, Warwickfhire. 

 His truft in the power of education fal- 

 tered ; his averfion to modern elegance 

 fubfided. From the time he firft lived in 

 the Vale of Stowe, he had daily converfed 

 \vith the beautiful Mils Honora Sneyd of 



Lichfield. 



