42 MEMOIRS OF 



Lichfield. Without having received a 

 Spartan education, me united a difmtereft- 

 ed defire to pleafe, fortitude of fpirit, na- 

 tive ftrength of intellect, literary and fcien- 

 tific tafte, to unfwerving truth, and to all 

 the graces. She was the very Honora 

 Sneyd, for whom the gallant and unfortu- 

 nate Major Andre's inextinguifhable paf- 

 fion is on poetic, as his military fame and 

 haplefs deftiny are on patriot, record. Pa- 

 rental authority having diffolved the juve- 

 nile engagements of this diftinguiihed youth 

 and maid, Mr. Day offered to Honora his 

 philofophic hand. She admired his talents; 

 ihe revered his virtues ; me tried to fchool 

 her heart into fofter fentiments in his favour. 

 She did not fucceed in that attempt, and in- 

 genuoufly told him fo. Her fifter, Mifs Eli- 

 zabeth Sneyd, one year younger than her- 

 felf, was very pretty, very fprightly, very 

 artlefs, and very engaging, though count- 

 lefs degrees inferior to the endowed and 



adorned 



