4? MEMOIRS O| 



fitted, that her whole fortune fliould be 

 fettled upon herfelf, totally out of his pre- 

 ient or future control ; that if flie grew 

 tired of a fyftem of life fo likely to weary 

 p, w r oman of the world, flie might return 

 to that world any hour fhe chofe, fully 

 empowered to rcfume it's habits, and it's 

 ,pleafures. 



They married, and retired into the 

 country about the year 1780, according to 

 the beft recollection of the author of thefe 

 memoirs. No carriage ; no appointed fer- 

 vant about Mrs. Day's own perfbn ; no 

 luxury of any fort. Mufic, in which fhe 

 was a diftinguifhed proficient, was deemed 

 trivial. She banifhed her harpfichord and 

 mufic-books. Frequent experiments upon 

 her temper, and her attachment, were made 

 by him, whom flie lived but to obey and 

 love. Over thefe flic often wept, but 

 never repined. No wife, bound in the 

 ilrideft fetters, as to the incapacity of 



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