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to the bit and the burthen himfelf. He 

 was not a good horfeman. The animal 

 difliking his new fituation, heeded not the 

 fbothing voice to which he had been 

 accuftomed. He plunged, threw his maf- 

 ter, and then, with his heels, ftruck him 

 on the head an inftantJy fatal blow. 1C 

 was faid that Mrs. Day never afterwards 

 faw the fun ; that fhe lay in bed, into the 

 curtains of which no light was admitted 

 during the day, and only rofe to ftray alone 

 through her garden, when night gave her 

 fbrrows congenial gloom. She furvived 

 this adored hufband two years, and then 

 died, broken-hearted, for his lofs. 



Ere the principal fubjecT: of this biogra- 

 phic traft is refumed, the reader will not 

 be forry to learn the future defliny of 

 Sabrina. She remained at fchool three 

 years ; gained the efteem of her inftru&refs; 

 grew feminine, elegant, and amiable. This 

 young woman proved one of many inftances 



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