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that thofe modes of education, which have 

 been fanclioned by long experience, are 

 feldom abandoned to advantage by inge- 

 nious fyftem-mongers. 



When Sabrina left fchool, Mr. Day al- 

 lowed her fifty pounds annually. She 

 boarded fome years near Birmingham, 

 and afterwards at Newport, in Shropfhire. 

 Wherever me refided, wherever me paid 

 vifits, fhe fecured to herfelf friends. Beau- 

 tiful and admired, me paffed the dangerous 

 interval between fixteen and twenty-five, 

 without one reflection upon her conduct, 

 one ftain upon her difcretion. Often the 

 gueft of Dr. Darwin, and other of her 

 friends in Lichfield, efteem and affection 

 formed the tribute to her virtues. 



Mr. Day correfponded with her parentally, 

 but feldom faw her, and never without wit- 

 nefles. Two years after his marriage, and 

 in her twenty-fixth year, his friend, Mr. 

 Bicknel, propofed himfelf ; that very Mr. 

 E Si Bick- 



