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novels of no eminence, to the perufal of 

 young people. That was one of thofe follies 

 of the wife, which daily prefent them- 

 felves to our furprifed attention. 



In the year 1791 a fplendid archery* 

 meeting was held at Drakelow in Stafford* 

 fhire, the feat of Sir Nigel Grefley. Mifs 

 Sufan Sneyd *, of Belmont, was diftinguifti- 

 ed by her fkill and fuccefs in the contefl 

 of that day. Honoured by Dr. Darwin's 

 celebration, her name and her unerring 

 arrow, are on permanent record. The verfes 

 he wrote on that occafion appeared in the 

 Derby paper anonymoufly. There were 

 people who pretended to be judges of verfe, 

 and yet were in doubt concerning their 

 author. Before Dr. Darwin acknowledged 

 them, they were attributed to various verfi- 

 fiers ; and when the writer of this Trad:, 

 who faw the Darwinian ftamp on the lines 

 at one glance, declared they muft be his, 



* Now Mrs. Bronghton. 



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