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have no doubt, but that by her writings the 

 best interests of her country have been long, 

 and will continue to be, very materially pro- 

 moted. In these the Irish character appears 

 to be most justly and most happily repre- 

 sented, and that melange of wit, generosity, 

 feeling, and folly, fairly exhibited, which are 

 constantly producing so much to admire and to 

 condemn at the same instant. The exposure 

 of corruption and oppression has not been 

 quite palatable in all instances ; a cry has been 

 attempted to be raised against her, as being 

 deficient in patriotism : such efforts, however, 

 will prove as ineffectual in depreciating the 

 well deserved celebrity of this lady, as the 

 passing cloud, which, if it succeed in obscuring 

 the sun for a moment, serves only to give ad- 

 ditional splendor to his re-appearance. We 

 were pressed to extend our visit to another 

 day, which being too great a temptation to be 

 resisted, you will reasonably expect to receive 

 some account of Miss Edge worth, whose works 

 you so highly admire. 



She is at once so modest and so natural, that 

 those unapprised of her talents would not be- 

 lieve it possible she could appear so uncon- 

 scious of the high reputation she possesses. 

 The admiration of the world has affected nei- 



