ALICIA LEFÀNU,

GRAND-DAUGHTER TO THE LATE THOMAS SHERIDAN, M.A,

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

VOL. III.

Quando scende in nobil petto
E compagno un dolce affetto
Non rivale alla virtù:
Respirate, alme felici

E vi siano i Numi amici

Quante avverso il ciel vi fù.

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STRATHALLAN.

CHAP. I.

"Tous les défauts humains nous donnent dans la vie

Des

moyens d'exercer notre philosophie,

C'est le plus bel emploi que trouve la vertu,
Et si de probité tout étoit revetu,

Si tous les cœurs etoient franes justes et dociles
La plupart des vertus nous seroient inutiles
Puisqu'on en met l'usage a pouvoir sans ennui
Supporter dans nos droits l'injustice d'autrui.”

MOLIERE Misanthrope.**

In the first letter Lady Torrendale wrote to Matilda from Tunbridge, it appeared as if her ladyship purposed a longer stay than she had at first hinted. The earl intended to try the waters for three or four months, and his lady declared herself unwilling to leave him. She, however, gave no hint of a wish that Emily should join the party, but on the contrary seemed fully satisfied that she was better at Mrs.

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