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The Vicar os Wakefield.
This remonsf ranee had the proper effecf;
they went with great composure, that very
inifant, to change their dress; and the next
dav I had the satisfacfion of finding my
daughters, at their own requesf, employed in
cutting up their trains into Sunday wailfcoats
for Dick and Biii, the two little ones, and
what was Hill more satisfaStory, the gowns
seemed improved by this curtailing.
C H A P. V.
A new and great acquaintance intro-
duced. What we pla ce mo A
hopes upon generally pro-
ves mo A fatal.
A t a sinall disfance from the house my pre-
decessor had made a seat, overshaded by
an hedge of hawthorn and honeysackle-
Here, when the weather was line and our la-
bour soon fmished, we usually sat together,
to enjoy an extenlive landlcape, in the cahn
of the evening. Here too we drank tea, which
now was become an occahonal banquet; and
as we had it but scldom , it dihused a new joy,
the preparations sor it being made with no.
sinall sliare of bustle and ceremony. On these
occaiions, our two little ones always read sor
us, and they were regularly served after we
had done. Sometimes, to give a variety to
cutamusements, the girls sang to the guitar;
B j _ and
This remonsf ranee had the proper effecf;
they went with great composure, that very
inifant, to change their dress; and the next
dav I had the satisfacfion of finding my
daughters, at their own requesf, employed in
cutting up their trains into Sunday wailfcoats
for Dick and Biii, the two little ones, and
what was Hill more satisfaStory, the gowns
seemed improved by this curtailing.
C H A P. V.
A new and great acquaintance intro-
duced. What we pla ce mo A
hopes upon generally pro-
ves mo A fatal.
A t a sinall disfance from the house my pre-
decessor had made a seat, overshaded by
an hedge of hawthorn and honeysackle-
Here, when the weather was line and our la-
bour soon fmished, we usually sat together,
to enjoy an extenlive landlcape, in the cahn
of the evening. Here too we drank tea, which
now was become an occahonal banquet; and
as we had it but scldom , it dihused a new joy,
the preparations sor it being made with no.
sinall sliare of bustle and ceremony. On these
occaiions, our two little ones always read sor
us, and they were regularly served after we
had done. Sometimes, to give a variety to
cutamusements, the girls sang to the guitar;
B j _ and