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Rh dominions, which had been considerably enlarged during the regency. F. C.

latter and best works are, Female Spectator, 4 vols; Epistles for the Ladies, 2 vols; Fortunate Foundling, 1 vol; Adventures of Nature, 1 vol; Betsy Thoughtless, 4 vols; Jenny and Jemmy Jessamy, 3 vols; Invisible Spy, 2 vols; Husband and Wife, 2 vols, all in 12mo. and a pamphlet entitled, A Present for a Servant Maid. When young, she dabbled in dramatic poetry; but with no great success, none of her plays being either much approved at first, or revived afterwards.

learned in scripture, and composed many religious works. She opposed strenuously the tonsure of the priests, supposing it, perhaps, a superstitious or a heathenish observance. She built the convent of Fare, of which she became abbess, and died there in 685.

prophesies are supposed to relate to the reformation, and to the destruction of the Romish see; and had great influence over the minds of people about the time of the Reformation. She flourished about the year 1146. The books in which these prophesies are con-