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clung so much to the friendship of Miss More, as to wish to keep her entirely as a resident in the country home at Hampton. Indeed, Hannah spent most of her time there during the two years from 1779 to 1781, writing letters and transacting business for the good lady, whose foreign education, no doubt, made this a difficulty to her. Boswell says that Mrs. Garrick was wont to call Miss More her domestic chaplain, probably because she watched over the religious welfare of the servants, as their mistress, being a Roman Catholic, could hardly do. The Roman Church was, at that period, in a very quiet, unaggressive state, and this may account for our never hearing of any of the controversies with, or attempts at influence