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 account of this episode shows how customary such apprenticeship was among young ladies of good family, as a part of their education:—

A proposal from Jacob that Dietrich, whom the father on his deathbed had specially commended to his care, should be sent to England, caused his mother the utmost distress, on account of his being still too young to be confirmed; but her scruples were overcome and