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Rh they will enjoy, when the underſtanding is more enlightened, and the affections properly regulated. To-morrow I will take you to viſit the ſchool-miſtreſs of the village, and relate her ſtory, to enforce what I have been ſaying.

Now you may go and dance one or two dances; and I will join you after I have taken a walk, which I wiſh to enjoy alone.

CHAP. XVI.

The Benefits ariſing from Devotion.—The Hiſtory of the Village School-miſtreſs.—Fatal Effects of Inattention to Expences, in the Hiſtory of Mr. Lofty.

HE next morning Mrs. Maſon deſired the children to get their work, and draw near the table whilſt she related the promiſed hiſtory; and in the afternoon, if the weather be fine, they were to viſit the village ſchool-miſtreſs.

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