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Rh a future ſtate, I may enjoy an unſpeakable degree of happineſs, though I now only experience a faint foretaſte. Next to theſe ſublime emotions, which I cannot deſcribe, and the joy reſulting from doing good, I am happy when I can amuſe thoſe I love; it is not then vanity, but tenderneſs, that ſpurs me on, and my ſongs, my drawings, my every action, has ſomething of my heart in it. When I can add to the innocent enjoyments of my children, and improve them at the ſame time, are not my accompliſhments of uſe? In the ſame ſtyle, when I vary the pleaſures of my fire-ſide, I make my huſband forget that it is a lonely one; and he returns to look for elegance at home, elegance that he himſelf gave the poliſh to; and which is only affected, when it does not flow from virtuous affections.

I beg your pardon, I expatiate too long on my favourite topic; my deſire to rectify your notions muſt plead my excuſe.

Mr. Trueman now joined them, and brought with him ſome of his fineſt fruit. After tea Mrs. Trueman ſhewed them ſome Rh