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Rh it, did not make others good, or comfort the afflicted; but after ſhe had loſt it, ſhe was comfortable herſelf, and ſet her friends the most uſeful example.

The money that ſhe had formerly appropriated to ornament her perſon, now clothed the naked; yet ſhe really appeared better dreſſed, as ſhe had acquired the habit of employing her time to the beſt advantage, and could make many things herſelf. Beſides, ſhe did not implicitly follow the reigning faſhion, for ſhe had learned to diſtinguish, and in the moſt trivial matters acted according to the dictates of good ſenſe.

The children made ſome comments on this ſtory, but the entrance of a viſitor interrupted the converſation, and they ran about the garden, comparing the roſes and tulips.

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