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Rh have forgotten the tones, loſs of teeth made drawling, in liſtening to the chearful good ſenſe which that worthy woman's words conveyed. You laughed, becauſe you were ignorant, and I now excuſe you; but ſome years hence, if I were to ſee you in company, with such a propenſity, I ſhould ſtill think you a child, an overgrown one, whoſe mind did not expand as the body grew.

The ſky began to thicken, and the lowing of the cattle to have a melancholy cadence; the nightingale forgot her ſong, and fled to her neſt; and the ſea roared and laſhed the rocks. During the calm which portended an approaching ſtorm, every creature was running for ſhelter.—We muſt, if poſſible, said Mrs. Maſon, reach yon cottage on the cliff, for we ſhall ſoon have a violent thunder-ſtorm. They quickened their pace, but the hurricane overtook them. The hail-ſtones fell, the clouds ſeemed to open and diſcloſe the lightning, while loud peals of thunder ſhook the ground; the wind alſo in violent guſts ruſhed among the trees, Rh