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 with hunger. She conidered long how he hould mot prudently go to work; but could come to no determination.

The parih priet was the patron and defender of all maltreated wives. Either out of pure goodnes of heart, or from a natural partiality, he paid due repect to the female as to the weaker veel, and would not allow hubands given to fity-cuffs to abue his daughter confeors; and never failed to lay a evere penance upon the boiterous family tyrants whenever complaints were made to him. In the cae of Stephen, he had never pared the magic fih-liver of penance, in hopes of moking the evil pirit out of the bed-chamber, for the benefit of the poor wife. She therefore betook

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