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 meetings were treaſonable, traiterous, and rebellious; contrary to the dignity of their father, and inconſiſtent with the Omnipotence of their mother-in-law: denouncing alſo terrible puniſhments againſt any two of the family who ſhould from thenceforth be ſeen whiſpering together, and ſtrictly forbidding the domeſticks to hold any more meetings in the garret or ſtable.

harſh and unconſtitutional proceedings irritated Jack and the other inhabitants of the new farm to ſuch a degree that