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Rh. Of all deferences, be most implicit in that you pay to opinion." "How little liberty, even in the affair of a ringlet, does a woman possess!" "Liberty and power," said Lord Mandeville, who, after riding the first stage on horseback, now entered the carriage, "are, in the hands of women, what they are in the hands of a mob—always misused. Ah! the Salic law is the true code, whether in morals or monarchies." "He cannot forgive," said his wife, "the turnip-fields and the three covies which he has left behind. But I will not have your murderous propensities interfere with Emily's well-doing. While we are travelling, the mirror of the Graces may remain partially covered; but on our return, it must be unveiled in its own peculiar temple, Paris. Be assiduous in your studies for a few weeks, and you may lay in a stock of good principles for life." "Nothing," said Lord Mandeville, "can be more perfect than a Frenchwoman when she is finished. From the Cinderella-like slipper to the glove delicate as the hand it covers—the shawl, whose drapery a sculptor might envy—the perfumes—the fan, so gracefully carried—the bijouterie, which none employ with such