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 out of the Reach of that Obloquy he had incurred, concluding with ome additional Documents, in which he recommended Repentance, aying, “Conider, Child, there is one till to reconcile yourelf to, whoe Favour is of much greater Importance to you than mine.’  A Dialogue between Medames Bridget and Deborah; containing more Amuement, but les Intruction than the former.

WHEN Mr. Allworthy had retired to his Study with Jenny Jones, as hath been een, Mrs. Bridget, with the good Houekeeper, had betaken themelves to a Pot next adjoining to the aid Study; whence, through the Conveyance of a Key-hole, they ucked in at their Ears the intructive Lecture delivered by Mr. Allworthy, together with the Anwers of Jenny, and indeed every other Particular which paed in the lat Chapter.

This Hole in her Brother’s Study Door, was indeed as well known to Mrs. Bridget, and had been as frequently applied to by her, as the famous Hole in the Wall was