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184 will certainly avail themelves of; but her views are narrow, and her prejudices as unreaonable as trong.

I hall pas over her vehement argument in favour of the eternity of future punihments, becaue I bluh to think that a human being hould ever argue vehemently in uch a caue, and only make a few remarks on her aburd manner of making the parental authority upplant reaon. For every where does he inculcate not only blind ubmiion to parents; but to the opinion of the world.

She tells a tory of a young man engaged by his father's expres deire to a girl of fortune. Before the marriage could take place, he is deprived of her fortune, and thrown friendles on the world. The father practies the mot infamous arts to eparate his on from her, and when the on detects his villany, and, following the dictates of honour, marries the girl, nothing but miery enues; becaue forooth he married without his father's conent. On what ground can religion or morality ret when jutice is thus et at defiance? In the ame tyle he repreents an accomplihed young woman, as ready to marry any body that her mamma pleaed to recommend; and, as actually marrying the young man of her own choice, without feeling any emotions of paions, becaue that&ensp;