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faſhionably educated, &c.
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Painfully ſenſible of unkindneſs, ſhe is alive to every thing, and many ſarcaſms reach her, which were perhaps directed another way. She is alone, ſhut out from equality and confidence, and the concealed anxiety impairs her conſtitution; for ſhe muſt wear a cheerful face, or be diſmiſſed. The being dependant on the caprice of a fellow-creature, though certainly very neceſſary in this ſtate of diſcipline, is yet a very bitter corrective, which we would fain ſhrink from.

A teacher at a ſchool is only a kind of upper ſervant, who has more work than the menial ones.

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