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ſhip, and long to meet with good unalloyed. When fortune ſmiles they hug the dear deluſion; but dream not that it is one. The painted cloud diſappears ſuddenly, the ſcene is changed, and what an aching void is left in the heart! a void which only religion can fill up — and how few ſeek this internal comfort!

A woman, who has beauty without ſentiment, is in great danger of being ſeduced; and if ſhe has any, cannot guard herſelf from painful mortifications. It is very diſagreeable to keep up a continual reſerve with men ſhe has been formerly familiar with; yet

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