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⟨move⟩, it was natural to think that ſhe at that time ⟨enjoyed⟩. I muſt confeſs, that I tried to diſpoſſeſs ⟨her⟩, but I tried in vain; and I have ſince reflected, ⟨that⟩ her preſervation was as dear to her as mine ⟨was⟩ to me: and I feel a real comfort in repeating ⟨thoſe⟩ exquiſitely humane and tender lines of Ovid, ⟨which⟩ are ſo feelingly deſcriptive of the fate of this ⟨moſt⟩ uſeful and patient animal.
Every thing claims a kindred in misfortune; it ⟨feels⟩ like death; but death, alas! to ſome comes ⟨too⟩ late; and to others it comes too early. In a ⟨short⟩ time, perhaps, it was the fate of the poor ⟨meek⟩ creature above diſcribed, to feel its ſtroke. ⟨I⟩ ⟨might⟩ have cauſed, unknowingly, its execution, ⟨and⟩ might have feaſted upon its fleſh. The very idea ⟨chills⟩ my blood, and brings to my mind the ⟨remembrance⟩ of the dreadful ſituation of Pierre (illegible text)aud.
An act of dire neceſſity may be certainly excuſed; ⟨but⟩ to deſtroy (for the gratification of an appetite ⟨which⟩ we have in common with brutes) that which ⟨has⟩ been uſed to live in a domeſtic and in a ⟨cheriſhed⟩ ſtate around us, would argue an inſenſibility, ⟨from⟩ which every feeling mind muſt naturally ⟨revolt⟩: and I ſhould hope, that there are but few ⟨people⟩ who could eat of that kid, which they had ⟨then⟩ lick the butcher's hand at the very moment at the knife was about to deprive its innocence of ⟨exiſtence⟩; and when it ſupplicated, with an almoſt ⟨human⟩ cry, its preſervation of life, and with a (illegible text)andiſhment ſo particularly expreſſive of ⟨tenderneſs⟩ and pity.
From the morning until four o'clock in the ⟨afternoon⟩, the wind continued to blow with ⟨increaſing⟩ violence from the north and eaſt: but from ⟨that⟩ time, having collected all its powers of ⟨devaſtation⟩, it ruſhed with irreſiſtable violence from the