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Chapter the third

"My Father was a gentleman of considerable"
"Fortune in Berkshire; myself & a few more"
"his only Children. I was but six years old when"
"I had the misfortune of losing my Mother &"
"being at that time young & Tender, my"
"father instead of sending me to School, pro:"
":cured an able handed Governess to superin:"
":tend my Education at Home. My Brothers"
"were placed at Schools suitable to their"
"Ages & my Sisters being all younger than"
"myself, remained still under the Care of"
"their Nurse."

"Miſs Dickins was an excellent"
"Governess. She instructed me in the Paths"
"of Virtue; under her tuition I daily became"