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From a Daughter to her Mother.
My dear Mamma,
I have ſeized the earlieſt opportunity of returning ſincere thanks for this evident aſſurance of maternal affection, in placing me under the care of a worthy woman, who often reminds me of my dear mamma, by her motherly affection. It is impoſſible to overlook her inſtructions, ſhe takes ſuch gentle means of giving them. I want nothing to make me completely happy, except your good preſence; but as I know it is for my good, I endeavour to reconcile myſelf to our ſeparation The time I hope will ſhortly come, when I ſhall ſee my dear dear mamma, and declare myſelf in perſon,
The Mother's anſwer.
Deareſt Harriot,
Your letter gave me inexpreſſible happineſs, as every line evidently proceeded from the heart. I rejoice to hear by letters from my friend, that you make a rapid progreſs in your French. You pay uncommon attention, I underſtand, to your grammar, which gives me no little ſatisfaction; for I aſſure you, Harriot, nothing redounds more to the credit of a young lady, than writing and ſpeaking correctly; how many of our ſex expoſe themſelves by corrupt phraſes and falſe concords! I would not that my child would be pedantic and over nice. It is a miſtaken notion to
