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abundant scope for the goings forth of the heart of the child, and the latter will check any tendency to an extreme. Thus, while the one cherishes the affections, and the other curbs the will, and whilst both endeavour to approximate towards each other as nearly as circumstances will admit, till their separate influence is so united and blended as to render the limit between them imperceptible, they will form the temper of their child as remote from a timid reserve and artful duplicity on the one hand, as from stubborn self-will and ungovernable passion on the other.

It would be an agreeable task to go back to a variety of little incidents, to which the early part of our beloved child's life gave rise! and consistently with my intention of offering an Affectionate Tribute to the memory of a Daughter so dear, I might perhaps be permitted to indulge these fond recollections; but I am not aware that they would lead to any very profitable results, and therefore I think it better to forego

them; and briefly to state, that, under the blessing of Divine Providence, our endeavours to bring up our child" in the nurture and admonition of the Lord" were abundantly successful. She became all that her fond and anxious parents could wish: and her life exhibited one unbroken series of piety to her parents, affection to her brothers, and reverence of whatever is sacred. From her infancy, she possessed an uncommon share of vivacity, quickness of parts, and sweetness of disposition. She was always open, natural, and unaffected. She delighted in the society of her friends, and invariably met them with the same countenance. Any one, who thought it worth while to have her company, might be sure of meeting her in the best humour, and ready to give up her own inclination for their accommodation and pleasure. It is difficult to conceive of a character more divested than she was of selfishness. stead of thinking herself worthy of the homage of others, she thought less of herself than they did of her; and so far was

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she from expecting that her friends should bend to her caprice and humour, that she was ready to make no inconsiderable sacrifices to gratify them. It was, I presume, chiefly owing to this combination of disposition, with an almost inexhaustible fund for entertainment, that she became the centre of attraction to the juvenile parties in which she mixed. The pleasing of herself, except so far as she derived pleasure from seeing all around her happy (and after all, what pleasure is so refined as this?) formed no part of her plans. She entirely laid herself out for the gratification of her friends; and by exerting her talents, always fertile in expedients, to promote their amusement, she never failed to keep up their good humour, and to occupy their time agreeably. The result was the same, whether she enjoyed the society of her equals, or entertained a party of children. She could throw herself, with the greatest ease, into their habits and ways of amusement; and from the numerous resources she possessed of varying their pleasures, she

kept her little friends in incessant delight. If any circumstance required her absence for a while, the effect on her company was immediately visible in their listlessness and languor; and her return was equally marked by their hilarity and gaiety. If, as is sometimes the case, one in the party was, from either person or manners, less attractive than the rest, she always singled out that individual as the peculiar object of her attention; and she seldom failed to elicit something from her, which contributed to the general fund of entertainment, and to render her easy and happy in herself. These efforts were sometimes too great for her strength, and greatly oppressed her: but whatever she suffered herself, she took care that no one, if it was possible to avoid it, should perceive her exhaustion. So far did she carry this point, that on several occasions she effectually concealed from the company, whose pleasure she was unwilling to interrupt, the most acute pain; and when ready to sink with faintness and fatigue, she assumed an air of ease, which

prevented the least suspicion that she was not in perfect health. The desire of making others happy was so powerful a stimulus, that it sustained her spirits, when otherwise she would have actually sunk. One or two instances of this it may not be improper to mention.

About two years ago she was on a visit to some of her most beloved friends at Southampton. The disease, which probably terminated her life, had already commenced its attack. Her friends could not help seeing at times, by her countenance, that she was far from being in the health they could wish; and they were extremely anxious on this account: but they were not aware of the extent of her malady. She afterwards told her mother, that she frequently retired into her room, as if for the purpose of dressing, writing letters, or other indifferent affairs, but with the real intention of rolling on the carpet (for if she had done so on the bed, it would have probably led to inquiries about her health) to obtain a little ease of her acute pain: and when

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