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she had nothing to do but to forgive herself and be happier than ever; and the lenient hand of time did much for her by insensible gradations
in the course of another day.

You have gained a new source of enjoyment, and it is well to have as many holds upon happiness as possible.

Give me but a little cheerful company, let me only have the company of
the people I love, let me only be where I like and with whom
I like, and the devil take the rest, say I

To come with a well-informed mind, is to come with an inability of administering to the vanity of others, which a sensible person would always wish to avoid. A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid

It is this delightful habit of journalizing which largely contributes to form the easy style of writing for which ladies are so generally celebrated. Everybody allows that the talent of writing agreeable letters is peculiarly female. Nature may have done something, but I am sure it must be essentially assifled by the practice of keeping a journal.

It is this delightful habit of journalizing which largely contributes to form the easy style of writing for which ladies are so generally celebrated. Everybody allows that the talent of writing agreeable letters is peculiarly female. Nature may have done something, but I am sure it must be essentially assifled by the praftice of keeping a journal.

If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad.