Interesting Memoirs. By a Lady: In Two Volumes. ...

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A. Strahan, and T. Cadell; J. Balfour, and W. Creech, Edinburgh, 1785
 

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Page 80 - For there is hope of a tree if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground, yet through the scent of water it will bud and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Page 80 - He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me. My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me. They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger : I am an alien in their sight.
Page 40 - Are you not to have fome regard to a future ftate ? — A. Yes ; after having maintained a good reputation as long as I can, I am to exchange it for a...
Page 39 - What is the way to get a hufband " A, To drefs, dance, chat, play, an " go to all manner of public place " except church, for fear of being calk " a fanatic. — Q. What is the duty < " a hufband ? A. To. pleafe his wife.

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