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ſhe lives many years ſhe is ſtill a child in understanding, and of ſo little uſe to ſociety, that her death would ſcarcely be obſerved.

Diſſipation leads to poverty, which cannot be patiently borne by thoſe who have lived on the vain applauſe of others, on account of outward advantages; theſe were the things they imagined of moſt conſequence, and of courſe they are tormented with falſe ſhame, when by a reverſe of fortune they are deprived of them.

A young innocent girl, when ſhe firſt enters into gay ſcenes, finds her

ſpirits