life, and boys for public fituations in the world, he thought their early habits and instructions ought to be adapted to their refpective destinations.

He derived confiderable affiftance in the execution of his plans from his fifter Mrs. Mapleton, who had refided with him for fome time before the death of Mrs. Lorton. Mrs. Mapleton's temper was gentle, and her understanding excellent; fhe loved Emily, and was beloved by her; fhe viewed with delight the expanding powers of her niece's mind, and was eager to contribute all the could towards her improvements.

The time fet apart for Emily's inftruction was divided into equal portions, during which she alternately attended her aunt and her father. The former taught her to read, write, ufe her needle, and play on the forte piano; the latter gave her leffons in grammar, arithmetic, French, geography, and drawing. The whole business was conducted with spirit and cheerfulness; the leffons were rather frequent than long, fo as not to be

fatiguing

fatiguing to the Scholar, nor interfering with the other occupations of the teachers.

The mind of Emily was fharpened by this quick alternation of ftudy and repofe; and as no severity was neceffary, fhe did not learn to connect the idea of books with hardship, but ran to them with as much pleasure, as to her other fources of amufement and paftime. Although never harfhly reftrained, the was kept in a conftant ftate of control and dependence upon the will of her father and aunt; whatever indulgence fhe was allowed was the reward of her good behaviour only, not a conceffion to her tears, en treaties, or blandifhments: no fault was fuffered to pafs unnoticed, and she was feldom praised in her own hearing. A gentle and a steady curb was kept upon her temper and difpofition; and the felt the happy effects of this mild and prudent difcipline, throughout the whole courfe of her life.

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CHAP. IV.

For feveral virtues

Have I lik'd feveral women, never any,
With fo full foul, but fome defect in her,
Did quarrel with the nobleft grace fie ow'd,
And put it to the foil.But you, O you,
So perfect and fo peerlefs are created,

Of every creature's best!

The TEMPEST.

COLONEL LORTON procured for his daughter a companion of her own age, whofe name was Fanny Flowerdale, the youngest child of a virtuous family in the next village. Fanny was a girl of a sweet and gentle temper, and Emily foon liked her fo well, that far from treating her with unkindness or caprice, and obliging her to act the part of a timid and

artful

artful attendant, fhe confidered her as intrufted to her protection, and behaved to her rather as a relative, than a miftrefs. She: endeavoured to teach Fanny every one of her own leffons, fo that as foon as the had been inftructed by her aunt to fpell a hard word, or repeat one of Watts's hymns, or had finished a task of writing or arithmetic, fhe was always anxious for Fanny to attempt to do the fame. She had great pleasure in acting the part of the governess, and Fanny thought it an honour to be her scholar. Mrs. Mapleton encouraged this practice of her niece, as the faw it was greatly conducive to her improvement, and shortened her own labour of instruction; being well convinced of what may appear to be a paradox, that it is an excellent method of understanding any thing perfectly, after you have gained a proper knowledge of its principles, to become a teacher of it yourself.

Fanny Flowerdale, fo far from abufing the indulgence thowed her by the family, conscious of her humble rank in life, always behaved as a dependant upon their bounty.

She escaped much of the jealousy likely to be attached to the favourite of her young miftrefs by the fervants, as the conducted herself towards them all in an obliging and unaifuming manner.

Improved by the example of her aunt, as well as by her inftructions, Emily derived. from her the moft ufeful habits of activity and diligence. She learned to be a great economift of her time, particularly by ac quiring an extraordinary quicknefs in dreff ing; but her appearance was always neat and pleafing, and fimplicity was the characteristic of her attire. Her difpatch in dreffing was promoted by her father's impatience to have her as much in his prefence as poffi ble, and was confirmed into a conftant practice by her folicitude to be punctual upon all occafions. Among her other ufeful acquirements fhe excelled in all kinds of needlework. She occafionally fuperintended the domeftic concerns of the family, perfectly learned from her aunt what the duty of the fervants was, and commended and valued them, not merely