THE

OR,

MODES OF DISCIPLINE.

BY

LETITIA-MATILDA HAWKINS.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

Pourquoi ne pas écrire ? cela interesse davantage. Ecrivez ce que vous
avez vu.-Mon ami M. Gray disoit que si l'on étoit content d'écrire
exactement ce qu'on avoit vu, sans apprêt, saus ornement, sans chercher
à briller, on auroit plus de lecteurs que les meilleurs auteurs.

LORD ORFORD.

Non hic Centauros, non Gorgonas, Harpyiasque
Invenies.

MARTIAL

VOL. II.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR F. C. AND J. RIVINGTON,
No. 62, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD;

By Law and Gilbert, St. John's Square, Clerkenwell.

1811.

AN

22APR 937

IBRARY

CONTENTS

TO

VOLUME II.

CHAPTER XXIII.

A venerable spinster. The elegant favor. The equip-

ment. Disappointment the first. Asked out to

dinner! The protegée. A disinterested relation.

Additio probat minoritatem. An agreeable din-

ner-party. Disappointment the second. Asked out

again to dinner. Heading the table. Oriental feel-

ings. Facts and opinions. The sailor-lad, a true

tale.

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CHAPTER XXIV.

Rebellion against fashion, the children brought in

after dinner. A baby. Facts. The death-bed of a

child. Matrimonial calculations. A father's de-

fence. A mother's good sense. The Colonel's

horses. Another invitation! Mothers of some im-

portance.

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CHAPTER XXV.

Suspense at an end. The oracle ambiguous. The fa

vorable construction. Shopping. A snug dinner

Miss under public correction. Anecdote of the beau-

tiful Mrs. D. A family delightfully managed

A fibbing mama. Fine names.

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