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reason; if hle, (0o notj I w:ill not yieldl my authorlity
to a released caaptive, wittout a strut:gle."
" God send that there s8tall be n1o fightinttg.! mut
Uredl his compaiton, a little app:allcd'at the irn.
ages his language 1hgad raisedt befrie her imagina-1
tion; and, Barnsitable, I enjoin youl, most solemnly, by all your aiteetion ftor met a:I by every thing
you deem most sacred, to prot!ect the i)persont of C(Al.
tHoward at every hazard. T here must be nlo exellse, 110 l'retence, tiO even ant insult to m1)y plssi.lonate, good, obstinate, but kind old gtuardian. I btiteve I have gffiven him already more trLouble thtan
I amn entitled to give any onel and I leaven forbid
that I should caiuse hi aty serioutfs misforttunlc
le shall, be sati, and n.ot ontly lie, ltut all that
are w ith him, as you will p\ reie alithetrine,
whent you'hear my pllan.:Three hoturs shall not
}Pass over my head befotret you will see me master
of that old Abbey. h Grfltht, ay (IGriftltlh, must he
content to 1)e my inferior~,0 until we get -aflolat
again.t~"' Attempt nothing unless you feel certatin of:eing: able to maiainta yourl Alvantage, not only
against your enemies, but also'against 0our
friends;": said. the- anxious Katherine. "4 Rely on it.
both, Ceciia1 arnld (Grifi tlh are refining so much on
their feelilngs, thlat tneither whll bel your atlly."
" Tlis comes of passing the fbur best years -of
his life withlin walls of brick, poring over- latin
tlanlr ars4 ad Syntaxes, an( such other lnonsetnse,
wheon lhe. should thalve been rolling them away in a
good box of live. oak, and st. udying, at the most.,
how to sum up his day's wvork, and tell where his
ship lies aftlera blovw. 5Your college learning may
answer: w;ell enouht for t a man 00who haits to lisve by
his wtits, but it can lte of little use to one wh.o is
never afiraid to read human nature, by looking his
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