most sensible reflections on the many changes in their situation which so long a period had occasioned, on the advantages of some, & the disad::vantages of others. From this subject she madea short digreſsion to the instability of human pleasures & the uncertainty of their duration,which led her to observe that all earthly Joys must be imperfect. She was proceeding to illustrate this doctrine by examples from theLives of great Men when the Carriage cameto the Door and the amiable Moralist with herFather & Sister was obliged to depart; but not without a promise of spending five or six months with us on their return. We of course mentionedyou, and I aſsure you that ample Justicewas done to your Merits by all. "Louisa Clarke(said I) is in general a very pleasant Girl, yet sometimes her good humour is clouded byPeevishneſs, Envy & Spite. She neither wants