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Pne bringing up their children of both S&xes to learn them ; the men learn thtMn in o ^ der for travelling and conv rsation with all nations here ; tind they reckon it a qualification for the females
that they may converse a ^ nuch as the other ^ ex . Their women are reckoned
the greatest hou-ewives in the world , for here is a quite different way of housekeeping ; to what there is in England ; if it were not to be so they would soon be ruined , with their thievish servants . 'Tis arrold proVerb , that a Swedi-h woman and her cow will feast on that that wiU starve the English .
I cannot but admire at the length of the days : the sun shining as bright at Id o ' clock at night as at 7 in England ; and here is no night for two months . I think one day here is as long as three in
England , and one hour a ^ long as three In England : it seems so tome perhaps as ^ my temper of mind is , for ' tis certain time seems long or short as I am differently employed in thought , words , or deeds ; and he with whom a thousand
years are hut * as one day can , if he please . * , mafce a single day , nay a single moment , appear to any of his creatu : es as a thousand years . I could pursue these speciilatons a great way , but my paper will not allow it , so leave it you to enlarge
on , who can do it more effectually , and plea e yourself better , I am sure , than Peg Sheppard can—that is my name you see that you are to call me by , and I firmly be'ieve I shall have no other , though I ' ve made no vows 5 if 1 had , I
meet with no temptation to break them : I had . rather , if I were able be common servant in England , than the riche t Swede ' s wife , I'll assure you , for they are foreign to me in every thing . . Mr . Copping is married to the lady that he has been engaged to these twelve
years ; her name was Grigg ; she has tfhree thousand pounds . 1 knew it . would be soon , before I left England ; but I tad a letter from him by the la-t ship ;>; he had then been married two months .
JVly letter just came to wish him joy He wrote me a very long ietter , and a TKery handsome one , with the strongest ejepre sions of regard for me , and describing the new relation he has entered on in the sweetest , handsomest terms
imaginable ; and takes all the methods he can think of to remove my doubting m the . least his friendship fo me ; and unhappily misconstruing nis past behaviour t 6 mci he tells me tho' this change
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of condition gives h > m some sentim en ts entirely new , it does not extinguish any old ones , for his friends are as dear to him as ever and their happiness of equalnio . ment ; nay , gamers by it , for 1 have one more equally concerned for me , and equally zealous to promote it , and a vast deal more jie says on that one head
She desired him to assure me of her affectionate re g ards 9 Th all very well and I think mysel f much obliged to ^ hini for it ; but to the best © f my remembrance it was onc ^ in hh power to have pur fome of these things in practice I
do believe very well of him , and have a good esteem and value for him , and believe , he has checked himself often for not thinking or acting properly at that time . This to you 1 say . He is to liv « at I , — for a time , till he can be otherwise provided for .
My sister has been extremely i 1 , even at death ' s door , since I have been here , but is much better now , thank God ! She is of a very weakly constitution and been ill a long while before , but the parting with me threw her quite down . She is go ^ ng to leave off her bu iness , and a lady , an intimate , entire fritnd of her ! s , and she are to live together in other and cheaper lodgin . s , and so furnish her acquaintance as usual from her tradesfolks , without endangering the entire loss of her stock . 1 hope she will have more health when her mind is
ea . i cr , for it has been a va t concern to me . i think now j could . never stand the shock of the loss of her , which would be much worse to me from being froin her in this land ; she is the only one I have left of all my relationsthat has any place in my affections .
I have talked all this while . to ^ Mr . Say , and nothing to dear Mrs Say ; but now I think on ' t , Mr . is Mrs . and Mr . is Mr . Say ; so have been talking to both , tho to but one individual . O , sweet Madam | could I but be so happy as to see and converse with you , ana entertain myself as agreeably as I ' ve so often wont to do , wjth ro much solid p leasure t
and sati .-J action ; lor to you I coiml «» my mind , when to none else , and 1 wa 8 never disappointed , you we ^ e SQ sw eet , so tender , so kind , so compassionateJ snjj loving to me , so true to my interest in all respects ! The friend in perfection a ^ the gentlewoman ' s behaviour shipes Jfl all your actjopt ., which sets off aHy 0 U f other virtues in the fairest point Q'f J » g »^
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4 S 4 Say Papers . —Original Letter of Mrs . Af . Sftevvard '
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1809, page 484, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1740/page/10/
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