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Miss Sharp Begins to Make Friends

           Shedidnotpestertheiryoungbrainswithtoomuchlearning,but,onthecontrary,letthemhavetheirownwayinregardtoeducatingthemselves;forwhatinstructionismoreeffectualthanself-instruction?Theeldestwasratherfondofbooks,andastherewasintheoldlibraryatQueen’sCrawleyaconsiderableprovisionofworksoflightliteratureofthelastcentury,bothintheFrenchandEnglishlanguages(theyhadbeenpurchasedbytheSecretaryoftheTapeandSealingWaxOfficeattheperiodofhisdisgrace),andasnobodyevertroubledthebook-shelvesbutherself,Rebeccawasenabledagreeably,and,asitwere,inplaying,toimpartagreatdealofinstructiontoMissRoseCrawley.

           SheandMissRosethusreadtogethermanydelightfulFrenchandEnglishworks,amongwhichmaybementionedthoseofthelearnedDr.Smollett,oftheingeniousMr.HenryFielding,ofthegracefulandfantasticMonsieurCrebillontheyounger,whomourimmortalpoetGraysomuchadmired,andoftheuniversalMonsieurdeVoltaire.Once,whenMr.Crawleyaskedwhattheyoungpeoplewerereading,thegovernessreplied"Smollett.""Oh,Smollett,"saidMr.Crawley,quitesatisfied."Hishistoryismoredull,butbynomeanssodangerousasthatofMr.Hume.Itishistoryyouarereading?""Yes,"saidMissRose;without,however,addingthatitwasthehistoryofMr.HumphreyClinker.

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