Chapter 17 17

Heaven first, in its mercy, taught mortals their letters,

For ladies in limbo, and lovers in fetters,

Or some author, who, placing his persons before ye,

Ungallantly leaves them to write their own story.

POPE, imitated.

When Mannering returned to England, his first object had been to place his daughter in a seminary for female educat

            
            

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