LIFE.

Printed by J. Darling, Leadenhall-Street, London.

OR,

FASHION AND FEELING.

A Novel.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

BY

MARY ANNE HEDGE,

AUTHOR OF

AFFECTION'S GIFT; THE RETREAT; LETTERS ON HISTORY, SACRED AND
PROFANE; YOUNG INFIDEL; MEMOIRS OF JAMES II; TWILIGHT
HOURS IMPROVED; TREASURES OF THOUGHT, &c.

Our opinions are subjected to so many changes, and come and go in every
direction in such a manner, that contemplating life, as we look behind us,
we seem to see nothing but confusion.
NECKAR.

And what is life? an hour-glass on the run;

A mist retreating from the morning sun;

A busy bustling still-repeated dream;

Its length? a minute's pause, a moment's thought ;
And happiness? a bubble on the stream
That in the act of seizing shrinks to nought.

VOL. I.

CLARE.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR

A. K. NEWMAN AND CO. LEADENHALL-STREET.