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THE

Lady's Magazine;

OR,

Entertaining Companion for the FAIR SEX, appropriated folely to their Ufe and Amusement.

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1 The Surprise, a Tale

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171 | 16 On the Power of Philofophy

2 Thoughts on the return of Spring 174 17 Ancient Palaces and Gardens 3 A Card 176 18 Bob Short's grateful Acknowledgment

4 Obfervations on the Sagacity of the Spider

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s Occafional Letters to Bob Short 179 6 Dances of the interior Inhabitants of North America 180

7 Letter from Mr. F- to Mifs C-n

182 8 Reflections on the Awfulness of Death

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21 POETRY.-The Charms of Suzet, or
farewell to Phillis, a Pastoral-Love at
first Sight-Epithalamium, inscribed to
James T-tt-t-n-To Jenny-To the
Editor-Elegy on the Death of Mrs.
Charlton-The first Elegy-Solution to
the Enigmatical Mountain--Paradife
Regained Epitaph on Mr. Garrick

195 22 Foreign News
196 23 Home News

198 24 American News
25 Births

14 Matilda, or the Female Reclufe, an Anecdote

15 The Female Reformer

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26 Marriages 204 27 Deaths

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This Number is embellished with the following Copper-Plates, viz.

1. An elegant Pattern for a Jacket and Coat.

2. A beautiful hiftorical Picture of the Surprise: and 3. A new Song, set to Music by Mr. Stone, of Merlborough.

LONDON: Printed for G. Robinson, No. 25, Paternofter-Row, where Favours from Correfpondents will be received.

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To our CORRESPONDENTS.

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WE need only to fpeak half a word to Henrietta R— : the wife un

derstand the language.

What muft we fay to Mifs Clara R- ? Let her tell us what fhe would have us fay.

The translations we have received of The Swallow, &c. are more numerous than we can specify; but as we acknowledge the reception, we hope our fair correfpondents will excufe the want of infertion.

In the profe line we are indebted to our friends for The Moral Adviser, No. III. Mifs Clifford to Mifs Granby. Letters from a Lady abroad to her Friend, by Maria. Detached Thoughts, by Anne L, G. Series of Letters, by Northumbrienfis, &c. &c.

A lady requefts fome of the faculty to favour her with a Recipe to prevent Hair from growing after it is plucked up by the roots.

Another defires to know what is become of the Letter of Amelia to the Matron? If the addresses a letter to the Matron, she will inform her.

A correfpondent begs the favour of a pattern for Watch Cafes.

We are indebted to G― R―y for a curious drawing for a Shawl or Handkerchief, &c.

Dr. Cook's Son, on looking over the former Magazines, will perhaps find his worthy father's Differtation on Coughs, &c.

In the poetical department we are favoured with An humble Addrefs to Mifs Charlotte W-re, by Damon. Death, a Vifion, continued. On Spring, by Juvenis. To the amiable Mifs by J. S. On a faded Roft, by Incognita, aged fourteen. Lovely Nancy, by M. Spring, a Paftoral, in imitation of Cunmingham, by Mr. Hawkins. A Song for the Ladies, by Henrietta G-l-r. Folly detected, with a fubfequent letter, by M. To Delia, by E-g-s. The return of Spring, by Finish. Lines by a Youth to his intended Wife, on the Morning of their Nuptials, by Jofeph D--t'.

The infamous letter we have received from a perfon, who blames us for not inferting a piece of his received a year ago, muft convince us that he can produce nothing that ought to be admitted into fo chaste a repofitory as our's; and we beg to add, that as we do not wish his correfpondence, we will not receive his abuse with that impunity which he may imagine. Men of fense, men of fentiment, are always bafhful, are always devoted to decency; but the ig norant, and confequently the impudent alone can be guilty of any grofs, any bad expreffions or fentiments.

We think ourselves honoured by the Rev. Mr. Tafker, for the tranfmitting to the Editor his Ode to the Warlike Genius of Great Britain, his Ode to Curiofity, A Poetical Encomium on Trade, An Epitaph intended for the Rev. Mr. Eccles, late of Bath, Translation of the Carmen Seculare of Horace, with Notes Critical and Explanatory, An Elegy on the Death of David Garrick, Ef; and a Congratulatory Ode to Admiral Keppel, works which have so much merit, that we recommend them to the perufal of our fair correfpondents, especially as the author has paid many a handfome compliment to the most illuftrious of the fex among the noblefe

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THE

Lady's Magazine ;

For

APRIL, 1779.

THE SURPRISE. Embellished and illuftrated with an elegant Copper-Plate, from the Defign of

an eminent Artift.

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lay in affairs of fuch a tender nature, he thought, were dangerous, thereBelvidera's governefs, he removed her. fore, without affigning any reafon to

To render herself worthy of the

from school, and placed her under the HAT paffion which was defign-infpection of an old maiden lady, who ed by nature to render human profeffed an irreconcilable hatred to life agreeable, and to ftrew the paths wards the male fex. through which we walk in our pilgrimage to a better state, is too frequent-confidence of Belvidera's guardian, fhe ly the cause of the most heart-rending had her taught only by women, walkforrows. I need not mention the ed out with her only round her own name of the paffion, or quote the rolls garden, and kept her from church, to of experience to confirm the truth of hear her read to her at home. the obfervation. Thefe precautions, though taken fo The loves of Timander and Belvi-early, were not early enough. The dera are known only in the country to interview at the ball had fired the bowhich they belonged, but the ills foms of the orphans with a mutual which they experienced may be exem-flame. Belvidera wifhed to see Tiplified in every kingdom on the globe. mander, and Timander was not lefs Timander and Belvidera were both anxious for a tête-à-tête with Belvideleft orphans, and taught by the famera. He walked feveral times round dancing-mafter, who, at the ufual vacations, had a ball, in which the pupils of the different feminaries were brought together.

her school the day on which he was taken away from it, ardently withing to fnatch a view of her; but from timidity, ran away and hid himself when The guardian of Belvidera was mo- any perfon opened the door, or aprofe and fufpicious; he kept a ftrict proached to the houfe. Hope will eye over every motion of his pupil, and fometimes irradiate the thickeft glooms ffrove to prevent her from having inter- of defpondence, for though he was dif courfe with the other fex from motives appointed of his wifhes, he flattered of avarice, becaufe, if fhe died fingle, himself that he should fee her the next her eftate was to fall to him. When Sunday at the place of worship. Never he heard of the promifcuous manner did he tread the facred threshold with obferved in the ball, his attention was fuch thrilling pleasure; never did he roused, and he was in pain left his fa- prefs it on his retirement with so much vourite plan fhould be fubverted. De-anguifh. When the ladies appeared,

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