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Excerpt from The History of a Merchant's Widow: And Her Young Family This venerable couple had two sons, who were much attached to their niece, and from their care she became mistress of those accomplishments now considered indispensable, but which it is pro bable the good old couple might consider of little importance from this happy combination, she imbibed all that is pleasing in modern education, with all that was useful in the days that are past. In her, suavity of manners was grounded on vir tue in disposition she was not taught to appear amiable, to affect placidity, and to look smilingly but obedience was engrafted in her mind as a duty, and she was permitted the exercise of benevo lence, as the sweet reward of extraordinary exer tion; she was led to religion, as the solace of all her little sorrows, and the medium of subduing every wrong emotion and rising passion in her heart; and she was continually assured that every human being was subject to such emotions, and could only find favour in the sight of God, in pro portion as they subdued the evil propensities of their nature, and nurtured the purer affections divine goodness had likewise implanted there. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.