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a Father as he should be. A Hobel. Te naaaanl iN FOUR VOLUMES. eee e ne ay MRS. HOFLAND, avenon or” Sats SUE TO HER NEIGHBOUR, CLEROYMAN'S WIDOW, VIQT 70 LONDON, PATLLNCE AND PERSEVERANCE, he. 46. ——— ‘That frgoshhip any be at once food and Tasting, there maut be mat onty equal onech pat, bul tae ofthe wage and wnt eny the mame ead mon be prop, utthe same mena spt be appre ay bod. Frendtep cmmpomd of amen and love, denvea frou one Je beoderien, atid tie poramanoy Fruam se shale ‘Merge the ant pores unlon ft Menta. Bonmtien. ent “VOL. IV. LONDON: “BRINTED AT THE BBingeoa tees, iowa. #, NEWan 4! to seek it. thypaeatars-sTiiery jeooert pains tals + ae, emg Be AGE Dera 23 11.74, = Tr had not escaped the observation gi Lonisa, that the private soldier, like her own servants, and even some whom she had Lnown in the Highlands, disliked ae : nald Mackenzie; undoubtedly for thal hanghtiness and inconsiderateness, which the was obtiged, from various instances, to acknowledge was a prominent part of hig character, His flirtation with Adelaide, she was persuaded, avose from no worse prin. ciple than vaniy ; but seeing ‘that a‘hand- supe man, rapst be continually exposed to “ Hy certain ‘degree of admniration, she ve, woe that if this felingsed hisy to, seed i it, Myr 2 A PALHER AS (1 SHOULD LB, his wife must be kept in continual alann, Besides, the foible was of a nature utterly incompatible with her ideas of a hero, still more so were her conceptions of all that was ungrateful and selfish in character: and although she could not bring herself to deem Donald was either, in a positive degree, yet she could not refiget without perceiving that he was sufliciently so to have rendered Zer unhappy; yet even this eonviction could not wean her heart from hanging over his memory wiih that fond *predilection, that fast lingering hope and Mer regret, which characterizes love's Beparting influence, and like the perfume of the rose, survives its blossoms. The vir- tues which imagination had intermingled with reality, still survived to grace the dis- tinguished object; and as they were of her owp Painting, sor she dwelt on them with a‘two-fol® affection; she yieldeg obe- dience Yo her father, butgbagvas still wacrifjce. The baipnet fi frém dy to day ‘Sil this in ble daughter, but he fe A FATHER AS HE SHOULD Ex. 3 marked many circunistances which encou- raged him to hope, for his cake, she had exerted all the energies of her mind ; she had restmed her activity, took pleasure in works of benevolence and charity, of know= ledge and taste; and in a situation which extended her sphere of action, she would not fail te conquer what remained of that weakness which he deplored, especially when an object for whom she already felt the truest esteem and fricydship was ever at hand to guide her taste, confirm her vir- tues, extend to her a protection still ten-" dever than his own, and offer a still stron Bt motice of duteous exertion and seif-cont quest. Thus reasoned the father, and on this reasoning he acted; fh the utmost gen- fleness be mentioned his wishes to T.ouisa, and in few, but expressive terms, pointed out the worth of Edward, and The obliga- tions their Tawily ought to feel 10 him ow Henry's account; observing, at the wime tne, his love” for yer had doubiless offs his PI cipal porive. sf