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The Evils arising from the loſs of her Uncle misfortunes which her Uncle's death had brought on her, were neither every day trifling, norlikely to leſsen; & when Thought had beenfreely indulgedin contrasting, when the past & the present, had been contrasted, the diſsipationsthe employmentof mind, the diſsipation of unpleasant ideaswhich only reading Books reading could produce, made herthankfully turn to a book. them. — The sink fall in her fortunes, the The change in her home society&,1 stileof Life had in consequence of the death of Mrs . Turner'sone freind & the her Aunt's impru::dence of another, had indeed been most unusualy2 the infatuation of another had indeed been striking., had been great & greivous. — From beingthe first object of Hope & Solicitude to an Unclewho had formed her mind with the care of a Parent, & of Tenderness to an Aunt whose a::miable temper had delighted to give her everyindulgence, from being the Life & Spirit ofa whole House, where all had been comfort & Elegance, & the expected Inh Heireſs of an easy Independance, she was become of importance reduced to a Houseto no one, a burden on those, whose affection she an already too full cd .could not expect, an addition in an house, already over: House, where she was felt an Intruder, a Stranger:-stockedsurrounded by inferior minds, with among those little chance of domestic enjocomfort, & as little no hope of a future support. — It waswell for her that she was naturally chearful; —forthe Change had been such asmight to have plunged as it was a change which weak spirits must have into wretchedness gloom &in Despondence.

Footnotes

1.
Comma turned into caret; perhaps she planned a list of three? Back to context...
2.
RWC reads at this point 'had indeed been materialy' but says the last word is doubtful. Back to context...
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