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sufficiently to be satisfied with the present [[underline]] arrangement [[/underline]] Oh Joy thou most dear & transient of all Emotions, thou comest like light in a dream to a blind man, who wakes himself into darkness by the Excess of [[underline]] his admiration.-- [[/underline]] it is the pleasure of a mother's days to rear a breathing pledge--to bestow on it those kisses [[addition]] ^ which [[/addition]] might weary the Father, this little third being, uniting at once their loves, their natures, their wishes & their [[underline]] views [[/underline]] He was, her destiny & her bane, --both he was to herself & family.--