OR, Modes of Faith and Practice. A TALE, IN THREE VOLUMES. BY A LADY. There is no virtue more amiable in the softer sex, than that To be good and disagreeable, is high treason against virtue. VOL. I. LONDON: PRINTED FOR T. CADELL AND W. DAVIES, IN THE STRAND; AND W. BLACKWOOD, EDINBURGH. PREFACE. 955 M157 gu ALL is said," says La Bruyere, " and we come too late; since it is more than five thousand years that men have reflected." In the age when this complaint was made, the path of literature was comparatively unbeaten; many beautiful and unfrequented spots remained to reward the diligent traveller; many portions of terra incognita' might still be found rich in golden fruit. But, though more than a hundred and fifty years have elapsed, since this discouraging sentence was pronounced; it has neither fettered the pen of the author, nor restricted the expectations of the reader; M545845 |