THE

BRITISH NOVELISTS;

WITH AN

ESSAY, AND PREFACES

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL,

BY

MRS. BARBAULD.

A New Edition.

VOL. XLIX.

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BELINDA.

BY

MARIA EDGEWORTH.

A prudence undeceiving, undeceived,
That nor too little nor too much believed;
That scorned unjust suspicion's coward fear,
And without weakness knew to be sincere.

LORD LYTTELTON'S MONODY ON HIS WIFE.

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