text:  But with us the case is different--compare the English lady in her country-house hospitable to her guests benevolent to her dependents as a wife spotless as a mother most devoted caring for all around her dispensing education relieving distress encouraging merit the guard of innocence the shame of guilt active contented gracious exemplary: and see the same person in London--her frame worn out with fatigue her mind ulcerated with petty mortifications her brow clouded her look hardened her eye averted from unprofitable friends her tone harsh her demeanour restless her whole being changed: and were there no higher motive were it a question of advantage and convenience only were dignity and the good opinion of others and consideration in the world alone at stake can any one hesitate as to which situation a wife or daughter should prefer? We should indeed be sorry if our demeanour in those vast crowds where English people flock together rather as it would seem to assert a right than to gratify an inclination were to be taken as an index of our national character--the want of all ease and simplicity those essential ingredients of agreeable society which distinguish these dreary meetings have been long unfortunately notorious