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15° Memoir of
spires, or must be sought for in lonely caves,
or star-iit forests.
Few facts or events have been recorded which
give insight into her daily life at Lynn, except-
ing that she devoted herself faithfully to her
duties as the wife of a clergyman, that she
gave gratuitous instruction to the youth of the
parish on week-days, and that she aided her
husband in preparing his writings, and relieved
him from all care of his worldly affairs. Her
residence at Lynn was famous for its elegant
hospitality; and she was the friend and com-
panion of many of the leading persons in the
colony, whom she entertained as guests with-
out neglecting the daily recitations of her
three sons who were fitted for college and
became clergymen, and of her daughter who
was afterwards married to a clergyman. While
performing these labors, not light nor easily
discharged, she preserved such sweetness of
temper and such dignity of manner, as to have
secured the affection and respect of all by
whom she was surrounded. She must have
led a romantic life, filled with many cares of