"Wisdom! thy plants no blights of age consume,
Deathless they bud-and breathe a rich perfume."

First American Edition.

BOSTON:

PUBLISHED BY SAMUEL 1. ARMSTRONG,
AND CROCKER & BREWSTER,
No. 50, Cornhill.

1821.

CONTENTS.

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Her Character

PREFACE, by the Rev. William Jay

CHAPTER I.

Mrs. Savage's Birth, early Piety, and Marriage 19

CHAPTER II.

SECTION I.

Her Diligence in improving Time, and in studi-

ous Exercises

V

SECTION IV.

ix

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39

48

58

70

SECTION V.

Her Patience and Resignation under Affliction 75