December 23, 1773
-sing and agreeable in a person; Mrss Carter said
she loved a sociable open, chatty person; that
She could not bear Sullenness, and stupidity----
Mr. Carter, on the other-hand, observed that it
is just which Solomon says, that there is
a "time for all things under the Sun;" that
it discovers great Judgment to laugh in Season.
and that, on the whole, he is pleased with Taciturnity----
pray which of the two should I suit?----
It is a custom with our Bob whenever he can coax
his Dog up stairs, to take him into his Bed, and
make him a companion; I was much pleased
this morning while he and Harry were reading
in Course a Chapter in the Bible, that they
read in the 27th Chapter of Deuteronomy the
Curses threatened there for Crimes; Bob seldom,
perhaps never before, read the verse, at last
read that "Cursed be he that lyeth with any
manner of Beast, and all the People shall
say Amen." I was exceedingly Pleased,
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