ABSTRACT
Arrived at their destination, the young party were delighted with the beautiful scenery around Southampton. The water, with its woody banks, and white sails glancing in the sun; the parties of pleasurec that were made for them upon it; and the views they enjoyed of places remarkable in history, 289all combined to keep alive their attention,a and awaken that spirit of inquiryb which their Aunt loved to encourage, as the foundation of knowledge at once useful and agreeable to its possessor, – teaching
‘That which before us lies in daily life,’73
as well as opening those sources of investigation which lead to the arts ornamental to life, and the sciences; that prevent the tædium vitæ – the weariness which too frequently renders it burthensome, even in the highest prosperity.