ABSTRACT

Anecdotes of Sir Duncan Dismal, a Highland Baronet – General Douglas and his Son return to London – Departure for India – Anxiety of the Family – Charles becomes a Student at the Temple – Trip to Margate, in a Hoy – Account of the Company. The young Lady deeply versed in the English History, which she had studied in Miss Lee’s Recess – Learned and profound Conversation to which her Disquisitions gave rise – Display of Fashionable Manners – Quarrel of two Ladies about Gentility, with its unhappy Effects – Account of Dilbury Diddle, Esq. and polite Spouse – Adventures at Margate.