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He, whom I worshipped within your walls, is not confined to

temples made with hands; heaven is his dwelling place, and the

earth his footstool; he watches over his children, and, if he

chastises them, it is in love, to prepare them for higher and

holier enjoyments."

Of such a nature, if not precisely the same, were the reflections

of Lucy and her companions, as the bark carried them to the right

bank of the Adda.

CHAPTER IX.