Her understanding, though very imperfectly cultivated, was quick.

There was no want of feminine wit and shrewdness in her conversation; and her letters were so well expressed that they deserved to be well spelt.

She took much pleasure in the lighter kinds of literature, and did something towards bringing books into fashion among ladies of quality.

The stainless purity of her private life and the strict attention which she paid to her religious duties were the more respectable, because she was singularly free from censoriousness, and discouraged scandal as much as vice.

In dislike of backbiting indeed she and her husband cordially agreed; but they showed their dislike in different and in very characteristic ways.