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"FF ſuch trifling works as novels 
are generally eſteemed, a preface may 
probably be deemed ſuperfluous. 


few lines on this, and they ſhall only 
tend to obviate the remarks that may 
poſſibly. be made upon. the conduct 
of the Story. 


In the firſt ella 1 W in 
this ſpecies of writing, I. acknow- 
ledged my deficiency in the prin- 
namely invention *. The 'creative 
powers of fancy do not increaſe with 
years, being rarely to be met with 
for the entertainment I wiſh them to 


the utmoſt merit they can pretend to, 


wandering from one country to an- 


* Preface to the Delicate Diſtreſs, 


For which reaſon I ſhall beſtow but a 


cipal article of ſuch compoſitions, | 


but in the ſpring of life. On facts 
alone, then, my readers muſt depend 


receive from the following ſheets ; as 
is, that the characters as well as the 
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me Portion of 1 its s original peculiarity. 


* The moſt uncommon Chatter in 
the following work, is that of Mr. 
Evelyn; but I aver that I had the 

leaſure of being intimately acquainted 
with the perſon from whom the por- 
trait is exactly copied, when he had 


reached his fiftieth year; and even 


at that period of his life, his roman- 
tic paſſion remained unabated ſtill, 
tho' the object of it had been no 


more, for ſeveral years; and dead to 


bim a conſiderable time before. 


| Ss the . reception my 
former writings of this kind, have 
been honoured with, I preſume now, 
once more, tho? with extreme timi- 
dity, to ſolicit the indulgence of the 
public to this further attempt, and; 
am, with the ſincereſt reſpect, 
much obliged and l grateful. 
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CHARLES EVELYN 


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WILLIAM STANLEY. 

| . Dielville. 
0 IF I was not a ſlave to my promiſe, 
I ſhould not write to you, at- preſent, 
as I find myſelf utterly incapable of ex- 
preſſing the mixed ſenſation of my mind, 
I have often complained of the inade- 
quateneſs of language, but never felt it 
more ſtrongly, than now; the moſt co- 
{| pious that I am acquainted with, could 


by no means afford you even an idea of 
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the different reflections that have pro- 
greſſively given place to each other, in 
the ſpace of eight and forty hours. 


I am provoked at this natural incapa- 
city of conveying my ſentiments to you ; 
words are but a cloak, or rather a clog, 
to our ideas; there ſhould be no curtain 


before the hearts of friends; and the 


longing I have ever felt for an intuitive 
converſe, is to me a ſtrong argument for 
a future ſtate—What ſays my ſceptical 
friend to this opinion? Don't be 
alarmed, I am not going to ſermonize— 
but what is almoſt as dull, to narrate. 
By che careleſneſs or ignorance of my 
poſtilion, who drove me at leaſt a 
dozen miles out of my road, over Saliſ- 
bury Plain, it was near midnight be- 
fore I. reached this place. —You, who 
are thoroughly acquainted with the na- 
tural warmth of my temper, and know 


how 
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105 impatient 1 have been to embrace a 
favourite ſiſter, after an abſence of 
twelve years, may judge of my anxiety— 
but there was no remedy, and I ſtrove 
to amuſe the irkſome tediouſneſs of my 
journey, by endeavouring to trace in 


my imagination, the growing beauties 


of my Emma's features, from ten years 
old, when 1 laſt ſaw the little darling 


of our houſe, to their meridian charms, 
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t FRO two. 


At ebe we reached the gates of 
this noble edifice, and had the pleaſure 


to find the family not retired to reſt, by 


perceiving lights in the hall, —I en- 


quired for Sir James Deſmond, as I was 
determined not to announce myſelf, and 
1 thought it rather top late for an un- 
known viſitor, to demand an interview 


With his lady—I was ſhewn into a ſa- 
100, from whence the company had 


reed after ſupper; and from an ad- 


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jacent apartment, I heard a confuſed 


ſound of voices, intermixed, with the 
derefable noiſe of a dice-box. ü 


In a few minutes all was huſhed, and 


a man, whom I believed to be an upper 


ſervant, was ſent to reconnoitre my 
perſon, and enquire my name and 


| buſineſs. I told him I ſhould not re- 


veal either, but to his maſter. He 
ſmiled, as it now ſeems, at my ignorance, 
and withdrew. In about ten minutes, 
which ſeemed as many hours to me, Sir 
James entered, with an air compounded 
of ferte, and timidity. I preſented 
myſelf with the beſt grace JI poſſibly 


could, and on mentioning my name, 
was accoſted with the utmoſt politeneſs, | 


10 my brother-in-law. 


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rain that me was not gone to bed: and 
'offered to conduct me to her apartment. 
1 declined his offer till a ſtranger was 
announced to her; for I wiſhed to ſur- 
priſe, not alarm her. A ſervant was 
then ſent to let her ladyſhip know that 
there was a gentleman from London, 
who defired to pay his reſpects to her, — 
We followed the ſervant to her drefling- 
room door; ſhe was ſitting leaning on 
| her elbow, and ſeemed loſt in thought ; 
the delivering of the meſſage rouſed 
her from her reverie, ſhe ſtarted up, 
and faid who can it be, at this late 
hour! 1 flew and caught her in my 
arms, crying out, *tis I, *tis Charles 4 
the preſſed me to her boſom, ſoftly ex- 
claimed, my brother ! and almoſt fainted 
in by a arms. 


1 with not pretend to deſcribe my ſen- 
fades, for the reaſons given in the be- 
ginning of this letter, but I am certain, 

BL I never 


(6) 


I never felt ſuch unimpaſſioned tender 
neſs before. — Sir James, who was noß 


much affected with our interview, left 


us, to go and order ſome refreſhment 


for me; tho” in truth I needed none, my 
mind being ſo perfe&ly delighted with 
beholding my beloved ſiſter, whom I 
had ever thought on with all a father's 


fondneſs, that I had no leiſure to attend 


to the calls of appetite. 


I aſked her a thouſand queſtions, | . 
without waiting for her anſwer, except 


to one; the number of her children 


ſhe replied, I have but one—it is the 

image of our mother, and named after 
her. Come, Charles, and let me ſhew 
you my lovely Fanny. She led me to the 


nurſery, where I beheld a little ſleeping 
angel, of about two years old. As we 


crofled the ſtair-caſe, I again heard the 


dice- box rattle Sir James is fond of play, 


[ fancy, Emma, faid I— She affected 


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ſenſwer i. 


A thouſand tiugroeable in images nailed | 


on my imagination, in that inſtant, I 
cruſhed kheir growth, and talked of 


India, of my other ſiſters, Lucy, and 


| Mrs. Selwyn, and of you alſo, till we 
were ſummoned. to the ſaloon, where 
[1 Tapper; was prepared for me. 


A chere met three gentlemen with Sir 
James, amongſt whom was the perſon 


I had miſtaken for a ſervant. When 


he was preſented to me, I made my 
I apology, which he received with great 
| good bumour, and congratulated Lady 
| Deſmond on my arrival, with ſuch ap- 
parent fincerity, that I have taken a 
liking to this new acquaintance, whoſe 
| name is Sewell.— 


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ful, Sir James and ſhe ſung two or three 


ſweet duettos, and we all retired to reſt, 
about three o'clock, in the moſt per- 
fect harmony, and at this happy criſis I 
will leave you, having run my letter 


into too great a length, though 1 have 
a thouſand-things more to ſay to you; 
but 1 have quite as many to ſay to 
Emma, and ſo, Sir, you muſt, as in duty 


bound, give place to your betters; as 
you have gallantry enough, I hope, to 


agree with me, that all amiable women 


are ſo. 
| Adieu [- 


C. EV ELYN. 


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vo know what an inveſtigator 
3 15 human nature I am, and yet here 
1 have I been, tour whole days, and as 

many nights, under the ſame roof with 
Sir James Deſmond, and cannot form 
: any fixed. idea of his character! one 
hour, | tender and polite to his wife, 
fond of his lovely child, and eaſy in his 
manners to; all around him, —The next, 


cold, diſtrait, nay peeviſh to my fiſter, 
Bi BE : inſenſible | 


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inſenſible to the carreſſes of his little 
0 girl, inattentive and indifferent to his 
gueſts !—help me Stanley, to account 
for ſuch an oppoſition of qualities, and 
inconſiſtency of demeanour, in the ſame J 
individual. es 


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Too plainly I perceive that Emma is 
not happy, yet ſhe adores her huſband, 
and when ſhe ſpeaks of him, her tongue : 
grows wanton in his praiſe; at his ap- 
proach, her eyes ſparkle with delight, 
but loſe their luſtre when his counte- = b 
nance changes, as it ſometimes does, 
from gay to grave. The variety of ex- 
preſſion that Emma's Cameleon-like 
features receive from her Proteus, ſerve 

bat to heighten her beauty.—I ſhould 

think that nothing could be more in- 

tereſting than her ſprightly glance, if 
l had not ſeen her downcaſt eye. 


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charm us by levity, when our affections. 


are much more liable to be attracted by 


an appearance of ſenſibility > However, 
it is not the ſemblance, but the. reality 
that can pleaſe, as I have very lately 


experienced. Where i it is only aſſumed, 
[136.1 | eaſily detected; and when the 
paint is waſhed off, the complexion 


looks the worſe, for having worn it 


affectation in women, and hypocriſy in 
|| ws * equally deteſtable. 


1h 115 very uneaſy apprehenſtons, 
tho? 1 hope they are not well founded, 
thar Sir James Deſmond's ruling paſſion 


| is the love of play. Men addicted to 


this vice, of all others, ſhou'd never 
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fondneſs.— The choleric man is not al- 


ways in a paſſion, and is even pro- 
verbially good natured and humane; ſorry 


for, and ready to atone, the evil his 
ſhort lived frenzy may have cauſed. — 


Even the libertine, tho* he may ceaſe 
to love, moſt generally eſteems a virtu- 
ous wife ; and if not a deſpicable wretch, 
indeed, endeavours to compenſate for 


his want of fondneſs, by generofity and | 


politeneſs towards her. 


But let a man be once poflefled with 
a paſſion for gaming, he becomes inca- 


pable of honour or affection; he wou'd 
wiſh to win money from his deareft 
friend, tho' he knew that friend muſt be 
diſtreſſed by loſing it, and wou'd ſacri- 
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His mind can never be at peace; his 
loſſes are attended with a permanent 
| regret 3 his winnings, with but a tran- 
| fient exultation. The conſtant conten- 
tion of bis paffion, deſtroys his conſti- 
turion and anticipates old age; he paſſes 
his days and nights with harpies, like 
| himſelf; he lives unloved, and dies un- 
lamented. 


1 RYE not how I have been drawn 

| into this long exclamation againſt a. 
| vice which you hold in as much ab- 
| horrence as I do, but my mind was 
| full of rancour againſt it, merely on a 
| ſuppoſition that it may interfere with 
the happineſs of a beloved fiſter—T 
have now let out my venom, and ſhall . 
perhaps be able to throw off that re- 


| ſerve to Sir James and his aflociates, 


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which this mental bile has hitherto been 
the cauſe of. 


E find from Emma, that my brother 
was rather averſe to her marrying Sir 


James Deſmond, but that he had ſuf- 
fered too much from a diſappointed love 


to inflict ſuch torments upon her; as the 
then confeſſed to him, and does now to 


me, that ſhe cou'd not have been happy 
with any other man May her huſband's 
gratitude reward her predilection And, 
indeed, if my ſuſpicion, with regard to 
his love of play, be groundleſs, I doubt 
not but he will. As I have already ſaid 
he ſeems to love and eſteem her, the 
caprice of his temper may produce ſud- 


den changes in his manner; but I think 
her beauty and tenderneſs muſt ſecure his 


affections.—I will think no more upon 


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CHARLES EVELYN, 
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WILLTAM STANLEY. 


I PROMISED in my laſt, to give 
you the minute tranſactions of this fa- 
mily ; but how impoſible ! not only 
them, but every trace of my paſt life, 
except thy friendſhip, are vaniſhed 
from my memory. 


My ſentiments, my paſſions, are en- 
groſſed by one object, — my whole 
ſoul is hers, —never was love ſo violent, 
nor beauty ſo inſpiring, „“ Since the 


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| Grit f that Eden' 8 garden graced, — 
wou dd ſhe were my Eve, and 1 her 
1 Adam! For in this peopled world, 
there is no doubt, but that ſhe muſt 
| have had as many lovers, as beholders. 
8 —Perhaps ſome favoured youth has 
8 already touched her gentle heart, and 
your unhappy friend muſt figh in vain— 
" i jealouſy 3 is twin-born with love; but fo 
1 is hope ; and I will hope, while I exiſt 
| —deſpair and death to me can be but 
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| this charming woman ; though I know 
it im poſſible to give you a juſt idea of 
her perfections. We were at breakfaſt 
in Lady Deſmond's dreſſing- room, when 
a ſervant announced the arrival of Lady 
Juliana Harley—my ſiſter's eyes ſparkled 


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her hair was turned up under a white ri- . 
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feather ; ſome of her lovely auburn 
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fize, her complexion dazzlingly fair, 
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her complexion, but the caſual effect of 
misfortune or ill-health, captivate us jo 


thro? ſympathy, which is always ſtronger 


than the ſenſes. Her eyes dark blue, 
adorned with. long black eye-laſhes ; her 
| brows of the ſame colour ; her noſe the | 
1325 Grecian; her lips and teeth 
but I ſhall attempt no more — A ſtatue 
may be deſcribed, but not a living 
Venus —ſhe ſeems to be about four 
and twenty, and has been near two 
| years a { widow. | 


Farina ln me TRY my 4 "I ; 


| bad been propoſed. for her, before her 


marriage with Mr. Harley; but her fa- 


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refuſed—I grieve now for what he muſt 
have ſuffered, at that time; but con- 
ſole myſelf with thinking that he would 
have had a much ſeverer ſtruggle on his 
leaving life, had he been poſſeſſed of 
ſuch an object. At leaſt I firive to 
perſuade myſelf that it was happy for 


him, he was not married to Lady 


Juliana, as I may hope, at the ſame 
time, that it was very fortunate for 
me, | i 


This charming woman \ has promiſed to 
ſtay a fortnight with my fiſter, and then 
we are all to go to London, together. 
II will uſe all my intereſt with Emma, 
to delay her journey, and detain her 
lovely gueſt for a longer term. If I do 
not obtain ſome little ſhare in her heart, 
whilſt ſhe remains under the ſame roof 
with me, where I have a thouſand op- 
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muſt deſpair of making any impreſſion, 
when ſhe. will be ſurrounded by crouds 
of admirers, and hurried into all the 
Wade of jad gay world, 


The wen a8 the poets tell us, is 


the ſcene for love; the pleaſing objects 
that ſurround us, the pureneſs of the 
air, but, above all, its ſtillneſs, har- 


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tible of every ſoft and tender feeling.— 
Noiſe is an enemy to all the gentle 


paſſions, I agree with Sterne, that a 


lover who was unfortunate enough, to 
throw down the fire ſhovel and tongs, 
when be was going to proſtrate himſelf 


| at his miſtreſs's feet, cou'd have very 


| little hopes of ſucceſs, from his flurried | 
fair one. 


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moment, by the ſoft ſounds of Lady. 
Juliana's, and my fiſter's voices, under 
my window —They are going to walk, 
perhaps, —T fly, I follow them! 


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WILLIAM STANLEY, 


SOME F rench writer ſays, That 


there are men, who are ſuch egotiſts, 


6c that rather than not talk of themſelves 


 & they wou'd even reveal their failings.” 
| Thoſe men were never in love, or they 


wou'd have experienced a much higher 


| delight in talking of the object of their 
12 affetions, than or themſelves. | 


For my "ew Lian nelelver think, talk, 
or write uyon any other ſubject than the 
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charming Juliana If you were not a lo- 


ver, I ſhou'd fear you wou'd ſoon grow 
tired of my correſpondence, but as I 


know you are capable of all the pleafing 


weakneſſes neceſſarily attendant upon 


that character, I truſt you will indulge 


me on my nn topic. 

In my laſt, I gave you a faint ſketch 
of lady Juliana's perſonal charms, but be- 
lieve me, Stanley, no pen or pencil can 
deſcribe the winning ſoftneſs, and attrac- 
tive grace, that accompanies her every 


look and motion have ſeen many ele- 


gant women, but ſhe is elegance perſo- 


. forma. 


There is a dine ſweetneſs in her 


voice, that wou'd render the moſt trifling 
expreſſions intereſting; even a blind man, | 
who did not underſtand her language, 


wou'd be enamoured of the ſound She 


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3F ſhe converſes, are perfectly well choſen; 
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but has not been prevailed on ſince the 
came here to afford us this delight. I 


have never ſeen her laugh, and ſhe ſighs 


oftener, than ſhe ſmiles—ſhe ſeems to 


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Do you know that notwithſtanding 
our friendſhip, I ſhould not be quite 
eaſy at your ſeeing Lady Juliana, if I was 
not convinced that Lucy has an unboun- 
ded power over your affections, and will 
of courſe be kind enough to herſelf, and 
me, to prevent your becoming my ri- 
val. As to the men who are in this houſe, 
they are ſo entirely occupied by their ſor- 
did paſſion for gaming, that I almoſt 
doubt whether the united charms of the 


whole ſex could be able to make any 
impreſſion on them. 


Their hearts are 


tied up in their purſes. But though 


I deſpiſe their ſtupidity, I am indebted # 


to it, as it occaſions their retiring to a 
diſtant apartment every day after dinner, 
to purſue their ſports and paſtimes, and 
leaves me happier than an emperor, in 


the ſociety of two moſt charming women, 


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1 am ſometimes permitted to read to 


them. Milton, is a favourite of Lady 
Juliana“ s, and you may ſee by my quo- 
*N tation, that our taſtes are the ſame, I 
1 have ſometimes perceived while I have 
A been reading, that ſhe has looked ear- 
neſtly upon me, but the moment J have 


uiſed my eyes in hopes of meeting hers, 
heir modeſt lids have veiled them from 
ny ſight, and [ have frequently obſerved 
 filent tear ſteal down her lovely cheek. 


What can theſe marks of ſorrow 
mean? I wou'd give worlds, to know, 


provided | it was in my power to remove 
the cauſe —Emma too, whom you know 


2 to be the gentleſt of the gentle kind, ap- 
pears abſent, and loſt in thought frequent- | 


ly From this account you will not ſup- 
poſe that our evenings are paſſed in the 
moſt lively manner. Vet believe me, 


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| cc The broadeſt mirth uafeqling folly wears.” 


The minutes ſe to fly, while our ſo- 
ciety is confined to a triumvirate, but as 
ſoon as Sir James and his companions join 
us, Lady Juliana retires, and then all 1 is 
what they call jollity, and I call noiſe, 


I don't know whether you may not be 


inclined to laugh at my Sombre ideas of 


happineſs, I know Lucy will, if you 
ſhew her my letter, be that as it may, 
I am certain I never was half fo happy 


before; though perhaps neither you or 
the wou'd be fo in the ſame fituation— 


D therefore wiſh ye both + all the pleaſures 
the gay world can give, and am | moſt 


affeRtionately yours 3 
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1 gallant protgt y] : e, Monſieur Romeo, 
1 you dave to a = y Forgotten your former 


ay other doleful way, all for 
the 1s of your fair Juliet. Alas poor 
Charles |—howev er, Jam glad you have 


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been laid hold of by this charming -re- 
lic. Love c- making and hay-making are 
the two moſt delightful rural paſtimes, 
that I know of; but it is not requiſite 
that both ſhould be done Tobile the ſun 
ſbines for the firſt is juſt as agree- 
able by a fire-fide, under a roof, with 8 
or without the ſinging of cage-birds, as 9 
in a ſummer's evening, under the ſhade 1 | 
of a beech, to the ſoft notes of the 1 | 
nightingale, — Fog FF notwithſtanding all 
that you or the poets*h ave ſaid, in 4 | 
praiſe of the country, I will venture to vp | 
© promiſe that your. fond vous will be 'S 
juſt as well received by E dy Juliana, at mM 
her houſe in Bering Ut 4 


Me, as in the 
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'1 will flow! there is much pleaſure, 
and perhaps ſome little advantage too, 
in being in the ſame houſe with the 
object of our affections, whilſt we are 
endeavouring to inſpire a reciprocal 
one; but that once having taken effect, 
believe me it is much more for the 
intereſt of the lover to be placed at 
A little diſtance, than too near. The 
pleſaure of expecting his approach, 
fixes the fair-one's attention to his 
moſt agreeable qualities, and the flat- 
tering likeneſs which her fondneſs and 
ſelf. love join to draw off the abſent 
idol, a exceeds the merits of 
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1 therefore you can flatter yourſelf 
| with having made any impreſſion on 
Lady Juliana's heart, and are n 


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in love vourſelf, which I know not how 
to believe after your ſeeming attach- 
ment to Miſs Morton, don't be afraid of 
her Ladyſhip's coming to London—re- 
member, That to a woman that loves, 
« there is but oe man in the world.” 
Some lady-writer has refined upon this 
ſentiment of Rouſſeau's, and ſays That to 
a woman who truly loves, there is 20 
man in the world the object is more; and 
every other %. 01 


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ing to perſuade yourſelf that your bro- 
ther's being unſucceſsful in his addrefles, 
was a fortunate circumſtance for him, 
becauſe it is a lucky one for you—juſt 
fo do all men reaſon, who ſpeak from 
their paſſions, Self-love is an artfut 
ſophiſter, and I have no doubt but you 
cou'd eaſily prevail upon yourſelf, to be- 
a lieve that it was a great advantage to 
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in his eight. and- twentieth year, as his 


I death has put you into poſſeſſion of a 
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| quateneſs of language, in your firſt 


letter, made me ſmile, believe me you 
were more at a loſs for ideas, than 


| words, when you {at down to write; or 


at leaſt the former wanted preciti: NW. 
for nothing can be clearer to me than 
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I have heard it hinted that he has 
ſuffered by it conſiderably. 


I can't tell why I ſhould diſlike your 
new acquaintance, Mr. Sewell, and yet 
I do—your miſtaking him for a ſervant, 


is againſt him, 
manners or appearance, is no favourable 


prognoſtic—or—don't be angry, Charles, 


but poſhbly my antipathy may have 
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Not from any ſpirit of contradiction, 
but that I know you are often. too liable 


to imprompty attachments, both in love 


and friendſhip, —And yet, tho' you have 


ſmarted pretty ſeverely for a firſt-ſight 
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1 don't Knol whether your ſiſters, 


1 Mrs. elwyn, and my Lucy, for I ſtill 


7 hope to call her mine, have not reaſon 
to be jealous, in the friendly way, of 


your partiality to Lady Deſmond, —ſhe 
cannot, in my mind, have more ex- 
cellent or amiable qualities, than your 
eldeſt fiſter, nor is it poſſible that ſhe 
can have more charms, either in mind 
or perſon, than your youngeſt, But I 
will not hint this unjuſt preference to 
either off 1 particularly as 1 have 


that Ft , and al the reſt of the world, 
are quite upon a par, in your preſent 


eſtimation ; your whole quota of fond 


affections, being abſolutely devoted to 


the tranſcendent beauties of your divine 


0 1 | Juliana 


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Juliana—T hope that laſt line is ſublime 


cnough to ſatisfy your loverſhip. 


Adieu my dear Charles, I have ſaid 
nothing of my own affairs, becauſe they 
are ſtill in an unpleaſant train. g. 

Your's 
W. STANLEY. 
. 8. 1 ſhewed your laſt letter to 


Lucy; ſhe ſmiled, and faid ſome men 
have ſtrange fancies, 


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1 1 0 DN my ar you do me 
wrong, Stanley—l never loved, or feigned 
to love Miſs Morton—T thought her- | 
lively, elegant; and ſenſible, and ſtill 
think her ſo, but were every charm ſhe 
poſſeſſes augmented beyond the power 
of numbers to encreaſe, my heart could 
| hold no ſympathy with hers For if ſhe 
has a heart, it is an unfeeling one Do 


not miſtake me, now, by ſuppoſing that 
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I complain of her coldneſs, from having 
experienced it Believe me I never pro- 
ceeded ſo far as to meet with a repulſe. 


When I firſt came to England, I faw 


her often, liked, nay admired, and might 


perhaps have loved her, had not the 
worthleflneſs of her diſpoſition broke thro 


the cobweb veil of an affected ſenfibility WM 


and turned my admiration to diſguſt— | 


'You may remember, that at the time of 


my arrival in London, Miſs Morton was 
on a viſit at my fiſter Selwyn's ; this cir- 


cumſtance occaſioned our being particu- 
larly intimate; we ſpent almoſt our whole 


time together, and whether from any 
little defign of rendering herfelf agree- 
able to me, by indulging what you call 
my foible, or from an affectation of ſin- 


gular ſenſibility, I know not, ſhe uſed to 


launch forth into ſuch effuſion of ſenti- 


mental tenderneſs and | generoſity, as ex- 
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ceeded 2 our eaſtern ideas of biima- 


nity. —I have ſeen her ready to weep for 


a drowning fly; and my ſiſter Lucy uſed 
to ſay, Miſs Morton cou'd only be a fit 


105 for 25 be Man of Feeling“. 


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11 happened one ſummer's evening, 


that we three walked in the park till 
near duſk ; as we came down Conſtitu- 


tion-Hill, a young woman in a wretched 
garb, with a pale and emaciated counte- 
nance, paſſed cloſely by us. Chance, and 
chance alone, directed my eyes to glance 


= full upon hers ; ; in a moment her face 
Vas ſuffuſed wich crimſon, ſhe turned 


her head aſide, quickened her pace, and 


was almoſt 1 out of ſight. 


N Nothing is ho ſwift as thought ; a ray 


0 recollection beamed upon my mind, 


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brought back to my bn the 
once ſmiling countenance of Nancy Weſ- 


ton, whoſe father had been one of the un- 
der maſters at Wincheſter, at whoſe houſe 
E boarded, when I was placed at college 
there, — Her appearance ſpoke diſtreſs— 
faas adieu, I quitted the ladies, and ſet 
out with haſty ſtrides to overtake and ac- 
knowledge my founker play-fellow, or 
rather play-thing, for ſhe was ſome years 
younger than myſelf, and I had borne her 
in my arms 2 thouſand times. What 
convinced me that I was not miſtaken in 

my conjecture with regard to the identity 
of the perſon, was a pretty large mole at 
the bottom of her left cheek, which uſed | 


to give a thouſand nameleſs graces'te her 


mouth. 


v1 ARS 5 top of che hill without 
perceiving the object of my purſuit, but 


upon looking backwards, I ſaw her lying 


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be foot-path, with her face covered by her 
1 hands The little effort which conſcious 
* ſhame had. impelled her feebleneſs to 
1 make, in order to paſs unnoticed by me, 
RF | had totally exhauſted her laſt remains of 
ſtrength, and perhaps ſhe had ſaid with 
Jane Shore“ Why ſhou'd I wander, 
„ ſtray an on, for I can die even 


EY 50 þ ere! 
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BY 1 flew direetly towards 1 and raiſed 
| her almoſt lifeleſs body from the earth 
6 ſhe could not articulate a fingle word, but. 
the dumb eloquence of flowing tears toa 
1 plainly ſpoke unutterable woe I ſaw a 
1 gentleman paſſing at ſome diſtance, and 

4 called to him for help; as he came near, 
1 entreated him to uſe the utmoſt expe- 
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beſtowed upon a worthier object, as he 
ſuppoſed her to be one of thoſe, unhappy 


wretches who nightly-infeſt the park; but 
ſhe ſhou'd not however periſh for want of 
his aſfiſtance, and at that moment ſet 
forward to call a chair, in which, at his 
return I placed her, and deſired the men 


to carry her gently to the firſt apothecary's 


mopin Picadilly, whither J attended her. 


Every medicinal aid that is uſually 


given to fainting perfons was adminiſ- 


tered to her, and ſhe revived a little—the 
humane apothecary ſaid ſhe wanted food 
more than phyſic, and made her eat a 


little bread, and drink ſome wine and 
water. I then deſired her to direct the 
cChairmen to her home, and ſaid I wou'd- 


follow her thither—ſhe raiſed her languid 
eyes, and ſaid, in a low, and ſcarcely ar- 


 ticulate voice, I have no home. I then 
requeſted the apothecary to provide a 


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lodging for her, i near him, and to attend 
her both as a phyfician and a friend, 

promiſing to be anſwerable for any ex- 

pence and trouble that mightbe incurred 

upon her account; and as a counter ſe- 

|  curity to which engagement, left a bill 
for fifty! pounds in his hands to be ſettled : | 
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The poor en girl then fell 
on her knees before me, pouring out 
the ſtrongeſt expreſſions of gratitude 
for my kindneſs. I intreated her to 

| compoſe her ſhattered ſpirits for the 
preſent, and to rely upon my friendſhip. 
not to deſert her, let her faults or mis- 
| fortunes be of what nature ſoever they 
might. So leaving my addreſs with her, 
that the might know where to apply, I 
3h returned to Mrs. Selwyn' s, in order to 
| * account for my abrupt manner of quitting | 
| Miſs Morton and Lucy, 
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Wpen 11 had told my tale, 1 expected oy 
. bewitching tear of pity ſtand 


in Miss Morton's eye: — when to my 
; amazement, a ſettled (gloom loured on 


5 her brow, . and indignation ſparkled 8 


4 from be r eyes, he . continued, filent, - 


till 1 addreſſed myſelf to her and Lucy, 
requeſting them to ſpare me ſome part 

of their ward robe, to ſupply the imme- 
e. neceſſities, of the unhappy Nancy l 
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manner and matter of Mifs Morton's 
| karangue produced on me. Suffice it 
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top to toe and from that hour 


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| reply * untmerited tenderneſs with 

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black ingratitude.—Baniſhed be the vile 
idea from every honeſt breaſt, and may 
his couch be ever ſtrewed with thorns, | 
that can for his ſport, create a Pang; 
in the boſom of unſulpodtings inno- 
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1 1 the 8 ſubject, 


and let it prove to my Stanley, of. how 
much conſequence his eſteem is to my 
happineſs, when I tell him that it. is 
now three o clock in the morning, that 
I have danced from cht in the even- 
ing (but not with Lady Juliana, the 
having retired with viſible dej ection to 
her chamber, on the arrival of ſome 
company,) yet could not lay me don 
in peace, till I had remoyed the un- 
juſt. ſuſpicion, he has, hinted, tho“ ſeem- 
_ ingly in jeſt, of my being a faithleſs 
Jars or, in other words a ſcoundrel,— 


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Bis Friend. 


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CHARLES EVELYN. 


p. 8. Lady 1200 as pd: for 


ens days paſt, much graver than uſual, 


= ſhe declines any little ſervice from me, 
tho? of ever ſo trifling a nature, and 

ſeems cautiouſly. to avoid entering into 
any converſation. with me, tho' in a 


mixed company. Ah, Stanley! 1 haye 


pes of making any impreſſion on 
ber beart, either at Nglville, or in Berke- 
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to be wretched, and of knowing that 1 
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his ill ſucceſs at play. 1 think this 


: perſon will juſtify my predeliction in 
his favour, as he talks ſo very ſenſibly 
againſt both the vice and folly of gam- 


ing. But that in ſo unaffected a man- 
ner, that he acknowledges the neceſſtty 


=_ it, to thoſe Who“ would live in the 
world, as at preſent conſtituted. This 
is too fad a truth;—The manners of 


Ble, however corrupt, muſt be our rule 


of action, if we would © preſerve our 
krank in it He who! would be virtuous = 
alone; muſt live alone. While he has 
been ſpeaking upon this fubject, I have 
; ſeen my ſiſter Real 4 tender look at her 


cannot cure his leaſe, 150 can prevent * 


its effects Tm. becoming fatal for the 
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IT is now very near * ING 0 clock, 
5 any FT am but this moment returned. 
from an excurſion I made into Kent, 
for three or four days; of courſe I did 
not receive your letter till this inſtant, 

 —[] ſhould think myſelf unworthy: of 
the very delicate attention you have 
ſhewn to my good opinion, were I to 
delay the thanks that are due for it, 
to another poſt; — accept them, my 
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j iter your generous impatzence of blame, 
upon an article tes lightly" treated b) : 
the generality 'of men, as the firongeſt 
proof of your friendſhip.— The bigheſt 
compliment v we can pay to thoſe we re- 
gard, is the endeavouring to appear 
worthy of their eſteem ; for tho; Ive 
may, friendſhip” never did, or will ſub- 
ſiſt, without a mutual exertion of good 
| qualities, as well as of kind offices,— 
and he who can acyuieſce in another's 
thinking” meanly of Him, betrays an 
ccgqual want of i, 0 to Him and of 
reſpect to him ſelf 0 ch in honour 
| [jo your * nice feelings; and 1 heartily . 
wiſhtharall men, and women too, were 1 
poſſeffed of the ſame - -partfeularly 8 
latter, who like Cæſar's "IT 6vght” | 
not to be even ſuſpetted.*— 


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meant no more) extorted from you 
Prays. at your leiſure, let me have the 
remainder of Nancy, Weſton's ſtory.;. 1. 
feel myſelf much intereſted for ber, 
which 1 is more than I ever was for: Miſs, 
Wl Morton; ſhe always appearing to me N 
| 4% ſeort of made-up, Miſs, than which. I, | 
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_— ang ſcora, the mean, ** treacherous. 
| auxiliary of. art, how. unbgunded wou d, 
be. their dominion gyer us But I hare. 
not time now ta expatiate | on a topic, 
[> chat bas ever been my favourite c one.. 

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prized: of your paſſion, LEN! woman 
"ventures to be dilagreeably diſtant to a 
mag, 10 hom ſhe has once been civil, 
tilt ſhe 18 quite certain that her caprice 
ain rakker him -unbappy.—Ladies' are 
Wi too tenacious of their ray, to attempt 
| an exertion of It; where i it is not likely 
to be felt, but your true lover i is the 
propereſt object in the world for ty- 
ranny, and ſeems really defigned for no 


! . era but to be e on. 


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leaſt is broken, and in ſuch a change- 
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wind may veer about to the ſouth, and 
breathe its ſoft Eteſian gales upon you. 
You, will, 1 doubt not, perceive that 1 


am not at preſent, much inclined to 


write a panegyric upon the fair ſex, and 
1 wills of courſe conclude, that Lucy and 
* Babe nad! A brovillerie—1 always. 
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ſure to hear that I have paſſed ſome time 
with her amiable friends at Delville. I ac- 
knowledge a ſecret and irreſiſtible charm 
that attaches me to every part of the 
Evelyn family; and in the ſociety f 
Lady Deſmond, tho” far leſs intimately 
| conne&ed with her, than you, I hoped 
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flying from-his'fight.-.: 1 had reſulved to 
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explicit declaration of his attachment 
towards me; bis pride will therefore be 

ſaved from the moetification-cf thinking 

mdauhat 1 fly from him Trifling as this con 

ſolation may appear, I am glad he is in 

poſſeffion of it, as any other reaſon: that 

he may aſſign for my ſhunning his ad- 

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well, that i ic is impoſſible to doubt their 2 
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hearts, and diſcovered her faithful Stanley” $ 
fond attachment in his ſpeaking eyes, for 
many months before bis tongue revealed 
3. appy, happy Lucy! whoſe hand 
and heart are free to bleſs the man Who 1 
beſt deſerves them! whilſt I. Here 
let me ſtop, nor pain your e breaſt If 
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Lady Deſmond with my intention of re-. 
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oing out a ſhooting this morning 
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in the garden, and at ſome diſtance 
heard the ſound of female voices 
ſtopped to liſten from whence they came, 
and at that inſtant perceived Lady Juliana. 


and my- fſter ; coming towards, me, in 
cloſe conference they ſtemed to be en- 


gaged upon ſome yery important ſubject, 


and I fancied I heard my name men- 


tioned the moment they beheld me, 
they turned about, and with a quickened 


pace ſhot down another walk ſaw they 


rurned directly wto the houſe. I joined 


Sir James and his friends, and we ſet out 


together but 1 was too much occupied 
with the ſcene that had juſt paſſed before 


me, ic be at all intereſted in their ſport, 
they allied: me upon my inattention, 
and wiſhed: me to returs home, 28 1 


linterrupted theit amuſement, without 


ſeeming to be myſelf amuſed I readily 
| {accepted my age, and e _ 
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wiſhed to avoid me, and therefore re- 


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ing room, and inſtantiy enquiired for 
Lady Juliana —ſhe replied, with a me- 

I  lanichols accent, ſhe has left us, Charles. 
__— Whither is ſhe gone? and what gou'd 
be che cauſe of fach a ſudden flight 
0 both "theſe fubjects I am as igno- 
rant as you can be. It is impoſſible, 1 
73 _ cried; but if you ever loved me, Emma, 
dell me and tell me truly; have I offended. 
Lady Juliana, and is it from my hated 
ght ſhe flies I am ſure ſhe does not 
hate you, ſhe replied, for her nature ien 
_ Incopalbleof repaying hatredy for love. | 
| t, then the knows Tame : 
| her/diſcourſe-I believe ſhe fears 
vou deut be compoſed, FY down, . 
eons ſhou'd ſhe fear 
it? Does the think meanly of me? My 
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to him, but that her father's promiſe 
PR TORE IE ito. one 
boy e the cauſe of hes diſdain; 
from her, own. lips will know:it4:{ rang 
the bell and ordered my chaiſe to be got 
aa purſt.mtg; tears, 
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den, youran; bur do not let the pre- 
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| 4 5 eſteem; no man is Nabe and 
Sir James has but one fai E 
fond of play. There is an execution in 
our houſe this moment for bers 
dred pounds. I wou'd have joined w 
my y huſband to raiſe the money, yy 
| en my jointure but ae 4 
not liſten to the, propoſal, declaring he 
wou'd periſh: in 2 gaol, rather than in- 
Jure me, or our dear little Fanny. It 
is, indeed, my brother; the tendereſt of 
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of thoſe particulars Emme, fuld 1, 
501 "certainly e the beſt judge; but 
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want of confidence in me) Why did e 
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neceſſities 22Cou'd he ſuppoſe me mean 
enough to ſuffer you to be diftrefled 
hag any ſum within my power to raiſe? 
u, Charles! ſhe: replied, catching 
my hand, the mind that feels its own 
reproach dreads to expoſe itſelf to that 
of öthers. They who have loſt the fear 
of being ne * mne 4 
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eel mY believe. you reaſon Juſtly, 

Emma, and wou'd not, if I cou'd, re- 
cute your argument: but time no- 
preſſes.— It is impoffible that I can reſt 
till my doom is pronounced by Lady 
Juliana, —this night I muſt leave Del- 
ville, and am at preſent no otherways pre- 
_ paredtoextricate you from your irkſome 
8 your creditor will accept my 


ſecurity, I am ready 39 give it; but as 


| ir 67 } | 

7 am nt known to him, he may per- | 
haps obj t—If-Lcou'd ſtay but three 
days longer, it might be more caſily 
accompliſhed; for from ſome hints that 
have been dropped, in relation to Sir 
James's circumſtances, I drew upon any 
banker for a thouſand pounds, but 1 
cannot expect the bills ſhou'd be re- 
ne to me nn e at che ſooneſt. 


| 11 is no „ Wetter, uh uit Me. 
| Sewell will, I doubt not, gladly accept of 
our ſocurity. Is Sewell chen your ære- 
dor, 1 exclaimed ? Couid he lodge av 
execution in the houſe under whale a 
he dwells? I know not how it is, my 
| | brother, but I believe the money was 
| ofifi nally loſt at play to Mr. Sewell 
Sir James gave him a bond, on which 
be raiſed the money from his brother, 
Who now exacts _ SO in 2 this - 


ee latingr-) aupas mus od vides 
7 1 fear; 


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I fear then, Emma, Sewell is a knave, 
and joined in mean colluſion with his 
brother, to diſtreſs your huſband, Who 
looks upon him as his friend. Vou are 
deceived, Charles, I am fare he is Sir 
James's friend, and mine, by his per- 
petually diſſuading him from play It 
may be ſo; but tell me, Emma, all you 
know; and all you think of Lady Ju- 
liana's en e waar can it | 
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ha repeat to you, 
A en as ignorant of: Lady Juliana: 
motives for her conduct, as yourſelf— 
though to all appearance ſhe has been 
perfe&ty-blameleſs-through..the : whole 
courſe -'df:: her life; her actions have 
always been involved in A: ſort of. myſ- i] 
tery, and ſeemingly inconſiſtent to my 
apprehenſion. My ſiſter Lucy may 
nr be better acquainted, with her 
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ſentiments thaki I am, as the. was very 


intimate with. her even before her mar- 
riage. She did not continue in that ſtate 
above four months; and tho 1 had rea- 
ſon to. believe ſhe was an unhappy wife, i 
ſhe, lamented- her huſband's untimely 
death with ſuch an extravagance of 
| ſorrow, As; placed her very nearly on a 
footing with the Malabarian widows. 
for her health was ſo much impaired by 
her grief, that it was thought impoſſi- 
| ble: ſhe couꝰd recover; nor have Jever 
ſeen; her chearful ſince her  buſband 
died. But x from the moment the per- 
| ceived your particular attachment, a 
| melancholy, was. encxeaſed,, and dhe has 
ſeemed, twenty times. upon the point of 
_ expreſſing) bes, yngatineſs;-at your, con- 
ſtant aſſiduities, For theſe, laſt. three ; 
| days the appeared. to; be quite retired 
| within. berſelf, and 1 ha ye had. fo 
] warn ee things to. engroſs my 
| | thoughts, | 


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| fide, Teaning on her arm, and feemed Toft 
in thought; 3 when 1 approached her, ſhe ' 


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thoughts, that 1 was rather pleaſed at 
her reſerve, and did not me to draw | 
her out of it. 48 | 
This won the ſent her woman 
to let me know that the wiſhed' to ſpeak 
with me, and that Thhow'd find her in the 
garden, to which T inſtantly repaired, She 
was ſeated in the temple by the river's 


ſtarted from-her reverte, and ſaid—The 
in fate that has ever attended me, 


prevents my ſtaying longer at Delville, 


n 


or decompatiying you to London; TW˖Zas 
born to create mĩſery, where 1 wiſh to 


confer Happineſs, butT i not volunta- 


rity ihcteaſe the baneful influence of that 


malignant Fatality which dwells ateünd 


me. For this reaſon onfy, do T fo 
| take A precipitate leave of you, my dear 
Lady Deſliiohd, intreating you not to 


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mention my departure till I n. been 
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I, at ard, N E e 
Fr to rally herout of her refolution, and 
told her that flie ſeemed by her phraſe to 
| have been ſtudying judicial aftrology; 
| but that I was a greater conjuror than ſhe 
took me for, and aſſured her that I ſaw 

no baneful influence, nor malignant fa- 
[| rality 3 in her horoſcope ; but on the con- 
trary, love, joy, and harmony proceeding 
from the little twinkling ſtar that had 
directed her ſteps to Delville, from which 
place I earneſtiy entreatẽd he wei d not 

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| | nance, while I talked to her; and did not, 


| till I had done ſpeaking, perceive that 
her eyes were filled with tears — She 


turned her face from me, and ſtepping 
out 


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out of the temple, ſaid, Lady Deſmond ; 


has too much humanity. to jeſt with the 
ſorrows of her friend, did ſhe believe 


| them real and I have too much ten- 


derneſs for her, to convince her that they 
are ſo—again I take my leave, wiſhing: 


every good on earth to her, and all that 


once more repeating my requeſt of con- 
cealing my departure — The reaſon of 
this requeſt, muſt be ſufficiently obvious, 
toa perſon endowed with leſs perſpicuity 


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1 W Hot e to e Einma' s. 
entreaties, or Lady Juliana's refuſals—it: 
is from me ſhe flies—why then do I 
purſue her? What a queſtion? Do we 
not all purſue whateꝰ er eludes our 4 wiſh, 


and ſhun the bliſs that meets it? and 
ſure if ever man was "oe Jay by an 


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| You will perhaps, ſmile, at the ſceming 
inconſiſtency of contenting myſelf with. 
expreſſing my ardor thro* a long letter, 
inſtead of indulging it by purſuing the 
fair fugitive; but at preſent my impe- 
tuous paſſion is controuled by fraternal 
affection I cannot leave my ſiſter in 
diſtreſs, and to relieve her from it I muft 
wait the return of Sir James Defmond, - 
and his PR of the field. 


| They are arcived, I heat their boiſterous 
and unmeaning mirth ; Sir James's voice 
ſounds louder than the Re 
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1 Adieu! my Stanley 
C. EVELYN. 


I fund it impoſiible to ſet out this night 
 —Sewell's brother is to be ſent for How 
cruel this delay ! 11 have this moment 
f Vor. bh |: received 


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received your ſhort billet ; accept my 


thanks in return, they are all I have to 


offer; my mind is too much diſturbed to 


think on any ſubject but one, and I have 


already tired you with that.— 1 deteſt 
hazard, and yet am going to play at it. 
— They ſay it intereſts and agitates ;--I 
deny its power, except on thoſe whoſe 
minds are tainted with the meaneſt of all 
vices, avarice—But I have a purpoſe in 
it, which is not quite ſo ſelfiſh. 


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LADY JULIANA HARLEY. 


1 Do Feat and ul begin to think, 

chat you my dear Lady Juliana, and all the : 
ceſt of the world, are agreed in believing - 
chat I am literally hewn out of a marble 
block, and oO bear diſappointments. 
and vexations, as unfeelingly as the 
foreſaid ſturdy ſubſtance can endure the 
rokes of the hammer and the chiſſel. 
zut ye are all miſtaken ; for I am, and 


ver will be, exceedinglygrieved and pro- 
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voked at the abſurdities of my friends, 


when they are either weak or malicious 
enough to interfere "wr my happineſs, ; 


or their own. 


Why, thou inhuman fair one, what a 


roundeau of delights has thy caprice de- 


ſtroyed! I could cry with vexation when 
I think of the dear little parties I had 
formed i in your box. at. the opera, your 
Charles, and my William, with the 
Lords, A; B, C, and ſo on, to the end 
of the alphabet, . Making their bends 
adorings Our ſuppers at Almack's, 


our private balls, our maſquerades, but 


above all, our quarres, with our Corydons 


in Berkeley - ſquare— and can I bear the 


diſappointment | and all for what ? why | 


truly becauſe the thing in che world 


which was moſt likely to happen, and 
which I moſt wiſhed, has actually come 
afz—that Charles Evelyn ſhou d fall 


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in love with 147 Juliana—O cruel, cruel 
friend, thou haſt almoſt broke my heart. 


But to be ſerious; for whatever you 
may think, I am by no means inclined 
to jeſt upon this ſubject, what are theſe 
dreadful portents that have alarmed you, 
and driven you at this ſeaſon of the year 

| to the very antipodes of our delights the 
chilling North? If you really did not 
like my brother, tho* I muſt ſay I fee no 
reaſon why you ſhould not, you need not 
| have given him any encouragement, but 
merely ſuffered him to dangle after you 
till the beginning of next ſummer, and 
by that time either he wou'd have been 


tired of ſerving without wages, or you 

| | wou'd have been aſhamed of acting a 
il ſhabby part, and ſo have paid the man 
for his pain and paſſion, with your 
| ory ſelf. TE 1 


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For the ſake of common ſenſe, my 
dear Juliana, think better of this buſineſs, 
away with thoſe glooms that ſhould have 
been put off with your ſables, and order 


your chaiſe to London. 


— cannot imagine * much I : am 
diſtreſſed for a chaperon—my ſiſter Selwyn 
is within a month or ſix weeks of lying- 
in „ and goes no where - my fiſter Neſmond 


is not come to town, and when ſhe does, 
will be ſo taken up with her domeſtic 
concerns, her child and her huſband, to 
be ſure, that I am not to expect much 
comfort from her Now you are to know, 
as a very great ſecret, that this is the 
laſt year of my reign 
muſt abdicate in ſpring; if poſſible it 
ſhall not be till the Ranelagh ſeaſon is 


I feel that 1 


near over—but I muſt not trifle longer 


with Stanley V ou cannot conceive how 


love him, and vet 1 have now cooked-up 
| a moſt 


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a moſt delicious quarrel about Maria 
| Morton (whom I know he deteſts, and 
| indeed ſo do all the men of her acquain- 

| | rance) merely to prevent his teizing me 

into matrimony, at this time of the year, 
| when one has s ſomething 90 to do. 


1 I have now laid all my diſtreſſes before 
| you, and if your heart is not as much 
| ſteeled to friendſhip, as to love, you will 

| have pity on the fiſter, tho? ever ſo ob- 

| durate to the brother, and fly to the re- 
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FATE ſeems to or poſe my every 
purpoſe, Stanley: here am I ſtill detained 
by drifting ſnows and piercing winds ; 
| not that their force ſhou'd ſtop my pro- 
| greſs on my own account, © nor ſtorms, 

« nor night ſhould keep me here” but 
| that fellow Sewell's brother who derives 
his greatneſs from that of his debtors, and 
ys, like Cacofogo, The King of 
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out from his cottage, tho* tis but eigh- 
teen miles off, till the weather mends, 


forſooth and here muſt I wait, like St. 


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Laurence on the gridiron, till his Uh 
rerſhip arrives.— 


| 181 to hazard, as I told you, 
laſt night, determined like our former 
| kings on a twelfth night, if poſſible to 


j loſe a thouſand pounds to Sir James, and 
make that ſum a debt, which muſt 


otherwiſe be deemed a courteſy—but here 


| chance unluckily oppoſed my pupoſe— 
Fortune, as ſhe is called, favoured, or 
rather diſappointed me; I won every 


thing; the baronet and both his dompa- 


„ nions are my debtors. 


N. B. Sewell has again recovered ſome 
part of my eſteem; he loſt his money lite a 


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when they can't frame them—the other, 
one Simpſon, who they fay is rich, ſeem'd 
to ſuffer the moſt dreadful agonies, and 
ſometimes. vented his feelings in horrid 
imprecations. O Stanley, how is it poſ- 
fible that a rational being ſhou'd ever put 
himſelf a ſecond time into ſuch a ſitua- 
tion, as to render him, at once, both un- 
Happy and conterptible.em I 

1 Your letter * moſt eue he inter- 
rupted my moralizing— Thanks to my 
friend for his punctuality ; I will this 
moment go and preſent the bills to 
Emma; Sir James i is not yet riſen , if * 
can quit Delville without ſeeing him,. it 
will fave both him and, me from an equal 
"etnbarraſ inent, yet. their 18 ſomething 
tells me that my going, ſans. adieu, may 
in his _preſent—fituation, | perhaps offend 
1 baronet; and all impatient as I am 


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is finiſhed, - and if J could deſcribe the » 

| gratefolacodernels with which Emina re- 

cCeived the preſent, you wouꝰd be charmed 

with the portrait, Stanley —Sir James 

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Wy than I . him poſſeſſed of. 


| Dbes- not our ſelf-love ſometimes 
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vours, in order to heighten our own a 
pleaſure in the act of benevolence ?—T 
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philoſophy of this idea, but I am per- 
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even to thoſe who have obliged us. 
AIs it not uſury then to expect gra- 
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virtue to ſelf-intereſt ; for if I may 
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4 1 HAVE. bem 13 that Lon makes 
wiſe men fools, and « turns our wits 
the ſeamy ſide without.” „Poor Charles! 4 


It was almoſt midnight when he arrived | 


| here laſt night; +; pale as aſhes, bis eyes 
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Do not torture me, | he- replied, but tell 
me where is lady Juliana? 


A ſtrange | queſtion truly, anſwered I; 
furely you have ſeen her long ſince I. 


did.! ſpoke thisin a miff, for I thought 
he might have firſt enquired his fiſter's. 


health, after an” abſence ' of above a 


month.—Quite frantic, he threw himſelf 
at my feet, and faid he wou'd not ſtir 
from thence till I informed bim where 


pf, you were; | for that Stanley had told 


bim he believed [ knew. A. 1 tha # 


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-= pretending. to gueſs at my ſecrets. 
r. Selwyn, 5 who was in | his library i in the 


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ought I know, alarmed by the noiſe this 


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 intreated him to come in, aſſuring him it 
was not a lover, but a lunatic, he beheld 
in that ſituation. You are miſtaken, 
Lucy, Charles exclaimed; I am the ten- 
dereſt, fondeſt, moſt unhappy lover that 
ever yet exiſted, and if you have not a 
mind to drive me to diſtraction, you will 


acquaint me where my deity reſides, and 
let me kneel before the ſhrine which ſhe: 
| inhabits, with pureſt donations! 


Pha, very W = Gaia Mr. 


| Selwyn. For Heaven's; ſake, Charles, 


| faid I, riſe and compoſe yourſelt—you 
| muſt be very certain that if lady Juliana 


truſt by revealing it to ye 
| therefore receive no benefit from Mr. 


fi had entruſted me with any thing ſhe choſe 


to keep a ſecret, 1 would not violate the 
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Stanley's information. But whatever are 


lj ber Tre _ eee, J hope they 


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will not operate long, and that the wil! 


be reſtored to the ſociety of her friends 
in a few days, or e at fartheſt. 


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pF or 91 exclaimed "THEY 
oh talk of centuries! I tell you, Lucy, 
J will not reſt till I behold her. 
Nay then, faid Mr. Selwyn, I ſhall wiſh 
you a good night; it will be vain for 
me to fit upany longer, but if you chuſe 

to paſs the night without ſleep, I will or- 
der the ſervants to mend the fire, bring 


you freſh candles, and go to bed, for 
they muſt riſe in the morning. I could 
not help ſmiling at Mr. Selwyn's literal 


conception of my brother's exprefſion,— 
Charles ſeemed much offended with both 
of us, and ruſhed out of the room, with- 


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| « here o'erthrown ! And have I not a 


right i in common juftice, to demand the 


reſtoration of my brother's ſenſes from 
your ladyfhip, or ſome other averdupois 


equivalent for the loſs? In ſhort, my 


dear Juliana, if ybu have any friendſhip 


for me, you will immediately come to 
London , and make an end of this imple 


| bufineſs,—If. you cannot like my bro- 


ther, tell him ſo, and perhaps the wound 
which his ſelf-love muſt. receive from 


Four denial, may rouſe him to attempt 


the conqueſt, of an hopeleſs paſfion. i 


| 1 am patties ſurprighd at not having 


ſent this morning to know how he 


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* Pardon me, Stanley, if I ſay chat I can 
0 hardly forgive your Lucy—T! will not 
call her my fiſter.—She certainly knows 
where Lady Juliana is, and yet is fo in- 

human to conceal it from me.—Surely 

you muſt have power ſufficient over her 

to make her reveal the ſecret ; be aſſur- 

ed, if ſhe refuſes to let you know it, ſhe 

is not worthy of your affection, for I am 

certain it is impoſſible for a woman 

| to deny any thing to the ſolicitations of 
1 the man ſhe loves. This maxim is too 
frequently proved, to admit of its being 
doubted; but What a wretch is he who 

takes advantage of its certainty, to be- 

tray unſuſpedting innocence, of to in- 

volde the being he pretends to love, in 

miſty nag? 


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1 fee been led into this fefledton by 

. the unſought confidence of our ſchool- 
fellow, * a whom I hap- 
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1 to meet with here, and who is . 
very libertine, and at preſent engaged in 

an unworthy attempt on a young lady, 
his equal! in birth, though not in fortune. 

She has a brother in the army, who i is ex- 

pected daily from Ireland ; and the ap- 
prehenſion of his arrival, hurries Wil- 5 
liams into the "moſt imprudent conduct: 3 
ſo that the young. lady will proba- 5 
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ſhould even come time enough t to 5 ; 


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thi ſubject | very fully to him, but he 

| baty laughs at what I fay ; except when 
* mention the certainty of the young 
lady 8 brother calling him to account for 
| his ill behaviour, This art of the ce- 

 rethopy, he tays, 1 he does not like, but 
has aſked me to be his ſecond, '1n caſe he 
mould be involved 1 in | ſuch 15 adventure. 


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premeditately ruſh on to an action that 
his heart muſt condemn, even at the ha- 

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for your diſap- 
© pointment, © -my dear Charles, though 
more 5 at the effect than cauſe, 
ly ſuppoſe that if 
| Lady 7 ee meant to fly from 
you, the cou'd think of retiring to ſo 
- public a place as 'Bath.—But 1 own I 
flattered myſelf that the liar gaiety 
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feel from her flight; or that ſome new 
bje&t wou'd have attracted. your atten- | 
tion, and engaged you in a-lefs. tireſome 
purſuit—But, I find you are a briſk 


huntſman, and are determined to purſue 
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1 wou'd by! all means s adviſe you to 
1 0 Fink the Bath water; A -h is famous for 
exhilerating the ſpirits ; but if that ſhou d 
fail, drink. wine I entreat you. —I have 
Known many an unſucceſsful. paſſion 
cured by the bumpers: that were filled to 


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1 ſhouꝰ'd not perhaps. ſo ſtrongly recom- 
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friend, 1 muſt beg to be excuſed from 
obeying the requeſt you have To ſtrenu- 
ouſly made to me, for 1 never ſhall ex- 
ert my influence over the woman 1 love, 
do tempt her to an act of diſhoneur, and 
ſuch T hold a breach of confidence to be. 
And were I married to your charming 
fiſter——delightful thought! I ſhou'd 
eſteem her ſtill the more for preſerving 


the ſecrets of her friends inviolate, even 


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Wed but ther romantic paſſion with 

which you are infected, can excuſe your 
condemning my Lucy : gladly do I ac- 
 Tept che term, for not betraying Lady Ju- 
liana's confidence; and give me leave to 
ſay, that this paſſion has rendered your 
conduct both unjuſt and abſurd towards 
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Lady Jelians has acted nobl y, and 
ſhewn herſelf ſuperior to che meanneſs 
and cruelty of coquetry ; ſhe has even ſa- 


criſiced her own happineſs to yours, by 


depriving berfelf of the ociety of her 
friends, to enable you to conquer an 
hopeleſs paſſion.— Believe me, Charles, 
women ſpeak but too plain when they 
decline our company; and I think it is 
high time that you thou'd aſk. yourſelf 
what right you have to break in upon her 
retirement, and compel | her to receive 
TURE. „ 


Vour at dien l. is, 0 me did not re- 
ject the addreſſes of your brother; per- 
haps it is for that very reaſon that ſhe de- 
clines yours —Allow me to fay, that 
Harty was to the full as amiable as you 
re zn ſurely i c is not impoſſible that 
Lady Juliana might have loved your 
brother ; and n 1 can you eine that 
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her affections are to deſcend with the fa- 
mily eſtate to the next heir? 

For ſhame, Charles! rouſe your rea- 
ſon, and ceaſe to perſecute this charming 
woman ;—ſhe has already, by all ac- 
counts, ſuffered too much: the ſudden, 
and yet unaccounted for, death 'of her 
huſband, brought her almoſt to the brink 
of the grave. Though every one knew 
it was impoſſible ſhe cou'd love him, 
yet her conduct towards him has ever 
been unimpeached; and what muſt the 
delicacy of her mind have ſuffered from 
living with a man whom ſhe cou'd not 
avoid deteſting i os 


Omen. have infinitely more. merit, 


[20 ſuch caſes, than men 3—We are rarely, 


if ever, compelled to marry againſt our 
inclinations; but if intereſt, too often 


more powerful than any other attraction, 
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human as to make her ſuffer for the 


crime we have ourſelves committed, 


| by puniſhing her with neglect, or per- 


| haps a worſe ſpecies of il] treatment. 
| whilſt the poor girl, who has been led an 
_ unwilling victim to Hymen' s altar, can 
have no ſafe reſource but fighs and tears, 
no indulgence is allowed to any former, 
or future paſſion, ſhe may feel ; her af- 
fections muſt be reſtrained by the magi- 


cal ceremony of marriage within her own 


boſom, becauſe ſhe cannot confer them 
on a wretch ſhe deteſts, and muſt not dare 
to beſtow them elſewhere. 


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drel; ſuch I think any man who lays a 
ſcheme to deſtroy i innocence. - But fince 
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| yollng: ladies of our fiecle are pretty 
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well enlightened in matters of gallantry, 
we muſt &en leave them to take care of 
themſelves. —But as you ſo juſtly con- 
demn his conduct, I am pleaſed with 
your having refuſed to be his ſecond :— 
the man who appears in that character 
is always ſuppoſed to approve the cauſe 
of his friend's quarrel :—beſides, if you 
ſhou'd engage in any ſuch buſineſs, you 
well know what you muſt neceſſarily ſuf- 
fer from Parſon Selwyn's preachments 
againſt the damnable fin of duelling. 
Think on this, and keep clear of the con- 
ſequences, 


| Your J fincerely, 


W. STANLEY. | 


5. C. Your. POTS friend, Maria 
Morton, has made a runaway match, with 
a young foreigner, a Monſieur du Pont, 
whom the has deceived, by paſſing for a 
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great Sade reality the is worſe 
than a beggar, as the little eſtate that is to 
come to her after her mother's death, is 
involved for its full value by debts, con- 
tracted for the indulgence of Maria's ex- 
travagance. I pity Lady Morton much; 
but the youlg man more. 


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LETTER XV. 


CHARLES EVELY N, 


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DE AR Stanley, I have received your 
friendly, may I not rather ſay, your chi- 
ding letter? I acknowledge the unrea- 
ſonableneſs of my purſuit, but when had 
reaſon power to conquer love? 


Vet in behalf of my own weakneſs, 
give me leave to ſay, that acting as you 
think upon wrong principles, by endea- 
vouring to obtrude myſelf into Lady Ju- 

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much moderation, by limiting my purſuit 
to 2 ſingle interview am not a bafthiſk, 

Stanley, the ſight of me will not deſtroy 
this lovely woman; and” tis neceſlary I 
ſhou'd firſt know ou! will, before can 
85 er it. 


Ti true, my friend ! the has ſhewr 


It. herſelf {ſuperior to coquetry, and has vo- 


tuntarily exiled herſelf from thoſe gay 
ſcenes in which ſhe ought to ſhine, 
perhaps to ſhun my hated fight—Then is 
it not incumbent upon me to reſtore her 
to an admiring world, to the ſociety of 
thoſe ſhe loves.—O why, alas! am I 
not of that happy number ? —Vou will | 
anſwer me that paſſion. is involuntary—1 
know it but too well. You ſeem to hint 


| that ſhe onee loved my brother; is that 


a reaſon for her hating me? T here is. 
no rivalſhip between us now, his- paſſions. | 


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are at peace, and if he died poſſeſſed of 
her affections, he was much happier 
than your living friend. 


Jou are a lover, Stanley, but a calm, 
becauſe an happy one —Lucy repays 
your tenderneſs, and nought but worldly 
prudence. now impedes. your union. 
For this reaſon. you treat my ſufferings 
lightly, for even the tendereſt ſimpathy 
of friendſhip cannot feel for woes it 
never has experieneed.— There is no- 
Lethe for unhappy love, apd let me 
add, en philojophe, that wine enflames,. 
but never eures our paſſions—k ſhalk 
not, therefore, my kind phyſician, ven- 
ture upon your recipe, but I will fave 
you the trouble of a farther preſerip- 


tion, by following my own . | 


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SS 

x bare met with a tender ſympathia- 
ing friend and confidante here. 
ſhall be angry if you ſmile, Stanley, when 
1 tell you it is Nancy Weſton—I never 
faw joy ſo ſtrongly painted in any coun- 


tenance as hers, when the met me; 


our ſurprize was mutual, but luckily 
this unexpected interview happened a- 
bout eight o'clock 1 in the morning, and 
we had no ſpectators to reſtrain, or 
eomment upon the ſtrong nn of 


a An bear. | 


She told me before I: went to Delville, 
that ſhe was very capable of the mil- 
linery buſineſs, having formerly lived 
fome time with a relation of hers, who 
had kept # ſhop: in Taviſtock- Street, 
but who was now dead.— I then told 
ber that if ſhe cou'd find out any me- 
thod of eſtabliſhing herſelf properly in 
We I wou'd aſlift her with the 

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means of carrying it on, and left her a 
few guineas to clothe and ſupport her, 
till my return. 


During the few hours I ſpent in 
London before I came here, my mind 
was fo violently agitated, that I never 
once thought of Nancy Weſton, and 
the poor girl's modeſty wou'd have pre- 
| vented her from ever applying to me, 

or being farther burthenſome, as ſhe 
expreſſes it, had not chance thrown her 
in my way at this time.—She works 
with a very creditable chamber milli- 
ner, who had known her formerly at 
her coufin's, and who will take her into 
partnerſhip with a few-hundreds, which 
the ſhalt have with an hearty welcome 
into the bargain, for I think I need not 
tell you, that her happineſs will. con- 
tribute to mine. 


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That puppy Williams has been witty ; 


up hearing that an handſome mill 
ners doll, as he calls her, drank tea 
with me, on Sunday laſt.— He hap- 
pened to call upon me that evening, 
and my truſty Scipio refuſed to admit 


him, tho' 


—He has teized me ever fince with a 
deal of unmeaning ribaldry, and preſſes 
me moſt vehemently to. introduce hina 
to my favourite; but that I never ſhall; 


| ſhe is much too good. and amiable to 


be the > ſpar of ſuch a | libertine, 


1 be may * credi ted, which 1 much 


doubt, he has been ſucceſsful in his 
1 amour —he no longer conceals the lady's 


name, tis Harriſon ; he ſhewed her to 


me in the rooms I never ſaw a more 


elegant form, nor a more lively coun- 


tenaneo-——wlep he ſaluted her, the 
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1e would not make the com- 
mon excuſe of faying I was not at home. 


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Finite and bluſhed Can it be poſſi- 
ble that guilt ſhould aſſume that firſt of 
female charms, the joint reſult of ſen- 
fability and modeſty. 


S de danced a minuer with Lord 
March, and then took out Captain 
Williams —ſhe acquitted herſelf in both 
the minuets, with infmite grace and 
eaſe, ——Surely it is impoſſible ſhe cou'd 
de conſcious of having - forfeited her 
honour, and yet ſtil} continue to wear 
the ſemblance of ehearful innocenee. 


As ſhe did not dance country dances, 
joined her party and drank tea with: 
her—I talked to her a conſiderable 
time, and tho” I think there is too much 
trvity-in her manner, T cannot prevail 
upon myſelf to believe that ſhe has. 
fallen a ſacrifice to fuch a eontemptible 
| . wifer as Williams. Mrs. Peachurm ſays, 
. How: 


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Hino are thoſt mothers to be pitied who Tide 
handſome daughters 3 T fay, How are 
thoſe handſome girls to be pitied, who 
have not mothers > Miſs Harriſon has 
| been an orphan, from her birth; her 
ſather was one of thoſe gallant, but un- 
| fortunate officers, who loſf their lives. 
with Braddock ; her mother was then 
pregnant of this girl ;—ſhe lived but a 
| few hours after ſhe received the account 
of her huſband's loſs, and expired in 
the moment of her daughter's birth.— _ 
There is ſomething ſo affecting in the 
eircumſtances of both her parents deaths, 
| ht has inſpired me with a kind of ad-- 
_ ditional tenderneſs towards her] pity, 
and n if not too late, preſerve her. 


1 have received a letter from my 

| bored Emma, by which I can diſcover 
tdttumat ſhe is unhappy.—Sir James Def- 
HE | mond is again involved in. difficulties ;; 


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ſhe has not particularized the circum- 


ſtances, nor given the leaſt hint of ex- 


pecting any aſſiſtance from me. — Does 
ſhe not know I am her brather ?—aſflure 
Mrs. Selwyn and your Lucy of my 
affectionate regard, and believe me ſin- 
cerely yours, 


C. EVELYN. 


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e Bravo! Charles! I am de- 


lighted beyond expreſſion to find you, 
like Hudibras, profiting of Ralpho's 
Bly, at 111 (vr time you ſeem | to "Wl 


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; ay as you are, I will bet an hundred 
guineas to five, that before you ſat-down 
fo indite your laſt epiſtle, you had drank - 
a couple of glaſſes of Bath water, or 
double that number of Champagne.— 
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But no matter for the cauſe, I congratu- 
late you on the effect, and will from 
thence take upon me to pronounce, that 
your loverſhip is in a fair way of re- 
covery. | 


Three whole pages, without the name 
of Juliana, or the word love ! I ſhou'd 
have been amazed, indeed, at this 
happy change in your ſtile, if you had 
not leſſened my furpriſe by mention- 
ing your little tender ſympathiaing con- 
; fidante.—Q Charles, there is nothing 
like true female ſoſtneſs ; tis the very 
balm of life; for when pity flows from 
beautiful lips, who wou'd not receive 
comfort; Gratitude too muſt. have ani- 
mated her ſpeech, glow'd on her cheek, 
and ſparkled in her eyes. I wau'd have 
given fifty guineas to have been a wit⸗ 
neſs of your accidental interview.—Y ou 
ace a lucky man to have met with this 

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| en girl, for ſuch 1 ſuppoſe her 1 
bes i al hail | 4th 


| 1 think you are too Gon upon 
Williams ; ; it was natural enough for 
him to rally you à little, conſidering the 
gravity of your character, upon zefe-4+ 
tere with a young woman; eſpeciall * as 
you make ſuch a myftery of your con- 
nection, and had refuſed 10 introduce 
bim to her acquaintance; in which, N | 
ever, I think you perfectly vight. Men 
of kis character eee ee 
_ wha are placed in a fitnation beneath 
them, as lawful prey; whereas I con- 
ider that part of the ſofter ſex whom 
fortune has dealt unkindly by, whoſe 
principles and manners are more elevated 
khan their flation, as peculiarly entitled 
to our reſpect and protection; and 
cou'd more eafily forgive myſelf for a 
failure in A point of politeneſs, towards 
a duche 1s, 


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a ducheſs, than to a woman who is un- 


happy enough to feel her preſent con- 


dition, a n from her former 


rank. 


I Qdon't much like to introduce the 
ſubject of your paſſion for Lady Juliana, 
but, believe me, if you are, as you ſay, 
ſufficiently reaſonable to be contented 
with one interview, a little more reaſon 


will enable you to be contented without 


one.—I heartily wiſh that was the caſe, 


for my Lucy is quite unhappy and difla» 


tisfied at being deprived of Lady Juli- 
ana's ſociety ; and now openly declares, 

that you are the ſole cauſe of her exite;— 
Be: generous, Charles! and reſtore her to 
her friends without conditions: truſt to 


chance for your meeting, and to the no- 
bleneſs of her ſentiments when you do. 


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1 The portrait you. have drawn of Miſs 
| Harriſon, i is by no means decifive, with 
regard to her preſept. fituation,—Gaiety 
or gravity are in a great meaſure conſti- 
tutional—1 conſider too great an addic- 
tion to the firſt as a misfortune, rather 
than a fault, but am far from thinking 
that livelineſs and innocence are incom- 
patible.— Too great freedom of ſpeech 
or manner in a young woman, certainly 
leſſens the reſpect which is otherwiſe due 
to her; it enfranchiſes the bounds that 
are placed between the ſexes, puts them 


too much on a level, and tempts liber- - 


| tines to: hazard improper freedoms, which 
| though rejected and reſented, neceſſarily 
ſully the purity of female delicacy, and 
leave a ſtain, behind :—for as Lady 
Mary Wortley Montague has Juſtly ſaid, 1 


He comes too near who comes to be denied.”- 
Williams is certainly a worthleſs wretch, 
and TI heartily with that Capt. Harriſon. . 


may 


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| may treat him as he deſerves; but 1 
don't fee why you thould take the work 
off his hands, and chroft yourſelf into a 
fcrape, umteſs it be merely pour paſſer le 
temps but if I might adviſe, I fou d 
think you had better look out for fome 
berter zmufement, und. Tan An ſeek 
arts. 46h ; 
oy” to you, Chattes! ! Mis. Shiv 
was yeſterday brought to bed of a ſon. 
I ſuppoſe you will be one of its f ponſors, | 
and mult of courſe appear 1n propria per- 
ſona. Mr. Selwyn is, you know, a formal 
divine, and will not admit of proxies —T 
was fitting with him when the glad ti- 
dings of his ſon's birth were announced 
to him; he inftantly rang his bell, and 
ſummoned all the fervants who were not 
immediately attending on his lady, te 
præyers. I attempted to retire, but he 
inffted upon ay zoning an thankſgiving 


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for the birth of a male child, which he 
ſaid ad abate hap Py event, let the Parents 
be who they wou d. f 


Vou 125 made me as errant à ſcrib- 
bler as yourſelf, and I cou'd go on in 
this ſort of chit- chat way for a year to- 
gether; but I have at preſent, a more 


important, though not a more pleaſing, 


occupation to purſue. My law-fuit draws 
near a criſis, I muſt pore over muſty re- 
cords, and reviſe briefs, in which I thall 
uſe the utmoſt diſpatch, as my Lucy is 


then to be my Re my friend, ; 


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„IVM dear Stanley, I have ſeized upon 
the firſt minute's leiſure I have been ma- 
| er of, to acquaint you' with an un- 


lucky affair that has juſt now happened, 
and which, like all other extraordinary 


events, will, I ſuppoſe, be aggravated in 
* the repetition by a thouſand falſhoods. 


To you, then, I commit the care of my 
fame upon this occaſion; certain that you 


will exert the nobleſt quality of friend- 


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abſent friend. 


In cad to make you thoroughly ac 


7 quai inted with this unfortunate buſineſs, 
I muſt entreat you to read over the in- 


cloſed ſtory of Nancy Weſton, which I 


- wrote out ſome time ago as I received it 
from her own recital, intending it for 


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THE. $TORY or Ms WESTON, 


Fier father died Sha ſhe was FED | 
fourteen, ' and left to her and her mo- 
ther, in money and effects, about ſeven 0 
hundred pounds. Her mother did not 
ſurvive his loſs above a year; and when 
dying, recommended her daughter to 


the care of a relation, who kept a 


milliner's thop 1 in Taviſtock. ſtreet. eee 


With her, N ancy Weſton lived per- 


mT happy for two years, till the be. 


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came acquainted with a young gentle- 
man, whom ſhe had often ſeen a 


ſchool-boy at Wincheſter, though ſhe 
had never ſpoken to him there.—He 


- endeavoured ' to perſuade her that he 


had been in love with her from her 
childhood, and uſed every att to gain 
her ny and moaned ker virtue. 


In the firſt he bes but too 
well, but ſhe continued proof againſt 
every temptation to become his mi- 
ſtreſs.— The only expedient then left 
to get her into bis power, was to pro- 
poſe 2 marriage, which he, accordingly 
offered ; and as they were both under 
age, a journey to Scotland was red 


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ſtead of northward, and when they ar- 
rived at Birmingham, he told her 
rhey were then at Berwick upon Tweed, 
and procured a perſon in the habit 
of a clergyman to perform the mar- 
f riage ceremony. The innocent girl! 
had not the leaſt ſuſpicion of the 
deceit, and returned to London per- 
fectly happy in the firm belief of her 


being legally marred: to the man ſhe 


loved. 


"iris their journey, both going 


and coming back, he had charged 


her whenever ſhe was out of his ſight, } 
to keep a: handkerchief cloſe. to her 


mouth, and not to utter a ſyllable to 


any of the maid- ſervants who attended | 
her. This command ſhe had punc-/. 
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FH came acquainted with 'a young' gentle- 
man, whom ſhe had often ſeen a 


ſchool-boy at Wincheſter, though ſhe 
had never ſpoken 'to- him there. — He 


endeavoured to perſuade her that he 


had been in love with her from her 


childhood, and uſed every art to gain 


het affections, 5 and We her virtue. 


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In ths firſt bs facceeded 1 9 bor 0 
well, but ſhe continued proof againſt 
every temptation to become his mi- 
ſtreſs.— The only expedient then left 
to get her into his power, was to pro- 
poſe A marriage, which he, accordingly 
offered ; and as they were both under 
age, a Journey, to Scotland was ae 


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| and procured a perſon in the habit 


of a clergyman to perform the mar- 
riage ceremony. The innocent gir! 


had not the leaſt ſuſpicion of the 


deceit, and returned to London per- 
fectly happy in the firm belief of her 


being legally married to the en ſhe 
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l and coming back, he had charged 
her whenever ſhe was out of his ſight, | 


to keep a bandkerchief cloſe to her 
mouth, and not to utter a ſyllable to 


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On their return to town, he took 
lodgings for her in a little ſtreet near 
Marybone, and told her that ſhe muſt 
be contented to live in the utmoſt pri- 


vacy and retirement, and by no means 


to aſſume his name, or reveal herſelf 
to her relation in Taviſtock-ſtreet, as 
his father was living, and wou'd cer- 


tainly difinherit him if his marriage 


was difcovered . To theſe prudent 
reſtrictions ſne readily agreed, and 
ſpent a year almoſt in the cloſeſt con- 
* finement, hardly ever ſtirring out, bur 
at a very early hour in the morning, 


or in the duſk of the evening. Dur- 

ing this period of time, ſhe lay in of 
a daughter, which increaſed her happi- 
neſs, by affording her conſtant em- 


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wards her declined, and ſhe has frequent- 
ly had no other ſubſiſtence for "_ days 


than bread and tea. 


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" this inbuman manner did the mon- 


ſter continue to treat the unhappy girl 
for near two years; ; till at length, upon 
her venturing gently to temonſtrate a- 


gainſt his barbarity to his child and her, 
he informed her, that ſhe was not any” 
longer to conſider herſelf as his wife, and 


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As ſoon as they were art he poſ- 
| ſeſſed himſelf of the little fortune that 8 
ber parents had left her, Mrs. Weſton 
not having appointed any truſtee, and 
| the money being placed in the funds.— 
As his fondneſs abated, his ſupplies to- 


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openly confetſia the deceit he had a prac- 
tiſed againſt her. | 


The wretched victim became ſenſe- „ 


leſs at the ſhock ſhe received from this 
| diſcovery , in which ſtate he left her; 


and when ſhe had recovered her reaſon, 


the woman of the houſe informed her, 


that the gentleman whom ſhe had hi- 
therto called her huſband, had diſcharged | ö 


the lodgings, and deſired her not to give 


her any farther credit on his account, as 
he had turned her off, and was going 


abroad for three Ne. 


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1 . Stanley, what the 


wretched Nancy Weſton muſt have ſuf- 
fered at that inſtant, and then tell me if 
you think there is any puniſhment too ſe- 

\ vere to be inflicted upon the fiend whe 


cauſed her ſufferings ?—The agonies of 


Her, mind drove her almoſt to deſpair, 


and 


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24 bad not her maternal tenderneſs pre- 
vailed over her ſorrows, ſhe wou'd have 
terminated them and life together. But 
her child was innocent, was helpleſs, 
and was dear to her; and ſhe virtuouſly 
reſolved to ſtruggle through every miſery 
i of lite, to earn the means of its ſupport. 


| She immediately ſtripped herſelf of 
every little valuable ſhe poſſeſſed, in or- 
der to diſcharge her maid, and ſome 
other trifling debts which ſhe owed'i in the 


neighbourhood. - That done, ſhe deter- 


mined to remove as far from. her preſent. _ 
fituation as poſſible, that ſhe-. might nat. 


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5 This left 47S little to carry ; with 4” | 
except her infant, which ſhe took in her 
arms to a two-pair of ſtairs back room 


Har ſhe hired i in the Borough; : and then, 


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| makida herſelf as decent as her ſcanty 
| wardrobe would permit, ſhe ſet out for 
Taviſtock-ſtreet to acquaint her relation 
with her melancholy circumſtances, and 
intreat her to furniſh her with work to 
enable her to ſubfiſt herſelf and her child. 
To compleat her miſeries, when ſhe ar- 
rived at the houſe, ſhe found it oucupied : 
by perfons ſhe did not know, and was 

informed that her couſin had been dead | 

above a fear before. 


| The elegance of her figure and dejec- 
tion of her countenance, intereſted the 
woman of the ſhop ſo far, that ſhe told 
| her if the people in whoſe houſe ſhe 
lodged, or any other perſon of credit, 
would be bound for her, ſhe would take 


* her into the houſe as an aſſiſtant, or 


furniſh her with as much work as ſhe 
cou'd do,—The unhappy girl knowing 
that ſhe had no friend that would be re- 

{pon- 


| ſponſible for 1 burſt into tears, 
thanked her and withdrew.— The good 
woman's heart ſympathizing with her 


diſtreſs, ſhe recalled her, and ſaid, for 
once ſhe would truſt to her fkill in phy- 
fognomy, and require no ſecurity from 


her but her face, which ſhe believed an 
| honeſt one, then gave her a capuchin to 
make. — And my poor Nancy returned 
home, with the pleaſing and virtuous. 


proſpect of independance thro” the means 
of 5 0 bai 


But a was not inclined to 


relinquiſh its victim ;—for as ſhe re- 


turned over Weſtminſter Bridge with 
haſty ſteps to ſuccour her child, ſhe was 


encompaſſed by a mob, who had ſe- 
eured a pick-pocket, and were going to 15 
adminiſter the ſupplemental diſcipline, | 
or common law of ducking, to the. cul- 
Prit. But as ſoon as ſhe could get clear 


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of this riotous aſſembly, ſhe found to 
her coſt, that the miniſters of juſtice 
are not always free from the very vices 
they correct, for one of this ſelf- erected 
tribunal, had cut off her pockets; in 
which was every farthing ſhe poſſeſſed; 
and what was ſtill a far greater loſs, 
the capuchin, which the compaſſionate 
prepoſſeſſion of a eee mind, ond 
ventured to intruſt her with. 


On nne der Joſs; the fiend was 
1 inſtantly at her elbow, tempting her to 
|. wait till the mob ſhould be diſperſed, | 
and then throw herſelf into the Thames. A 
3 . that moment the cries. of an in- | 
faut ſtruck her ear, and: inſtantly | 
awakened all the mother in her; almoſt | 
i frantic with grief, ſhe turned her back | i 
q upon the ſhocking ſcene, and with an 
q | „ agooizingg he heart reached her vretphed ; 
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be recollected that ſhe. had 2 fk. 


gown. almoſt as good as new, it origi- 
nally. coſt about five guineas, and ſhe. 
did not doubt but ſhe: ſhould be able to: 
ſell it for three. But there again the 
Was diſappointed, the harpies in Mon- | 
mouth- ſtreet, wou'd not give-her more, 
than one guinea and a half for it, which 
ſhe well knew wou'd not pay for the 
materials of. the capuchin ſhe had loft. 


*. At 1 by ripping herſelf of 255 
moſt the whole of her wearing apparel, 


ſhe was enabled to raiſe the ſum of three, 


| pounds, and went with it directly to her 
humane employer in Taviſtock- ſtreet, 
who 1 liſtened to ber tale with ſeeming. 
incredulity, ſaid ſhe Was ſorry for her. 
misfortune, but if the was ſubject to 
ſuch accidents, ſhe cou d not venture to | 
then, che, the, full price bor ber fi 1h 
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that muſt neceflarily await it. 


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and diſmiſſed her, giving her half a 
crown, and a vaſt deal of good advice, 
againſt evil company and bad ways. 


I will not dwell longer on the Various 


| ſcenes of wretchedneſs this poor crea- 


ture paſſed through, *till her child fell 
ill of the ſmall-pox, and then all her 
former woes were ſwallowed up in her 
tender apprehenſion. for its little life. — 
During its illneſs ſhe parted with even 
the common neceſſaries of raiment ſhe 
had left, and denied herſelf food to ad- 
miniſter to its ſuſtenance. Her fond 
| maternal cares were all in vain, Provi- 
dence was pleaſed to take her little dart- 
ing, ſhe ſubmitted with reſignation to- 
its loſs, when ſhe reflected on the evils 


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Life was now become E! loa® that ke 


determined to hay down, but there 


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needed no act of violence to haſten her 
diffolution ; famine and grief had ſeized 


upon her dent, and in a few hours ſhe 
wou'd perhaps have reſigned her gentle 


ſpirits into His hands who gave it, had 


ſhe been permitted to figh it out in 


But al woman in whos kouſe ſhe 


had lodged for a month, was now per- 
fectly convinced of her inability to pay, 
and therefore demanded her rent in the 


moſt boiſterous terms, and threatened to 


ſend ker immediately to a gaol, upon 
| her non-compliance. The being a pri- 
ſoner, was the only ſpecies of®calamity 
the had not yet experienced; her mind 
was impreſſed with horror at the idea, 
and whilſt her worſe than ſavage land- 


lady, went out to feek a conſtable, ſhe 
ſtole ſoftly out of the houſe, and fled 


ſhe knew not © whither. Providence 


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_ directed, her ſteps, to-the . Weak, hn chat 
auſpicious moment that 1 met her, 
which I ſhall always conſider as one 

of the fortunate events of _ my liſe. E 
Here ends her. little hiſtory and nor : 


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In my laſt I told you, that 1 meant 

to ſettle this poor friendleſs creature: 

in n partnerſhip. with. a chamber milliner 
of good rep! te.—In 12 A of this. 


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defi n, ancy Weſton came to. mes. 


yeſterd lay " worning,. to talk over. her q 
Title plan of buſi neſs, and adjuſt all 
matters relative. to it—Be it obſerved, ü 
that the ever. had once named the p Perf 
fon. to whom the had been married, — 


had. +. ever aſked it—gelicacy prevenced 


my. making any enquiry, when. the firſt | 
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a man whom 1 ſuppoſed cou'd never 
come acroſs me, made me decline the 
renewal of a ſubject which muſt give 
her pain,——This,. upon my honour, is: 


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4 I alt bete ſhe was fitting with: 
me; when 1 heard a buſtle upon the 
ſtairs, between Capt. Williams and. 
Scipio, the former inſiſting in a laugh 
ing tone, that he would come up. She 
ſtarted at the ſound of the voice, but 
when he threw open the door of the- 
room where we ſat, the cried out,. O0 
| my huſband !—and funk ſenſeleſs, on the | 


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Williamsgazed upom her with a counte- 
nance, where rage and contempt ſeemed 8 
equally mingled. Then turning to me, 
1 was * then raiſing his unhappy 
7 wife 


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wiſe in my arms, he ſaid, you need not, 
Bir, have made a ſecret to me of your 
connection with that infamous woman, 
I have long caſt her off, and it is natural 
to ſuppoſe ſhe has paſſed thro* many 
hands, before ſhe came into YOurS.— | 
But beware, Mr. Evelyn, of repeating 
any forged tale ſhe may tell you, of a 
mam marriage, and ſuch ſtuff; for I 
will not have my character traduced, ö 
and remember I have put. * on your N 
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„ My niheegt 5 almoſt Snot 
mee of the power of ſpeech, but Wil- 
/ Hams's inſolence quickly reſtored it.—E 
replied, Sir, this roof which I with you. 
to quit inſtantly, is your preſent protec- 
tion, but whenever I ſpeak of you, 1 
hall talk of a ſcoundrel, and wherever 
I meet you, I will treat you like one. T7 


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His wife had by this time thrown her- 
| ſelf at his feet, from whence he ſpurned 
| Her, and ruſhing i into my bed-chamber, 
| ſnatched up one of my piſtols, which 
lay upon a table.—I was lucky enough 
to ſeize his arm, before he could diſ- 


charge it, 


but in the ſtruggle between 


us, it went off and wounded himſelf 


in the left 


ſide.— The report of the piſtol 


alarmed the family, and in leſs than 
five minutes my apartment was crowded 
With perſons of all ranks and denomina- 
tions, whoſe curioſity ſeemed ſo much 
more prevalent than their humanity, 
that they neither thought of ſending for 
a ſurgeon, for the wounded perſon, nor 
of offering any affiſtance to his wife, 
who lay fainting un the ground, by 


LY his ode. 


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Joy, and then ran for Mr. Le- 
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wiſe in my arms, he ſaid, you need not, 
* Sir, have made a ſecret to me of your 
connection with that infamous woman, 
I have long caſt her off, and it is natural 
to ſuppoſe ſhe has paſſed thro* many 
bands, before ſhe came into yours.— | 
But beware, Mr. Evelyn, of repeating 
any forged tale ſhe may tell you, of a 
ſham marriage, and. ſuch ſtuff; for I 
will not have my character traduced, 
and remember I have put. os: on your 


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me of the power of ſpeech, but Wil- 
| RnRams's inſolence quickly reſtored it. —E 
replied, Sir, this roof which I wiſh you 
to quit inſtantly, is your preſent. protec- 
tion, but whenever I ſpeak of you, E | 
mall talk of a ſcoundrel, and wherever | x 
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His wife bad by this time thrown her- 
ſelf at his feet, from whence he ſpurned 
her, and ruſhing into my bed- chamber, 
| ſnatched up one of my piſtols, which 
lay upon a table.— I was lucky enough 
1 to ſeize his arm, before he could diſ- 
cCbarge it, but in the ſtruggle between 

TREE it went off 'and wounded himſelf 
in the left ſide. The report of the piſtol 
alarmed the family, and in leſs than 
five minutes my apartment was crowded 
| with perſons of all ranks and denomina- 
= tions, whoſe. curiofity ſeemed ſo much 

more prevalent than their humanity, 
that they neither thought of ſending for 
a ſurgeon, for the wounded perſon, nor 
| . of" offering any affiſtance to his wife, 


who lay fainting W the ground, by 
his fide. 925 | 


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ſer ; Williams was put: into; my. bed ; 7 
I committed Mrs. Williams, for, ſo. I 
ſhall henceforth call her, to the care of 


my landlady, and ſet out in company 


with Mr. Herbert, and my quondam 
friend Sewell, who arrived at Bath three 
days ago, to relate this aceident to the 
mayor. The uſual forms were com- 
plied with; theſe gentlemen: became 
bail for my appearanee, as I could. not 
think of aſking Mrs. Williams to give 
her teſtimony upon this occaſion | to, ac 
quit me, and her buſband has not ut⸗ 
tered a ſingle word ſince he received the 


wound. However, Mr. Leſter ſays he 


| hopes he ſhall be able, to extra act the 


ball, and he will then be i in a fair way 
of recovery. If with his health he re- 
covers the right uſe of his reaſon, and 
reviews his paſt life with contrition, I 


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tion of ſuch a wretch from nn 


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[I ave had a GS from Miſs Har- 
2 deſiring to ſee me. The moment 
I have ſealed this I ſhall attend her, 
fear it will be an unpleaſant interview, 


1 think you will give me credit for 
being heartily tired of writing,—I fear 
you. 42 believe it „ 


. 1 bree wiſh facceſs to your law- 
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LETTER XVII. 


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CHARLES EVELY N, 


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WILLIAM STANLE Y. 


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York. 


1 HAVE ſeen her, Stanley! the ar- 
bitreſs of my fate ! and it is irrecovera- 


bly fixed that I am to be unhappy. — 


Sewell informed me that Lady Juliana 


was certainly at her late huſband's ſeat 


at Harley-hill.—I ſer out on the inſtant, 


but I have not now time to acquaint 


you: 


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+ you with the particulars of our inter- 


view, as I have only ſnatched up the : 
pen while the horſes are putting to my 
_ chaiſe, in order to retrace the horrid croſs 

© roads that I have travelled OI” Bath 


1 | hither. 


An expreſs is this moment arrived 

from Sewell to acquaint me, that Wil- 

hams is not likely to recover, and ex- 

| preſſes the 'moſt impatient deſire to ſee 
me. —!I feel that I ſhall be ſorry for his 


pro though it comes not near my 
[17.08 conſcience.” 


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i 4: ove not been 1 in bed theſe three 
f | eight - Wb ſhou'd I do there? reſt 
| | haas forfaken my pillow! Jam more in 
love, more diſtracted, and more wretch- 


| ed, than any mortal out of the: 3 
1 of Bedlam. 


Adieu, = 
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THE ſo much PET interyiew is 
over; I have ſeen your unhappy bro- 
ther. Do not think me inhuman, Lucy, | 
when I ſay that I hope never to ſee him 
more;—It is my tenderneſs, and not my 
cruelty that dictates this fervent aſpi 420 
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I was juſt returned from taking the 
air with Miſs Harley, who has been 
here this fortnight, and Was retired to 
dreſs, when a chaiſe drove up to the 


door, and I was informed a gentleman | 


deſired to ſee me: As Watſon was at 
that time combing” my hair, I requeſted 
Miſs Harley to ſtep into the drawing- 
room, and make my apologies for a 
few minutes. She returned almoſt on 
the inſtant, ſereaming att it is the ghoſt 
N. i DIY 

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viſitor 3 I. quieted her featslof an appa- 


rition, and begged her to return to the 
drawing room. was ſrized with an 
univerſal tremor; and when Watſon 
had hurried on my eloaths, I found 

1 15 myſelf 


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myſelf unable to walk or ſtand, and 
deſired that Mr. Evelyn might be . 
into the N if Way 271 322 | 


As deen me, 4 made... vain 
effort to riſe, and I thought we appeared | 
like two criminals, who waited a ſen- 
tence which they dreaded to receive. 
Before I-cou'd prevent him, he threw 
himſelf at my feet, and entreated my 
pardon for having broken in on my re- 
tirement, and ſaid he had great reaſon 
to fear, that he was the unhappy cauſe of | 5 
my ſecluding myſelf from the World. 
(Ah Lucy! have you betrayed me?) | 
I told him with) great fincerity, that re- 
tirement was by no meatis diſagreeable 
to me, and that it was ſo long fince I 
had been engaged in the gaiety of Lon- 


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He ſaid many civil thiogs, in an- 
[Gn which I ſhall not repeat, and 
"proceeded to avow his paſſion for me, 
in the tendereſt terms. I wou'd 
have interrupted him, but he im- 
plored me to give him a patient hear- 
ing; declaring, that if I perſiſted in - 
declining. his addrefles, he wou'd i im- 
mediately quit England, his family 
and friends, and never more diſturb 
the happineſs he ſo ſincerely wiſhed 
me. I Was affected even to tears; 
his looks, his, manner, nay his voice 
pierced to my heart, and recalled the 
| Kindred image of one who will ever 
| ſurvive there. I wou'd eraſe this 
5 paſſage, were 1 writing. to any other 
perſon breathing. But let it go, 1 
ſcorn TR with thee. 


its than told him that I was „ne, 
ſenſible of the honour he did ma, that 1 


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rity of his regard, and therefore 


that if my promiſing never to enter 


other perſon, which I declined with 
him, could make him happy, he 


ir to abide by my deciſion, 


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had not the leaſt doubt of the ſince- 


would not trifle with his paſſion, but 
candidly inform him that there was a 
bar, an everlaſting bar between us, 
which could not be removed. But 


into thoſe engagements, with any 


might depend upon my word; pro- 
vided he wou'd in return, give up the 
thoughts of abandoning his country, 
family and friends, on my account, 
but endeavour to conquer his ill- 
placed paſſion, and never ſpeak to me 
50 the W ſaubje& more. 


He ſaid he had hd dine: 


though miſery ſhou'd be his doom; 
but that he was'd by no means con- 
ſent 


—— doen AUDIT IIS eas Aenean Ge 


CES 


ſent to my becoming a ſacrifice to a 


wretch, whom he was ſure I deteſted, 
though compaſſion for his ſufferings 
might incline me to ſo generous a 
propoſal, and that all he cou'd do in 
return, was with humility to reject 
the offer, and to rid me of his hated 
preſence, for that he never cou'd ſub- 
ſcribe to a falſhood, by faying he 


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cou d ſee me, and ceaſe to love. 


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He turned his head | "aſide, to hide 


the manly drops that filled his eyes, 
wiped them away, gazed on me for 


ing 825 me. 


an inſtant, gave a My 555 and bow- 


cannot deſcribe t le tuation of 


f my mind at that inſtant, tears luckily 
came to my relief, 


and when Miſs 


Harley came into my dreſſing room, 
1 PR more ike a forſaken, than 


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lieve me, my dear Lucy, I am per- 


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4 cruel miſtreſs. She triumphed in 
my diſtreſs, and ſneering ſaid, what 
are you always to weep for . 


T ſhall conblude this tedious letter, | 
with entreating that Mrs. Selwyn, Lady 
Deſmond and you, will exert your ut- 
moſt influence over Mr. Evelyn to pre- [1 
vail on him not to quit England, Be- 


fectly contented to remain where I 
am, the gay {ſcenes you deſcribe, have 
no charms for me, ,or if they had, 
much rather would I deprive myſelf 
of them, and even your loved ſociety, 
than rob you of your brother.—Adieu 
my dear, my chearful, happy friend ! 
long may you continue fo, fervently 
wiſhes, Fon e 


Jo HARLEY. 
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LADY JULIANA HARLEY. 


WHY furely fince the days' of 
- Caſſandra and Orondates, and ſuch 
other ny gentlemen and ladies of 
abſurd memory, there never was, and 
1 hope never will be, ſuch a pair of 
ridiculous novdles as Lady Juliana 
Harley and Charles Evelyn. 


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_ rl was like an April ſky; half cloud, half 
fi ſunſhine.—I could have laughed, but 
| | that I was vexed; and I could have 
cried, but that I was angry. | 
2 Fye Charles ! I hate your weep- 


ing men, yet I don't know why; 
their tears affect one more than thoſe 
of our own ſex. But what buſineſs | 
have I to reaſon about ſuch nonſenſe ? 
| 7 I am ſure it will never be in my power 15 
EL. to make Stanley cry, though I think 
I ſhould like mightily to ſee him 
pout firſt, and then blubber ; for he 
has not a good crying face, and 1 am 
8 certain I ſhould 9 at him. 


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f And ſo via 5 your app, for 
= what reaſon I cannot tell, does not 
happen to like my poor unfortunate 
1 ; brother, he, forſooth, muſt tranſport | 
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( 151 ) 


himſelf into ſome foreign country, 
and you muſt remain locked up with 


that ſpiteful old Sy bil, your fiſter-in- 
law, in your impenetrable fortreſs at 


Harley-hill.—Ridiculous ! as if there 
was not room enough for you and 
Charles Evelyn to dwell in this great 
city without ever meeting for twenty 
years endways ; and I'Il warrant you 
by that time, that if you ſhou'd chance 
to knock. your heads together, you 
will not tremble, nor he weep, un- 
leſs the concuſſion ſhould happen to 
| be violent indeed, | 


Thank you, Lady Juliana! you 
are vaſtly good indeed, to confeſs 
your paſſion for my poor dead bro- 
ther, in order to excuſe your cruelty 
to my poor living one. But I will 


not accept of ſuch cold confidence. 
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( 152 ) 

Tell me, thou little ſiy one! -who 
is the preſent poſſeſſor of your heart? 
or I ſhall certainly perſuade myſelf 
that it has been captivated by ſome 
| Yorkſhire {quire, that you are aſhamed 
of your choice, and therefore make A 
merit of | ? 


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1 ae in ſhades with him, and lovealone.” 4 


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1 like that idea well — anll E 
fancy I could be romantic if I would 
give myſelf time, but 1 en nor lei. 
ſure i edlale ga. 


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We have had rare doings at our 
: houſe. —A ſon and heir born to 
the noble family of the Selwyns ! 
and 


| a6 it, and ſet up+for myſelf. 


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and how do you think we have teſtified 
our joy upon this occaſion neither 


by dancing, ſinging, or any other act —; 


of feſtivity, I aſſure you; but by 
wearing out our knees, and my poor 
ſiſter's ſpirits, in praying by her bed- | 61 
. twice a-day at leaſt, 


But to abate my ſpirits upon this 
_ Joyful event, Lady Deſmond writes me 
word that Sir James does not chute to 
come to London this winter, and ſhe, 


| like a gentle turtle as ſhe is, prefers 


the leafleſs woods of Delville with her 
Caro Spoſo, to all the delights of this 
gay city without him !—By the way 
their houſe has been aired and ready 
to receive them this month paſt, I 
| have a great mind to take poſſeſhon - 
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don't do that, I muſt abſolutely marry 
Stanley, that I may be able to a go a 


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little into the world, for I am quite 
weary of waiting for a chaperon. 


Well! if I do marry, I will ſhew 
you all the difference; my whole 
time ſhall be ſpent in matronizing 
young ladies, unmarried ones I mean. 
Poor things, they are much to. be 
pitied ; for even a damſel of three- 
ſcore, who has never had an huſband, 
muſt not venture into a public place, 
unleſs ſhe can perſuade ſome good- 
- natur'd married girl, who might per- 
haps be her grand-daughter, to let 
her tag after her. 


Poor Charles! I will beg of him 
when I fee him not to tranſport him- 
ſelf ; but tranſportation 1s better than 
hanging, and I think, as a deſpairing 
lover, he is bound in honour to do 


ſomething of that ſort. 3 
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[ Oe more I intreat you, if you 
have eith er love or regard for me, to 
leave your muſty caſtle, and come 

| 2 us; I have a very particular 

reaſon for deſiring it; Stanley has 
got a verdict in his favour, he grows 
importunate, I fear I muſt yield : like 
all bullies, I feel myſelf a coward, and 
ſhall never be able to keep up my ſpi- 
rits on the tremendous occafion, if yu 
7 do not lend your aſſiſtance. The x 
1 very idea has ſunk me to the centre. 
5 I can no more, but n, 


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CHARLES EV ELIN 


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My dear Charts. 

1 HAVE received both your Tet- 

ters, and am fincerely concerned for 

the very Uiſagreeable fituation you are 
in. 


ih regard to Williams 8 acci- 
dent, you are by no means account- 
able for it. But had your hand. 
directed the bullets which were lodged | 


in mY fide, after reading Nancy Wel. 
. ton” 1 


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ton's ſtory, | 1 mould not only have 
acquitted, but applauded you, for »6 
| ridding the world of ſuch a monſter. 
| But as 1 think his blood wor'd 
ſtain any hands but thoſe of an execu- 
|  tioner, Tam glad he has done juſtice 
on himſelf; particularly as our legiſ- ; 
| ature have not aſſigned a puniſhment | 
for crimes like his, tho' to the f *. 
as fatal in their conſequences, as any 


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extremely moved, whilſt I peruſe 
your little novel, ſuch wou'd J fain 
think it, for the honour of human 
nature, But facts areftubborn things, 
and I muſt, tho” unwillingly, bind 

to be ranked of the fame ſpecies, 

with a villain who cou'd firſt rob his 
wife, and then leave wy and his 7 
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Though I wou'd by no means have 

| adviſed your purſuing Lady Juliana 
to her retreat, I congratulate you on 
the concluſion of your romance ; for 
ſurely my friend will now exert bim- 
ſelf to conquer a paſſion, which he 
muſt own it wou'd be, the height of 
folly to indulge any further. 


My Lucy, for proudly do I now 
look up to a poſſeſſion of that title, 
dearer far than crowns, has received a 
long letter from your cruel fair- one; 
as yet, ſhe keeps the contents of it 
„ ſecret, but as I hope the day is. not 
far off, when we ſhall be but one, I 
may poſſibly be acquainted with the 
particulars of your interview, without 
putting you to the pain of relating 
them; and believe me, Charles, the 
leſs you think, talk, or write, upon 


this ſubject, the better. We all help 
to 


N. 159 95 | . 
to en grave our misfortun es on our 
hearts, by bearing them conſtantly in «© 
mind, and recurring back to them 
| daily, as if we were incapable of turn- 
ing our r thoughts t to 0 her ſub- 
E 


The report of Williams's acci- 
dent has not yet made its way into 
Clarges- ſtreet, and you may aſſure 
yourſelf I ſhall not be the firſt to pro- 
mulgate the intelligence for many and 
good reaſons.— Heavens how would 
Selwyn preach, and how terrified 
| would your ſiſters be The few per- 
ſons I have heard mention the affair, nh 
have been candid enough to ſuppoſe 
that the piſtot went off by accident, 
but they all believe, that jealouſy of 
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Fear not my friendſhip, Charles, 
upon this, or any other occaſion, tho' 
4 both hope and believe this is the 


only one, I ſhall ever have to prove 


it. Vou know I allow but two teſts 
of this generous affection, the not 


hearing one's friend abuſed, and the 


ſharing one's purſe with him.—You 
muſt be a ſpendthrift indeed, if you 


ſhou'd ever have recourſe to mine, —- 


Yet, I have ſome apprehenſions of 
your exhauſting your own, if you 


continue to ſupply Sir James Deſ- 
mond's neceſſities, which I hear and 


fear to be very great. There are no 


limits to a gameſter's wants, or a mi- 
ſer's wiſhes, and prudence ſhould: 
reſtrain us from caſting wealth into a 


bottomleſs pit. 


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If you did WE pr heart to- 


be as generous as your own, I would 


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not venture to ſpeak thus freely, but 

the large drafts you have lately made 
in favour of Sir James Deſmond, have 
alarmed my friendſhip ſo far, as to 

LEE make me with to awaken your diſcre- 

tion. | 


I ſuppoſe that Sewell is come to 

follow his laudable vocation at Bath, 

| as there was nothing left for him to 

prey upon at Delville— I cannot | 

help it Charles, bur I deteſt that 
man. 

I give you joy, my friend, of my 
ſucceſs ; ; I have obtained a verdict, 
and ſhall immediately be put into poſ- 
ſeſſion of a fortune ſufficient to gratify 
every honeſt with of the human heart. 
—May my Lucy add value to its 
worth, by deigning to accept the full 

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"Bath, | 


MY ſpirits have hows kept i in ſo con- 
ſtant an agitation for ſome time paſt, 
by the diſagreeable ſcenes I have been 
engaged in, that I know not whether 
I have recollection ſufficient to de- 
ſcribe them to you However I will 
ſtrive to methodize my thoughts, and 
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derne by recurring back to my inter- 
view with Miſs Harriſon. 


I found her pale, trembling, and in 
tears, —As I entered the room, ſhe 
cried out, O Sir! what! is become of 
Captain Williams? 


In as few worls 3 poſſible I related 
to her the cauſe of the unhappy acci- 
dent that happened at my lodgings, 
and when I mentioned his marriage 
with Nancy Weſton, ſhe fell upon her 
knees, and exclaimed—Great Author 
of all good ! accept my thanks, and 
withdraw not thy protecting provi- 
dence from the being thou haſt ſaved 
from the complicated miſery of add- 
ing guilt to the ſinner's ſoul, and ſor- 
row to the wretched and innocent ſuf- 
ferer his day, Sir, I was to have | 
Wen made his wife, by ſach another 


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marriage, 1 n as was his firſt.— 

The chaiſe now waits within an hun- 
dred yards that was to have carried my 

wa | maid and me to Briftol, where he was 
N | to have met us with a clergyman, a 
| | * friend of his, who, as we were both of 

5 age, would have diſpenſed with what 
f | he called the unneceſlary formality of 
[0062 licence, and married us in- private. | 


J moſt ſincerely congratulated this 


_ amiable girl upon the providential. 
_ eſcape ſhe had met with, in not be- 
ing united to Captain Williams; even, 


though his intentions. towards her 
might have been ſtrictly honourable, 


if that were poſſible in his preſent. cir- 


cumſtances, and which, without want 


of charity, 1 think I may e 


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( 166 ) 


She appeared extremely affected at 

' Mrs. Williams's diſtreſs, ſaid ſhe 
hoped her huſband would recover to 

do juſtice to her merit, and reward her 
ſufferings, but that ſhe never would 

upon any account ſee him more, for 
ſhe could not help owning that ſhe 

had loved him ' tenderly. —She talked 
of quitting Bath immediately.—As a 

friend, I took the liberty of oppoſing 
her intention, and adviſed her not 

only to remain where ſhe was, but to 
appear as little affected as poſſible at 

the misfortune that had befallen her 

worthleſs lover.—She thanked me for 

my advice, and promiſed to follow it as 

far as the $05 1 ble. | 


V The Wwe * ielt Miſs Harriſon, 
I ſet off in purſuit of my deſtiny.— 
you know it Stanley,—Fear not that 


I _ ever attempt to deſcribe the 
ſcene 


(467 5 


1H ths th at paſſed de Lady Juliana | 
and me. No words will ever be able 
to expreſs my feelings, nor no time 
do eraſe them from my heart. Vet 

let me boaſt her tenderneſs, and tell 
you, that ſhe wept for your unhappy 
friend tears da not flow from ha- 
tred, — angels tears are tears of pity. 
Whilſt I have life I will cheriſh 
the fond remembrance of her gentle 


7 ſorrow. Do not chide me Stanley. 


The only glimpſe I have of happineſs | 
1 che ng certain, that ſhe does 1 


At my ane hither, I found Wil- 
liams in a very dangerous ſtate, the 
ſurgeons had extracted but one of the 
| balls, and he wou'd not ſuffer. them 
to proceed any farther, till 1 was pre- 
ſent, as he ſeemed to be perſuaded 
im he ould: die in the operation, 

I went 


3 168 ) 


J went ** to his bedüide, he 
was in a high fever, but perfectly in 
his ſenſes, and his countenance ex- 
preſſive of the extremeſt/anguiſh.— 
- He took me by the hand, and ſaid, 
Can you forgive the anxiety I have 
coſt; you, and look with compaſſion 
on a wretch who is now expiating 
his crimes by the ſevereſt torments. 


I aſſured him, that I fincerely 
lamented the accident that had re- 
duced him to ſuch | a ſituation, and 
moſt truly compaſſionated his ſuffer- 
ings, but that I thought they might 
be relieved, if he wou'd ſuffer. the 
ſurgeons to perform the neceſlary,ope- 
ration of extracting the other ball.— 
He anſwered, No they cannot eaſe 
my pains that wretched. woman. — 
But I own myſelf accountable for all 


bexicrianes, and they fit heavy at my 
bear. 


4 
biete was innocent when I met 
with her, —and is ſo ſtill; upon my 
honour.— I replied, her ſufferings are 
all you have to anſwer for, and 
they, indeed, have been gx eat. 


But were I now even at the point of ; 


death, I wou'd atteſt her innocence | 
with my lateſt words.—I have known 
al her miſeries, but by all that is 
ſacred, ſhe is free from guilt of any - 
kind. —He wept aloud—and with dif- 
fculty articulated—then I am full a 


 greatet villas 1 


IL told him I rejoiced .i in We contri- 5 
tion, as he yet had it in his power in 
ſome meaſure to atone the crimes 
he had committed; by doing juſlice 
to his unhappy wife. He remained 
filent for ſome time, then groaned 
moſt heavily, and faid iet me ſee 
her — but can ſhe bear the fight af 

Aer „ 11 him 


17 


him who would have murdered her? 


T caught the piſtol up with an intent 


to kill her. But Providence directed 
the wound to my own guilty heart — 
But all my crimes will be atoned by 


4 death,. for never ſhall this bullet 


leave my ſide.— I do not wiſh to live, 
life wou'd be hateful to me. Miſs 
Harriſon ! I have injured her to0— 
believe me, ſhe is a virtuous woman, 
Evelyn. - ; 


I replied, I do believe it moſt 
ſincerely.—But do not wander from 
your preſent purpoſe. Your mind 
will be much eafier, when you have 
ſeen your wife. He gazed upon me 
with a piercing look, and ſaid, you 
are a man of honour, and cou'd not 
be ſo baſe as to deceive a dying man. 
You ſay my wife is guiltleſs, free 
from ſtain.— Then let her come, and 
Faden 


! . 

| pardon her cruel huſband.— I repeated 

every ſolemn aſſurance that I could 

give him of her blameleſs conduct, 

with which he ſeemed perfectly ſatis- 
fied, and I went to We her to his 
bed. ſide. | | 


iS Fon: her in the dining-room 
fiom whence ſhe had ſcarcely ſtirred, 
from the time I left her, In her ſitua- 
tion it was impoſſible her mind cou'd 
feel repoſe, or her body reſt. She 
| appeared to me even a more melan- 
choly object, than when I met her in 
the Park; her eyes were ſwoln with 
tears, and her face pale and ema- 
ciated. When I told her that her 
huſband deſired to ſee her, ſhe ſaid 
it was impoſſible, ſhe dared not, 
cou'd not look upon the man ſhe 
had murdered, nor cou'd ſhe ever 
| more know peace or comfort. 


bz : With 


83 — 


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With much difficulty I ig 


5 d own her groundleſs apprehenſions, 


of having cauſed his death, and led, 


or rather ſupported her trembling fee- 


ble frame to his bed- ſide; ſhe dropped 
upon her knees, and I retired quick 
from a ſcene that was by much too 
intereſting for my: erregt. ſtate of 
mind. 1 5 b 

fa. oat an hour's time he ſent 
for me ; he appeared much more com- 
poſed than when I left him, but 


ſtill in extreme agony, —He begged 
4 would conſult his ſurgeon, and let 


him know his real ſtate, for he had 
much to do, and he believed but A very 


ſhort ſpace to get it done, He pro- 
miſed to ſubmit to any operation that 


ſhou'd he. thought neceſſary to ſave 


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times ber the gleam of peace which 1 ä 
had eien to tis torn mind. FR 


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tation of all the phyſical people of 


eminence at Bath, but they wou'd not 


venture to pronounce, with any degree 


of certainty, till a further experi- 


ment had been made to Tome at the 


ball, 


4 dad him with their opi- 
nions, and begged of him to let the 
trial be inſtantly made, but he pe- 
remptorily refuſed to ſubmit to it, till 
twelve o'clock to-morrow, as he ſaid 
he had ſtill more important affairs to 


execute than that. He deſired a pro- 


per perſon might be ſent for to draw 
his will, and entreated me to obtain a 


licence, and ' get a clergyman to marry 
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him in due form, at nine o'clock to- 
morrow morning, to his preſent no- 


minal. wife, He alſo moſt earneſtly 
requeſted me to wait upon Miſs Har- 
riſon, and implore her forgiveneſs of 
an unhappy dying man, who never 
cou d * himſelf. 


| Need I tell you that I have been 

ſtrongly affected with Williams's con- 
trition? I moſt fincerely pray that he 
may live to enjoy the fruits of his re- 


pentance, and by his future conduct, 


obliterate his paſt.—I have obeyed all 
his commands, and am at- preſent ſo 
compleatly harraſſed both in mind and 
body, that I muſt decline entering 
into the particulars of your letter, 
till another Wen 


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marriage, and at the dreſſing of his 


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WILLIAM STANLEY, 


IT is all over with poor Williams ! 
A mortification had begun ſome hours 
pefore the time that his ſurgeons were 
appointed. He was ſenfible of his 
ſituation by the perfect eaſe he en- 
joyed, and intreated their humanity 
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ſpent the Few hours that were allotted 
him in imploring the forgiveneſs of 
heaven, and his injured wife.—He has 
| bequeathed four hundred pounds a 

1 year t to Mrs. Williams, for now ſhe is 
entitled to that name, according to all 

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[|| t& be enamelled the word Beware—- 
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as, * 
Taaid by bim the whole "OP and iſh 
and about four o'clock this morning 
he expired, —I will not pain you or my- 
ſelf with a deſcription of his melancholy . 
exit, ] do not think his widow will 
turvive him long.—Tho' he has ac- 
quitted me in the fulleſt and handſomeſt 
manner rags ſs death, 1 am i adviſed 


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do take my trial at the enſuing aſſizes, 
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ble to a proſecution, which may, at 
ſome time or other, be commenced 
againſt me from malice. —I muſt! de- 
fire you will conſult the ableſt lawyers 
in London upon this occafion, and let 
. me have their opinions. My mind 
is oppreſſed with an uncommon gloom 
—death is a tremendous ſubject of 
contemplation, when we view it near 
—ſeen in perſpective only, we caſt a 
trranſient glance, and turn our eyes 
: away, Perhaps it would diſrobe the 
ſpectre of his terrors, were we to look 
more frequently and en ufer 
| 1c. wind 55 
But theſe reflections are out of ſea- 
| lon to a joyful heart ; ; long may it be 
before one pang of ſorrow ſhall find 
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CHARLES E VEL XI N. 


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W MY deareſt Charles, I have read 
# in ſome good author, that generoſity 
and gratitude are twins, who have ne- 
ver been feparated, but always ſubſiſt 
in the ſame heart. In yours, then, 
my brother, you will find the ſenti- 
ments of mine; ſentiments which can 
only be felt, but never expreſſed: "or 
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if they could, the ſenſation would ſtill 


remain as unintelligible to the bulk 
of human-kind as 1 2 of a fixth 
ſenſe, 


You will da bu une ain 
1 tell you that T have ſhed more tears 
this laſt week, than I have eee 
months before. | ot "1 5 KNent 3 


4 But joy has its tears as excl. as 1. 


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. | * And mine ee of joy. 


'T 3 1 0 no Ending; tho 
tranſport of conferring; happineſs on 
thoſe we love, without that kind re- 
lief,—Surely, my brother, vou muſt 
have wept yourſelf when you made 


a happy. Ni fon i491 9:1 


| | think myſelf. much chlieed. to 
Mr. Sewell for. Ms r he made 
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from Bath to Delville with your bills. 
Every thing here now wears a chearful 
| aſpect ; and * fancy as I look upon | 
the lawn, that it has acquired a 
brighter verdure than it uſed to wear, 
But though | 
this idea may be imaginary,- I am 
certain that my beloved Sir James has 
caſt away the gloom that hung upon 
his brow, and the ſoft ſmiles of ſweet 
content how reign triumphant there. 
I think he was even more oppreſſed 


even in the ſpring.— 


with gratitude than me, when I deli- 


vered your generous gift into his 
| hands, He is gone to London to ful- 
fil the uy for which it was de- 


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We mall now have no more credi- 
tors, for ſure I am that he will never 


more involve himſelf by play.— Tho“ 
at this time 1 could not A myſelf 


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to hint even the moſt diſtant deſire he 
mould relinquiſh it; but well nge 
Enows how ardently I wiſh he ſhould, 

and as he loves me with the utmoſt 


| renderneſs, I cannot doubt his giving 
| me this Nr of his en | 


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Mr. Sewell is TY Sir James 
to London, and I am to follow in a 
fortnight. Sir James thinks our 
| houſe cannot be ſufficiently aired | in 
leſs time, and would not have me, or 
| our dear little Fanny, run the hazard 
of catching cold.—TI have a thouſand 
apprehenfions about his health, and 
earneftly wiſh that he could have been 
content to _ the winter here as ** 
had mae # N 


— 


| Mr. Sewell bas informed me that | 
s you had paid a viſit to Lady Juliana : 
Harley; he could not tell me what 
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was the reſult, though I gueſs, it but 
too well, from his ſaying that you ap- 
peared. dejected at your return 


Why will you court unhappineſs by 
purſuing perhaps . the, only, woman 
within your ſphere of life, that would 


1-6 ron N > Bleſt as you are with 
you, add to wht t00 numerous as proafs, 
that gene is not e * 
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Fe orgive me, Eharles, this. file 9 op- . 


poſition. to your on ly jirratipnal, pur-, 


ſuit. Few \are the perſons, . even 
amongſt the 125 within whoſe reach 


felicity ſeems placed; all muſt de- 


ſerve before they can obtain, it, but, 


3 


even then we ſometimes caſt it from 
us, and like Ixion, graſp a cloud. 
May you, reverſe the fable, and long 


enjoy What you ſo welldeſerve !. (My. 


WF Fanny' 8 playful fondneſs will 


not 
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| ( 185 ) 

not ſuffer ine longer to indulge in 

6094 expreſſing the ardent wiſhes of my 
heart, for my loved friend and bro- 
ther, but from that ſource they ſhall 
for ever flow to the Great Fountain 

| of all good, to my PO: and 
609 guide) you ! ! 


— 


Your grateful, 


k. DESMOND. 


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LETTER XXV. 


CHARLES EVELY N, 
T0. 
LADY DESMOND. 


I SINCERELY wiſh that my 


dear Emma's nerves were a little 


ſtronger, for though I confeſs myſelf 


extremely pleaſed with the tenderneſs 


of your letter, I for your ſake, lament 
the ſenfibility which dictated it.. 


This is not a world for delicate minds 


04 be 4rd 8 . 


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Nor peace, nor eaſe, that heart carl know 
* That like the needle true, 
Turns at the touch of joy or woe, 
«© But turning, trembles too.” 


There never was a ſentiment more 

elegantly expreſſed.— I would rather 
have been the author of that fingle 
6 ſtanza, than of a dozen volumes of 


Wl poetry; nay, and of good poetry too. 


But why, my Emma, will you diſtreſs 
me by talking of gratitude ? Of what 
value is wealth if it does not enable us 
to purchaſe bappineſs ? and to diffuſe 
is to enjoy it; the greateſt miſer upon 
cearth cannot confine his poſſeſſions 

ſolely to himſelf, nor can the moſt lux - 
urious man chat lives, appropriate to 
his own. uſe the tithe, of. what he diſ- 
ſipates,—He who beſtows, preſerves 
his property ; a gift once made cannot 


be leſſened; it is a fund eſtabliſhed in 
a grateful 


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But holding riches lightly as I 


do, 1 would not wiſn that mine 


ſhould flit away on the groſs Pinions 


of Folly or of Vice: T therefore intreat 


you to exert alf the influence y you 
Have over your beloved Sir James, to 

prevail on him to conquer a paſſion 
that muſt come under one or other of 
thoſe dendininations,—Y ou muſt Know 


| that I mean his love of Play. 


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N I 1 of Jour Miley in 


not mentioning the ſubje&; at a time 


when it might have apf 4 J like 
making conditions for. what he thought 
a favour; and indeed I ſhould be bet- 


ter pleaſed, if he were voluntarily to 


renounce gaming, than if he facri-- 


( 189. ) 
| ficed his inclination even to your le- 


HE 7 Mit stks iets vile 1 5 
Fe of b ad 1 ho 
at Delville, a Mr. Simpſon, has I 
hear loſt large ſums of money here. 
I am glad Sir James is not near 


enough to aſſiſt in repairing his lofles. 


I think Mr. Sewell a worthy, and 


I may add, a ſenſible man, as he has 
had prudence enough to relinquiſh 
gaming. He profeſſes the ſincereſt 
regard for both you and your huſband. 
However I think T have a little rea- 

ſon to chide, | that he ſhoy'd inform 

me of Sir James's difficulties. -Was 
he more orthy of my — con- 
idence than 1 ? 


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hearts | 
: apprehenfive that you are likely to 
forget that part of your anatomy, 


nite ſervice to you. The generality | 


of public entertainments which are 


frequented by perſons. of rank, are 
calculated entirely to amuſe the ſenſes ; 


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| will not be much out of your road, 
and if we do not meet here, it may be 
weh long before we do. 


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of my unhappy paſſion ; it is the oni 
ſubject on which I would not liſten to -Þ 
my Emma's advice. But remember, 

my fiſter—** They never knew to 

love, that knew to change ; * and be 

aſſured, that no other woman can ever 

make the ſlighteſt impreſſion upon 

the heart of your fincerely affec- 


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has been very near ſlipping through | 
our hands, and that at the very time 
when he is beſt worth our holding ! 
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But to S this Ay. We 
were all in a doleful way, when you, 
like a falſe friend, left us at Delville. 
Not a ſhilling to be raiſed, not- a 
ſtake left unmortgaged but my lady 8 
jointure, and the baronet ſwore he 
_ would periſh rather than rob his wife. 
The intended journey to London was 
entirely laid afide, and they were to 
paſs the winter ſolus cum ſola. He 
grew grave and peeviſh ; ſhe retained 
her uſual gentle chearfulneſs : upon 
my ſoul, Jack, ſhe is a very amiable 
woman, and I am really glad we did 
not meddle with the jointure; parti- 

Vor. . cularly 


( 194 2 


cularly, as we can now do. very well 
without it. 


It was impoſſible for me to think 
of remaining in ſuch a dull ſcene, 
where I knew there was nothing to be 

TT od 
got, ſo I made a few wry faces at ta- 
ble, talked of a flying gout, and ſet 
cout to drink the Bath water, which, 


like the Iriſh uſquebaugh, has always 


a little gold floating in it, which may 
be eafily extracted by ſuch i n 
| chymiſis as you and 1 


— 


To my aint I one of the firſt per- 
ſons I met with there, was the ed 
and ſenſible Mr. Charles Evelyn. 
I had, you know, ingratiated myſelf 
into his good opinion at Delville, by 
adviſing Sir James Deſmond againſt 
play, and I reſolved to ſtrengthen his 
ee by declaring that J had 
entirely 


pented of.— 
Lady Deſmond's virtues, and ſwore 
that Sir James and ſhe would be the 


( 195 ) 


entirely left it off myſelf, —That was 


a ſtroke beyond you, Simpſon.— I was 
fortunate enough to be able to .ac- 
quapt him with the place of his Dul- 
cinea's retreat, which he conſidered as 

a real obligation.— There has not been 


ſuch a Quixote in England theſe 


fifty years. — Before he ſet out on his 
wildgooſe chaſe, I took occaſion to 
mention the diſtreſſed fituation of the 
Deſmond family, but under the ſea] 
of ſecrecy, as I told him TI knew. the 
baronet's pride would. never ſuffer him 
to reveal the conſequences | .of that 
miſconduct, he now ſo fincerely re- 
I talked in raptures of 


happieſt couple on earth if their cir- 
cumſtances were tolerably eaſy — The 


[1 gudgeon bit, and immediately aſked | 
me what ſum J thought would relieve 


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I hefitated to pronounce, but upon 
being preſſed, ſaid I imagined four or 
five thouſand pounds would diſcharge 
all his impatient creditors, though I 
well knew that thrice that ſum would 
not e him. 


1 he idiot Evelyn, w whom I ſuppoſe. 
to be as rich as the Great Mogul, ſat 
down directly and drew drafts for fix 
thouſand | pounds in favour of Sir 


James Deſmond, and as ſoon as they 


returned accepted, conſigned them to 


my friendly care, to be delivered into 


the hands of his fair ſiſter.— And am I 


not a friend, indeed! for I don't ex- 
pect above half this ſum to roll into 
your pocket, or mine? 


Both Sir James and Lady Deſmond 
were ſtrongly affected at this proof of 
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Evelyn's generoſity ; and the former 
was very near making a vow never 
to play again, I trembled- leſt his 
wife ſhould have ſtrengthened his 
| wavering reſolution, by making it her 
requeſt ; but if ſhe had, I would have 
laid five to three againſt any promiſe 
that Sir James could make; for a 
man may as eaſily be cured of the hy- 
drophobia, as of an itch for gaming. 
_ —AlI I feared was, that he might get 
into other hands, and therefore wrote 
to you to meet and accompany us to 
London; for to be ſure if he was not an 
. epregious gull, he muſt be ſurprized 
at our conflant good luck. 1 


I contrived, as I wrote you word, 
that we ſhould lye at Saliſpury. After 
ſupper, the baronet ſeemed penſive, E 


pufhed about the bottle, and expected 


he would call for cards, but he yawned, 
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and talked of going to bed. — On which 
I ſtept out of the room, and returned 
in a moment with a box and dice, .and 
propoſed taking a caſt or two, merely 
to amuſe the time, for filver.——He 
could not refift the dear temptation, 
and that jilt fortune, and my own 
negligence, in not having a die in my 
pocket, turned againſt me, and I loſt 
an hundred guineas.—But tant mieux, 
ſay I, 'tis a geod bait, and will catch 
thouſands. The baronet exulted vio- 
tently, as all thoſe fellows do that are 


not uſed to win. I congratulated him 


on the change of his luck, ſaid For- 
tune was certainly weary of perſecu- 
ting him, and that it was bighly pro- 
bable he would now recover all his 
former loſſes. He ſmiled at the idea, 
and went to bed in high ſpirits. 


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( 199 ) 
We did not” get to town till late 
laſt night, and then parted ; this day 
he dines with his brother-in-law Sel- 
wyn, and has defired me to meet him 
in the evening at his own houſe. 
I have accepted the invitation, and 
ſhall go properly prepared. In my 
next I hope to give you a good ac- 
count of him, or his money, which is 
a much better thing.—1 am ſorry you 


are not here; we mult ſtrike while the 
iron is hot, and reſcue his dear gui- 
neas from falling into the hands of 
c odious vulgar tradeſmen,” as Lady 
 Townley ſays. | 


I hope you are ſucceſsful at Bath, 


though there is danger there of meet- 
ing with your match; and give me 
leave to ſay, you are not qualified for 
ſuch an encounter: you loſe your 


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LADY JULIANA HARLEY, 


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MISS EVE L VN. 


Fes, my Lucy! I will haſten to 
your relief, or rather to my own 


Maſs Harley's ill temper has rendered 
this place ſo hateful to me, that F can 
no longer abide in't. 


Surely there is a fatality that at- 


tends the meeting of an Evelyn and an 


Harley. From the moment that 


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treated me with the utmoſt afperity. 

 —She ſays ſhe is certain that the whole 
race of Evelyns are idiots, or that I 
muſt have given them philtres. But 
it is they, not me, who have the art of 
faſcination, for this poor lady is be- 
come enamoured by a ſingle glance 
of your brother. — Perhaps the ſudden 
fright mne received from the ſtrong re- 
ſemblance between him and the la- 
mented Henry, has occaſioned this ex- 
traordinary prepoſſeſſion; though 
love is by no means the offspring of 
fear. But no matter for the cauſe, the 
effects have been dreadful to me, and 
I am reſolved to withdraw myſelf from 
them as quickly as poſfible. 


Heaven knows that this poor fink- 
ing heart of mine needs not to have 
its ſorrows aggravated. Tis true, 
my Lucy, that your brother and I are 

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not under an abſolute neceſlity of 
meeting, yet ſurely unleſs he or I re- 
linquiſh the enjoyment of your ſociety, 
we cannot well avoid it. Juſtice and 


reaſon ordain that I ſhould make the 


facrifice; and what a deſart will Lon- 
don be to me deprived of your ſweet 


| converſe 2 


On the approaching, I hope, happy 
event of your changing your name 
O name, for ever ſad, for ever 


| * dear!“ — 1 beg if Mr. Evelyn 
fhould bell in London, that his pre- 
ſence may be conſidered as more eſſen- 

| tial on that occaſiom than mine. My 
Lucy does. but jeſt when ſhe talks of 
terrors at giving her hand where ſhe 
has long ſince beſtowed: her heart. 
120 hough I will allow that even thus. 


bappily eircumſtanced, there is ſome- 
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( 204 ) , 


thing extremely awful in the marriage 
contract, to a ſenſible and delicate 
mind. I have often wondered, where 
thoſe very young ladies, who elope 
from their families and friends, have 
found reſolution ſufficient to ſupport 
themſelves thro' that ſolemn cere- 
mony. But think what ſhe endures, 
who is compelled to make a * Joyleſs, 
loveleſs vow !” 


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1 purpoſe being in London, by this 


day fortnight, but let me conjure you 


not to delay Mr. Stanley's happineſs, 
upon my account; your fiſter Sel- 
wyn, whom I ſincerely congratulate, 
will ſupport your ſpirits, and to ſay 
truth, my Lucy, I wou'd rather be 
excuſed from being prefent at a cere- 
mony, where love, hope and joy 
ſhou'd fill each chearful heart ,—Theſe 


charming ſenſations have, alas ! been 
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long baniſhed from mine, and the 
| only pleaſing one which now inhabits. . 
there, is the debe. regard with 


which, 


I am moſt truly yours, 


J. HARLEY. 


LETTER 


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LETTER XXVII. 


MI'SS E VE I I M, 


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LADY JULIANA HARLEY. 


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THANK you, my good Miſs 


Harley, with all my heart, for hav- 

ing been able to effect, by the pure 

dint of a diabolical diſpoſition, what 

all the earneſt entreaties of Lady Ju- 

hana's favourite friend, had ſolicited in 

vain. Old adages have always been 
* highly eſteemed by me, for, I firmly 
believe our anceſtors were wiſer than 

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* the preſent generation, and the needs 
muſt, I ſhall henceforth look upon 
as an oracular truth—] aſk ten thou- 
fand pardons, thou departed ſpirit of 
Cheſterfield, for having ventured to 
quote an old proverb againſt your 
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1 am aclighted at the idea of 
Miſs Harley's falling in love by a 
coup dil, and ſhall certainly con- 
gratulate Charles on his conqueſt. 
Dry wood is more apt to take fire, 
than when 'tis green, we all know, 


but why the deuce came Miſs Touch- 


7v00d, to make ſuch a ſmoke and 
pother AI never knew but one per- 
| fon, befides Miſs Harley, whoſe tem- 
per was not ſoftened by love; ſhe 
5 | poor dear was a middle-aged Lady 
alſo, and the fonder ſhe grew of her 
lover, the more ſpiteful ſhe became to 
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all the reſt of the world. But vari- 

ous are the effects of the ſame diſeaſe, 
7 upon the human body, and as various 

are the effects of the ſelf-ſame paſſion 
vpon the human mind. —I think that 
laſt a good pretty philoſophical fort 

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And ſo, my dear Lady, you are 

- pleaſed to ſay, that I do but jeſt, 
when I talk of terrors in regard to a 
certain event, and in the very next 
line you kindly allow, that there is 
ſomething very awful in a marriage con- 
tract, to a ſenſible and delicate mind. 


Thank you, my ſweet. friend, for 
this obliging inuendo ;—but I am not 
in a humour to. quarrel, and' the only 
revenge I defire to take, for this fly 
hint, is to infiſt upon your being pre- 
ſent at my nuptials, f I think that ſounds 
better than wedding, and conveys a 


( 209 ) 


more dignified Alea * the folemn 
ceremony. To be ſerious for I am 
| not merry, though _ | 


| 1 do beguile the thing I am, 


6 With 1 otherwiſe,” 


I feel that there is cotbeching very 
tremendous in uniting our fate, with 
that of a perſon whoſe temper and 
ſentiments it is impoſſible we ſhould 
be thoroughly acquainted with, and 
becoming as it were, dependent upon 
another for our temporal and eter- 
nal happineſs. —For I agree with Dr. 
Tillotſon, « That an unhappy mar- 
riage is a leſſer Hell, in paſſage to 
the greater,” — g 


I tremble whilſt J write this ſen- 


tence; yet wherefore ſhou'd I be 


ſo much alarmed ! 9 Stanley iS gene- 
rous and humane, and ſhou'd he even 
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ceaſe to love me,—ſhocking thought, 
I will not dwell upon the gloomy 
ſubject. Now for the other end of 

the perſpective.—We have got the 
prettieſt houſe imaginable, very near 
Berkeley-ſquare, not far from my ſiſter 
Selwyn's, and in the ſame ſtreet with 
Emma. — Apropos, Sir James Deſ- 
mond is come to town, and her lady- 
ſhip is expected in a few days; he 


ſeems in high ſpirits, which J rejoice 


at, becauſe I know my ſiſter's gentle 
nerves are always in ſtrict uniſon with 
his.—I ſhould be glad to know, if ſhe 
is very happy.—lt ſhe is not, Lord 
have mercy upon me! for I never 


ſhall make half ſo good a wife, and. 
yet J affure you Iam reſolved to be as 
good as I Wer can. 


I did not intend to write above fix 
lines, when I took up the pen, and 
ey. were meant to tell you, 

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That I vow and declare, | . 
And, ſtill more, I ſwear, | 
That while in the country you tarry, 
I may laugh, jeſt, or ſing, 
if Or do any odd thing, 
But depend on it, I will not marry. 


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There's an extempore for you. We 
have a great deal of company to dine, 
and I muſt dreſs. 


| Your ladyſhip's moſt humble, | 
LUCY EVELYN. 


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WILLIAM STANLEY, 
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CHARLES EVELY N. 


I BY no means wonder at the op- 


preſſion of ſpirits you ſeemed to labour 


under, when you laſt wrote to me.— 
Such a ſucceſſion of melancholy ſcenes 


wou'd unſtring the nerves of an Her- 
cules.—I know not how to ſay I am 
ſorry for Williams, and yet I feel 


ſomething like concern for his death, 
mixed with a fear, that if he had 
lied 


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erg, he wou'd have relapſed into 
his former errors. To conquer habi- 
tual vice is a more than Herculean 
labour, it requires ſtrength of mind 
and perſeverance, qualities which are 
ſeldom to be met with in 2 vicious 
perſon— for all kinds of baſeneſs ener- 
vates the ſoul, and render it averſe 
from pain or difficulty. But peace be 
| 2 his aſhes, and may his widow 
live to enjoy content, if not felicity. 


I have conſulted ſome of our ableſt 
Tai and they agree in deſiring 
you ſhould take your trial at the en- 
| ra aſſizes; but I hope neither this, 
or any other buſineſs, will prevent 
| your being a witneſs and partaker of 
my happineſs, in receiving the com- 
pletion of my every wiſh, from my 
dear LO s hand. 


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The long deſired day is at length 
fixed for the eighteenth of next month. 
By that time, Lady Deſmond and 
Lady Juliana Harley will both be in 
London, and my Lucy ſays, will both 
be preſent at what ſhe calls the aw- 
ful . 1 


After this hint, I think I need not 
preſs your coming; but let me intreat 
you, my dear Charles, upon this occa- 
fion, to caft off glooms and * 
bles— 


4 For if looking well wo'nt move her, 
„Looking ill will ne' er prevail ?““ 


It is a general remark, that grave la- 
dies like ſprightly men. Contraſts 
oftener create affection than ſimilari- 
ty in manners only, I mean: — for 
there muſt be a ſympathy of ſentiment 
to form a perfect love.. Her taſte 

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( 215 |) 


ce. was bis own,“ is one of the very beſt 


reaſons for a real attachment, that I 
Know of. 


I write in haſte, for I reſent the loſs 
of every moment which I do not en- 
joy in my Lucy's company.—My car- 
riage waits to convey me to Clarges- 
ſtreet, you will therefore, I hope, 
| forgiye this abrupt adieu. 


W. STAN LEY. 


LETTER 


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4 NO, Stanley! no, my friend! 1 
will not damp your joys; nor gloom, |. 
nor ' ſorrow, ſhall obtrude on your 1 
feſtivity— I never ſhall put on 
a wedding garment, and therefore 
” will not be a gueſt at yours. Vet 
$B ſhall my heart moſt truly ſympathize 
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in my friend's happineſs, nor can his. 


own form any with. more ardent that. 
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Lucy he many good po ee 


. and will, I am convinced, 


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exert them all to inſure the happineſs 


In of the man ſhe loves. —I donꝭt know 


any young woman better qualified to 


make a good wife; ſhe has an excellent 


temper, and conſtant ſpirits; and 1 


am perſuaded, that Thearfulneſs is a 
very .neceffary ingredient in matri- 


mony. — The languid ; and dejected part 


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of her ſex, ſeem to claim a conſtant 


exertion of their buſband's tenderneſs; 


they appear to be incapable of bearing 


their part in the difficulties, or di- 


ſtreſſes of life, and of courſe throw the 


| whole load upon the men.— But tho 
tis natural to love the being we pro- 


tect, tis as reaſonable to expect, that 
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2 the companion of our journey through | 

b © life ſhould at leaſt endeavour to en- 

| | liven the dreary part of the road, and 

make it ſeem leſs tireſome.— Tou 
know the betas th 


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"cha a one, - I * you | wall find i m 
my ſiſter, . and may W journey be 
Long, but not tedious. 


Believe me, my friend, I am ſin- 
a rejoiced at hearing that Lady 
Juliana means to return to the world 
and her friends again. May every 


- bappineſs. the world can give be hers ! 
Quand never, never \thall 1 interrupt „ 
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a would break my Promiſe, and fink . 
myſelf in her eſteem ? 1 Farce can 


aon the idea. TE 3 aha 
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M gentle Emma, too, wilt grace 


your wedding: too ſurely may I ſay” 
my heart will be amongſt ye. The 
reſt of me, the mere animal body, 


will remain here till after the aſſizes, 
and when they are over, I ſhall ac- 


company Mifs Harriſon and her bro- 


ther to Ireland. —He is a very ſenfible, 
elegant man, and thinks himſelf 


_ obliged to me for Ae. attention I have | 


ſhewn to his fiſter. 


0 Poor Mrs. Williams: continues in a 

very weak and languid ſtate of bealth; 
fortune cannot repair the wrongs it 
has already done her; Het phyficians 


| have hopes of her recovery from 


drinking the Briſtol waters next ſum- 
in mer, but I can ſcarcely form a hope 
| that ſhe will remain amongſt us ure 


| enough to try their —_ | 
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Preſent my ſincereſt congratulations 

© to your fair bride, though I ſhall 

- write to her and my ſiſter Selwyn by 
next poſt,* : 233 


F arewell, my Stanley, 10 be aſ- 

ſured that even the name of brother 

cannot add to the unfeigned aud. 

with which ES | 5 a 
A I am unalterably yours, 

C. EVELYN. 


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LETTER XXXI 


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. M188 LUCY EVELYN.' 


CHARLES EBVELY N- 


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Clarges- Street. 


My ak Chatles, „ 
I W ILE not ſay with Beatrice, 


2 Againſt my will, L am. ſent to bid 


you come to dinner. For with my 
whole heart, that is, with all that I 
have left of i it, do L intreat your com- 
ns on the eighteenth inſt —Surely 

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my good, my generous brother, will 


not deny to grant the only requeſt 
that J have ever made to him. 


Should you refuſe, even your prince- 
ly preſent Would loſe its luſtre in my 
eyes, or at leaſt your unkindneſs will 
_ diminiſh its brilliancy 3 for indeed, 
I Thave ſet my heart upon your coming, 
and one ſhould not be croſſed upon one's 
r the honey- moon 
_ at leaſt, ſhine unclouded to its wain.— 
poſe Lady Juliana ſhould be there, 
the is no gorgon. She has the 
1 indeed, of the Meduſa head, 


but without its terrors.— For my life 


I écan't find out why you and ſhe are 


10 horridly afraid of each other.—1 


am certain that if you never meet, you 


will never come together ; and I think 


er h is an event that might 2 


Fi, 223 ) 


enough be brought about, if you did 
not take ſo much pains to avoid it. 
Neither women nor men, I fancy, 
ſhould be underſtood, ay piè dli lettre, 
upon the article of love; — both ſides 
generally ſay more than they literally 


mean. For my part, I know I have 
told Mr. Stanley twenty times that 1 
mould never marry; ; and heartily . 


forry ſhould I now be 's he had been 


ſuch a dunce as to bave taken me at 


N word. 3 
Fe or . OR Chantes | 27 

| | courage, and don't Bs out on « fiſh | 

denial, — | | 


wa 


« All women 8 3 oe 


40 And: not unſought, | be won.“ „ 


But let cis matter r be ſettled Gwe 
you and your fair felict, as you pleaſe: 


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it 8 nothing to do with my requeſt, 
Vith which T again intreat your com- 
* and am moſt affeQionately 


* 
— 


- Yours, | 
L. EVELYN. 3 
P. S. Caſtlefranc has executed 


your commiſſion in a moſt elegant 
taſte.— Thank you, my ſweet brother, 
for the handſomeſt Pair of ear-rings I 
ever ſaw,——T mean to ſurprize Mr. 
Stanley with them, and will never for- 
give you if you are not preſent to en- 
joy his aſtoniſhment, and hear Mr. 
| Selwyn's remarks on the folly and Va- 
nity of Wen  fopperies, N 


f 


* The anſwer to this letter being to the 

ſame purport as the letter XXIX. does not ap- 

Pear. — There are alſo many other letters re- 
lative to Mr. Stanley's wedding omitted. 


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LET. 


„ 
I. E T T ER XXXIE„ 


L APD. DES MON D, 


| T 0 

e HFA R 1 E S E V E L X N. 

| Charles-ffreet, Berkeley-ſquare.. 
| NOT all the gay and- pleaf ing. 


ſcenes in which I. have been. engaged 

ſnce my arrival here have been able 
to efface the tender melancholy I felt 
at bidding you adieu. Though we⸗ 
parted at the Devizes, you-accompa- 
| nied me all the way to London; ; not 


| 
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( 226 ) 
even my little Fanny's chearfuk prat- 
tle, and innocent curiofity, could 
rouſe me ſufficiently from my reverie 
to make me anfiver her queſtions. ra- 
tionally.—My mind was totally occu- 
pied on the peculiar unhappineſs of 
yours, in not being able to conquer a 
paſſion, which you acknowledge to 
be hopeleſs. | 


My anxiety for you has rendered 
me unjuſt : I could not receive Lady. 
Juliana with the cordiality and affee- 
tion. I uſed to feel for her, nor caſt 
my eyes upon. her. elegant form with-- 
out wiſhing to leſſen her charms. No- 
woman ever took more pains to de- 
preciate a rival's beauties to a waver- 
ing lover, than I have done to find 
ſome fault with her's But it is in 
vain—I cannot diſcover a fingle im. 
perfection, except her being the cauſe, 

though 


(227 ) 
though an innocent one, of your un«- 
happineſs.—T think-ſhe is thinner than 
ſhe was when you faw her at Del- 
ville, and is almoſt as much ſpiritu- 
alized, though without the appear-- 
ance of ill health, as your fair idea, 
Mrs. Williams; for whoſe recovery 
Jam much intereſted, and intreat- | 
you to preſent my beſt wiſhes. to. 
. | 


| Lady Juliana endeavoured to ap- 
pear chearful at my fiſter's wedding, 
but every one might ſee /he firove to 

de J. — What cauſe can be aſfigned! 
| | fy ele depreſſion of ſpirits in one 
who is furrounded with: all the out- 
ward figns of happineſs— She cannot 
fſurely love in vain—T know not what 
to think of her. But this is the laſft 
rime that even your intreaties ſhalk 

prevail on me to mention her again. 
L. 6. Llhave- 


—— 


0 | (. 2alt| : 


I have been involved in a continued 
circle, or rather whirl, of public and 
private amuſements ever fince I came 


to town; yet I feel J have an heart, 


and that it, grieves for you. —I look 


back with pleaſure on the three days 


I ſpent. with you at Bath; though 


there is a good deal of regret mingled 
with the recollection, at not having 
had it in my power to perſuade your 
to come up to London. ; 


Mr. * Mrs. ee are as 3 


as it is poſſible to be, and with true 
Joy Lay, they l. ave a proſpect of con- 
ning 10 if happineſs were a. peren- 
But alas! few are the 


ſoils. in which it always blooms.— In. 
moſt that I have ſeen, tis but. an 42- 
nual; nay, ſometimes blaſted e'er it. 
can take roct.— Tis a celeſtial plant, 

| and 


1 
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(229 


and was not meant to flouriſh here 
below. 


— 


Do not from hence conclude I am - 


_ unhappy; if I were, I ſhould deſerve 
to be ſo, for I ſhould be ungrateful to 


Providence and to you. No, let my 
thankful heart acknowledge its feli- 
eity, by ſaying that my beloved Sir 
James and Fanny both are well, and 
that Iam, to the beſt of brothers, an: 
aflectionate ſiſter. 


E. DESMOND.. 


LETTER 


( 230 ) 


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TE FT BR XXII. 
[ 55 11 


TO HN SIM PS ON. 


DEVILISH bad, indeed Jack! 
what routed horſe and foot! Stephens | 
undone as well as you ?—No hopes of 
repairing the damage, but by my ſuc- 
ceſs ?—Let me tell you, gentlemen, 
this will never do.—You are miſtaken, = 
if you fancy [ have touched all the 
Baronet's caſh, —No more than. a pal-- 

try 


(23) 
try ſeven hundred has come to my 
ſhare.—I was obliged to take in a part- 
ner, as Sir James objected to playing 
with me, tele. a- ice, for large ſums.— 
Not from any ſuſpicion, but as I was 
his friend, he did rot chufe to win 
my money. Scrupulous idiot! he 
need not have feared hurting me. 
A gameſter like an hiſtorian, 
ſhould have neither country, reii-- 
gion, or friends. There muft be 


no boggling. I called in Kelly and 


paſſed: him for a rich Weſt Indian, 
Ee divided fourteen hundred, for 
| 28 pombe is not of our ſet, he inſiſted 
on the ready, —He is an errant Jew, 
and it giieved me to go ſnacks, with 
ſuch a niggardly raſcal. 


However it was lucky that I ſtruck. 
the iron while *twas hot, for ſince my. 
lady's arrival in town, the Baronet- | 
has not touched a die.— There has 
been a wedding in the family, and a 

| Fs 


(232) 

deal of dining and ſupping together. 
The new brother-in-law, Mr. Stan- 
ley, is J fancy a deviliſh keen one.—I 
was in hopes to have touched him for 
a little of his wife's fortune, but upon 
Sir James propaſing play a few nights 
ago, at his own houſe this ſame wiſe- 
acre talked of gaming and gatneſters, 
in ſuch a Rag; as made me almoſt 
bluſh, and wif yſelf fair gout of 

the company,__ perceive Ware is. 
nothing to be got by him. * 


Though Lady Deſmond appears 
the gentleſt of beings, I begin to 
fancy that her huſband is a little in 
awe of her, from his not venturing to 
play, ſince ſhe came to town. —If this 
ſhou'd be the caſe, I will take care 
that her reign: ſhall - be ſhort, by 
throwing out hints of his apparent 
ſubjection, at which, I am ſure the 

| 1 Baronet? 8. 


—— ̃ . ——————— — — — 


( 233 ) 

| Baronet's pride will revolt, and then 
let her ladyſhip look to her jointure. 
If I can cure his qualms about it, 
'T ſhall have none of my enn, hence- 
forward, — 


There is a good clever woman in 
their ſet, that 1 think has ſpirit 
enough for any thing; ; a Madam du 
Pont, ſhe loves play, and ſeems to 
underſtand i it; but I fancy ſhe is poor. 
Suppoſe we were to admit her of our 
ſociety? women are the beſt decoy- 
| ducks in the world.] don't fancy ſhe 
would have many ſcruples, for I have 
heard that ſhe is an infamous daugh- 
ter to an indulgent mother, whoſe 


| circumſtances ſhe has ruined, — 


I have ſome doubts about Monſieur, 
her huſband, he ſeems to be a man of 
honour; but if he is fond of her, he 

will eaſily be converted into —— 
„ What? 


4 24. ) 
What ? I do not like to anſwer the 
queſtion. | | 


It is deviliſh hard lads, that we 
| muſt be confined to this piddling 
work.—If they had not black balled us 
at the great clubs, we might have 
rolled in our chariots long fince ; 
not but. that there are many of our 
fraternity amongſt them; and ſome 


not half ſuch honeſt fellows as our- 


ſelves.— 


| I I you bills for five hundred, 
to make a puſh with.—I defire, Jack, 
that you will be cautious how you 
play with foreigners ; they generally 
know as much of the matter as we 
do. The Eaſt and Weſt Indians are 
our beſt marks. Full purſes and 
honeſt hearts, the true fere naturd 
for gentlemen gameſters. 


1 hve 


_— 


E 
7 hive juſt received þ e from 
Sir James; Lady Deſmond goes to a 


ball; he has ſtrained his ancle; and 


deſires to ſee me.— It is not impoſſi- 
ble that I may make him dance with- 
out a fiddle, before- the night 15 over, 
Luck attend us all! adieu.— 


/ 


GEORGE SEWELL, 


L E T. 


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LETTER XXXIV. 


3 FI ERALLES EXVELY u, 


| AS; 
1 WILLIAM S TAN LE I. 


; Bath. 
13 MY trial is over, and I ſtand ac- | 
quitted by the laws of the land, as 
well as my own conſcience, —The_ 
proceſs was very ſhort; Williams 
had taken every poſſible precaution, 
to ſecure both my life and honour — 
Poor fellow! I wiſh he had taken as- 
much pains. to preſerve his own. | 


The 


| "Cn 


The formalities of a court of ju- 
dicature, even to a mind conſcious of 
Its 3 innocence, and certain of acquital | 
have ſomething very awful in them. 
AI am amazed how any perſon, who 
ſtands ſelf convicted, is able to ſup- 
port himſelf, on ſuch a tremendous - 


occaſion. Shakeſpear * 


«© Tye heard 


e That guilty creatures, ſitting at a play, 
<6 Have by the very cunning of the ſcene, 
40 Been ſtruck ſo to the ſoul, that preſently 

1 * have proclaimed their malefactions.” 


| Ji ſhould think ſuch an effect much 
more likely to be produced by put- 
ting a culprit on his trial; at leaſt 1 
am ſure I ſhould plead guilty, if 1 
was conſcious of being ſo. But we 
are not judges of ſituations that we 
have not experienced; and perhaps 
4 I was capable of committing mur- 


der, 


der, I might be mean enough to 
deny my guilt, for the poor privilege 
of carrying up-and-down a wretched 
reels being. | 


But away with theſe Tyburn to- 
picks, and let me talk to you of love 
and joy.—To you I truft they are 
terms ſynonimous; to me they never 
can, or will be ſo, But tell me, Stanley, 
how does your lively bride become 
that character ?—has ſhe aſſumed an 
air of dignity, and put the matron 
on, even with the wedding ring, as 
I have ſeen young ladies do e're 
now ;—or is ſhe till the ſame un- 
affected pleaſant Lucy, not changed 
in any thing but name — How go 
the Selwyns and the Deſmonds on 2— 
And anſwer me this once, has Lady : 
| EI Tas . 


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KF 
(0 239 ) 

There is a fiſter in law of her's, 
here, at preſent ; a Miſs Hartley ; ſhe 
did me the honour to addrefs me in 
the rooms, from having ſeen me for a 
moment at Harley Hill, I had not 
the leaſt recollection of her. How 
ſhould I OR ſaw her not, nor ſhou'd 


have ſeen the Greeian Venus, had the 
ſtood before me.—T had no eyes but 


for one fingle object. But I will not 


indulge myſelf with dwelling on the 
dear D fabjeQ. 


- Miß Harley has 3 particularly | 


civil to the 7 arriſons and me; I al- 


| moſt fancy ſhe likes the Captain, and 
*tis a very probable conjecture, for 
he is extremely agreeable, both in his 
| perſon and manners; yet I ſhall be 
ſorry if it is ſo, for I would not have 


any one who bears the name of Har- 
ley wretched, and I am pretty ſure 
that 


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( 240 ) 


hav his affections are already beſtowed 
upon Mrs. Williams; but I fear he 
will not be ſucceſsful there, as he has 
a potent rival ins the grim king of 
terrors, who kitks in ambuſh, even 
beneath her miles. 


I purpoſe che out for Ireland of 
in, about ten days; if my fiſters have 


any commiſhons to execute, I beg 


they will employ me, as I am to 
them, and you, a fincerely affec- 
tionate brother, 85 | 


C. EVELYN. 


LETTER 


( 24x ) 


LE TTT a 


— 


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MRS. STANLEY, 


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CHARLES EVELYN, 


Charles ſtreet Perkeley-ſquare 


| 1x HAVE ſaatched the pen from 6 
my buſband hom oddly that word 
looks! becauſe I am reſolved to an- 


ſxwer for myſelf; as I have heard it 


remarked, that one ſhou'd never rely 
upon what a man ſays of his 27. 


1 T here:s another queer word — and be- 


Vol. I. „„ cauſe 


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| 0 242 . 


cauſe I have a ſecret to tell you, that 
I don't chuſe to truſt Mr. Stanley 

with. Vou ſee that I am already au 

fait of the myſteries of matrimony, 


and under ſtand my place. 


Now to your queries—I have not | 
aſſumed any matronly airs as yet,, 
merely becauſe I don't think they 
would become me,—Befides, the man 

likes me as I am at preſent, but the 
2 moment I perceive the leaſt altera- 
tion in his manners towards me, III 
turn the tables upon him, ſtudy the 
Graces, become at once a very dig- 

nified fine lady, ſcorn to laugh at any 

thing however ridiculous, and be as 

dull and as formal as any Donna Elvira 

at the Court of Madrid. —If variety 
pt has charms, | ſuch a contraſt ſurely 

muſt dene . 8 


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No for my ſecret, —Hutſh, let me 
| whiſper in your ear,—lt is not Cap- 
tain Harriſon, but Charles Evelyn, 
that has captivated the tender heart 
of the young and beautiful Miſs 
Harley. Lady Juliana aſſures me, 
that her ſiſter- in-law is very little 
turned of thirty; but were I to judge, 


I think we might add ten to the ſcore, 


and bring her almoſt on the road to 


fifty. But were ſhe fifteen, I ſhou'd 


not like her ; but that is no reaſon for 
your diſlike; and now that I am- 
married and ſettled as it were, I 
wou'd fain have you in the ſame pre- 
dicament.— Vet I wiſh you to look 
| ſomewhere elſe for a wife, as I am 
perſuaded there never will be a match, 
between a Harley and an Evelyn. 


They ſay the Iriſh ladies are re- 
markably handſome; who Knows but. 
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( 24x' ) 


ſome fair bogtrotter may lay hold of 


your heart, and tranſmogrify you into 


a brogueneer.—Vou aſk me for com- 


miſſions; bring me over a ſiſter- in- 
law, and I won't trouble you for any 
elſe; but if you return fingle, I de- 

fire you to bring me a great quantity 
of Iriſh ſtuff, and every other kind 


of countraband commodity, you can 


contrive to ſmuggle, that is the manu- 
facture of that country. | 


IT know you won't think my letter 


worth the poſtage, if I don't ſay 


ſomething of Lady Juliana,——Seri- 
ouſly, Charles, ſhe gives me great 
uneaſineſs; both her health and ſpirits 
decline viſibly, and I am certain there 


is a eruel ſomething, that preys upon 


her heart.— She laments her being the 
cauſe of your abſenting yourſelf from 
9 _; FO highly approves 

| - our 


( 245 N 


your ſhunning her,—She ſometimes 


talks of going abroad, but I don't 
believe ſhe: will ever” have' reſolution” 
enough to travel; for even 1 cannot 
prevail on her to ſtir from her own 
fire- ſide.— In mort, ſhe is a Te too 


difficult for me to ex ney 2 210771 


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The Selwyns and Pen all 


ſalute you, as does my ſpoſo, and 
your affectionate fiſter. 


LUCY STANLEY. 


P. S. Madame Du Pont, whom you 
will poſſibly know better by the name 


of Maria Morton, deſires her com- 
pliments to you. —She is a great deal 


with us at preſent, as my brother and 


ſiſter Deſmond ſeem to have taken a 


particular liking for her.—I think ſhe 
is more N as Madam du Pont, 
M3 than 


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1 the was as Miſs Morton. But 1 | 


hear ſhocking ſtories of her behaviour | 
© to her mother, —If they are true, 1 
ſhall renounce her for to me, not 
all the charms of wit and beauty, 


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can compenſate for a bad heart. 


Pray write from Ireland, and tell me 
all about it. 5 


LETTER 


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LETTER XXXVI. 


GEORGE S EWE I. Lg 


** 


JOHN SIMPSON, 


_ 


$0 the whe! is gone round 1 
P and you are now pretty near the 
top. Climb away, Jack, but remem- 
ber to ſit faſt when you get on the 
pinnacle. Such another tumble 
as your laſt would 8⁰ near to undo 


Dame 


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Dame Fortune has been pleaſed to 
give me a lift alſo, yet I could not 
have gone on cleverly if you had not | 
ſupplied me with the ready.—The ba- 
ranet's caſh is exhauſted, and I have 
been kind enough to furniſh him with 
2 brace of hundreds, which added to 
the ſum he has loſt to me fince 1 
wrote laſt, makes a cool thouſand ; 
and all I have to ſhew for it is a piece 
of ſtamped paper, bond and warrant, 
my boy, that's all. 


Give me credit, Jack, I am a Ma- 
chiavel in politics. Madame Du 
Pont is the fineſt bait I ever had to an- 
gle with; ſhe is really a woman of 
ſenſe and ſpirit, and will very ſoon be 
as adroit as any of our fraternity 
Her huſband is a ſilly fellow, but he 
is a Frenchman, and ſuffers her to do 
Juſt what ſhe pleaſes, —She coquets 

with 


0 2 

with the baronet, and he loſes his mo- 
ney with the beſt grace imaginable. 
Filthy dice are baniſhed, Monfieur 
Du Pont thinks it too maſculine for 
ladies to play at hazard; and the 
noiſe of the box gives Lady Deſmond 
the head- ach. I am much miſtaken 
if the heatt-ach is not added to her 
other complaints very ſoon. So now 
we only piddle at loo, quinze, pharo, 
vingt et un. | 


Lad Deſmond never plays, and 1 
chink ſhe begins to look coldly on her 
female friend; but while Sir James's 


warmth continues, her ladyſhip's fri- 


gidity 1 is of ſmall conſequence.— The 

only end it can anſwer, will be to diſ- 
guſt her huſband ; for ſhe is too timid 
to oppoſe him ; and our fair ally is 


not of a humour t to be eaſtly diſcou- 
: raged 


— 


. 
raged where either her pleaſure or pro- 
fit is concerned. 


I rejoice to hear that Evelyn is 
gone to Ireland; I was deviliſhly 
afraid he would have come athwart 
us.—TI made him believe I had left off 
play, and I muſt have looked filly if 
he had found me at it. I with we 
were as fairly rid of Stanley.—I can't 
bear that man ;—TI don't know why, 
but I ſhrink before him, and yet I 
am no coward, Jack.—A man ſhould 
have courage that plays all the game, 
and yet not affect the bully either, — 
I have ſeen you much too hot upon 
ſome occaſions, —But I hope that hu- 
mour was pretty well corrected by your 
Iriſh Fapediion.. | | 


Il I wiſh you joy of your lordly na- 
bob: —he is a prize, indeed !—Stick - 
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>< 251 ) 


. 6 like a leech, Jack, for there 


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can be no ſin in robbing thoſe who 


4 have robbed others. — Tis every ho- 
neſt man's duty to recover ſtolen 


goods from a thief, though he had 


no original claim to the property.— 


Go on and proſper hen. 


Yours, 


1 . GEORGE SEWELL. 


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OI 0 252 ) 


LETTER XXXVIL 


* 


CHARLES EVE L Y N, 


MRS. 8 TAN IL E v. 


I HAVE not words to expreſs 


the pain I have ſuffered from your 
laſt letter, —** Her health and ſpirits 
decline viſibly A cruel ſomething 
preys upon her heart.“ 


O Lucy! 


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br” 253 ) 


0 Lucy! how eld you write 
thoſe words, and not efface them with 


| your:tears ?—I'thought I had already N 
experienced every ſpecies of anguiſh 


that. could be inflicted by diſappointed 
love. From reſpe& and tenderneſs 
to the dear cauſe of all my ſufferings, 
I had brought my humbled mind to 


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ſuch a ſtate of acquieſcefice, as to for - 


bear complaining. —Nay-I am per- 
ſuaded I could, without repining, 
have endured to ſee her married to the 


object of her choice. — But to know 


ſhe is n muſt render: me ſo be: 


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£2 lang labour! ing to jay Fi | this idol 
of my heart as miſers do their hidden 


treaſure; though hopeleſs of enjoying 
it, yet while I thought *twas ſafe, I 
could not look upon myſelf undone. 
Now I am robbed of my ideal 
Wealth, and am left poor indeed. : 

. N O Loe, 


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0 Lucy, it you ever loved me, ide, 
I conjure you, to aſſuage her gentle 
ſorrows, and pour the balm of friend- 
ſhip on her wounded heart! Gracious 
heaven! what can the affliction be A 
that thus oppreſſes her mild ſpirits? . 
Would J could bear it for N and 
yu her troubled breaſt, ele 

PIER this W or Briſtol, WW 
be of ſervice to her health ; perhaps 
tis that alone which is impaired, and 
the now coming ſpring may with its 
vernal breezes bring back health to 
her, and happineſs to me. Compara- 
tive happineſs, I mean, for I have 
long been wretched, but never Was 
completely fo * now. ER 71 


Let Latly 1 kiiow that 1 that 7 
quit 2 . 1 neee, —You 


know, 


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know that I intended it before, but if 
I had not, nothing on earth ſhould 
now detain me here, I would fly to 
the Antipodes to leave it free for her. 
Surely my fate is ſingularly ſevere, 
that thus impels me to a voluntary 
baniſhment from every place, in 
which my happineſs is centered. 


I I cannot, Lucy, enter into your 

Taillery in regard to Miſs Harley; I | 
do not think her amiable ; but were 
ſhe all that cou'd attract, Envy in 
woman, or deſire in man,” her charms 
wou'd be intirely loſt on me.—My 
eyes are cloſed to beauty; I only feel 
its power, when I turn them inward, 
and gaze upon the image in my 
. 1 


1 am Arn to hear chat Madam Du | 
Pont, is ſo intimate with Emma, | 
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( 256 ) 

| tho” I am certain it will never be in 
her power to pervert her principles, 
or render her heart callous ; yet, 
from the hint you give, and my own 


obſervation, I by no means think her 
an eligible companion for my fiſter,— 


A female mind cannot have too much 


delicacy; provided that ft does not 
degenerate into affectation.— A groſa 
or boiſterous woman is an unnatural 
character, and were I married, 1 bad 
much rather my wife ſhould converſe 
with men than monſters, f 


The freedom that fabfiſts between | 
female friends, renders the converſa- 
tion of fach a perfon as I have men- 

tioned, infinitely more dangerous, 


than that of a male- libertine. A 


woman eaſily ſees thro? his deſigns, 
and 3 the pleaſes, be on her 


guard 


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CO 267 ) 


Shai againſt tem. While the in- 

ſiduous companion of her private 
hours; without alarming, apy the 
N foundation of her every virtue. 


But grant they ſhould 2 and 
are impregnable, will not the tainted 


gale, by often paſſing o'er the beau- 
teous flower, tarniſh its luſtre, abate 


-its fragrant ſcent, . take off its poliſh, 
and fade its blooming tints. As 
* chaſte, as delicate, believe me Lucy, 


as the opening ects thou'd be * 


female heart. 


Nos! even the preſent. anxiety of | 


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my mind can render me indifferent o 


the happineſs of one with whom 1 

am ſo tenderly connected, as Lady 

Deſnond.—Read the above Ven 15 
to 


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to her, and I am certain ſhe will 
want no further caution. 


I ſhall ſet out for Ireland to-mor- 
Remember my fiſter, tho? 
ſure I need not urge your friendſhip, 
that the treaſure of my heart is com- 
mitted to your care; and may your 


TOW. 


kind attention be rewarded with the 
reſtoration of Lady Juliana's health 
and b 


| Preſent my affe@tions to our ſiſters, 


.to yours and my Stanley, and write N 
ſoon, I intreat you, to your unhappy 


and affectionate brother, 


c. EVELYN. | 


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p. S. Direct for me at Captain 
Harriſon 8, Kildare-ſtreet, Dublin.— o 
I am all amazement—Harriſon is juſt _ 
come in and tells me that Miſs Harley  - 
has offered to accompany his ſiſter to 
Ireland! What can ſhe mean? She 
| hall not So, if I can prevent it. 


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