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K" ; ' • •". ■ !;*;''« ^^inli"! ■'" ■ Jt ^ . . ... -■■- . . -r:t'A •. ■ ■ ■■ • ...- ■-* ■ L ^;-! a »'.j t r ] -■^II THB H I S T O R Y 6 F EMILY MONTAGUE. , L E T T E R LV.- -,:_ ; To Mils Rivers/ Glarges Street. ' , Silfcri, Jan; liK' ^.- CfO, mycfcar, we went on too ftft,'9c* i ^ iecms : Sir Gcorg^ wis (b oBltgin^^^ ^ J«le all without waitino- fnv V}^\^»^i .'4 to iettle all without waiting foi- £Aiiy»s confcnt, not having fuppofed her refufal^ fJ ^— ^ t y (»' ^ 1 ■.-,-,■. ■■l feT^'V, •■n 1 k.i^; '"t; f-*^ a THE HISTORY 6^ to be in the' chapter of poflibilities :^tftcr ' having communitated their plaa of opera-- tioos to VM, as an affair iettled^ papa wat^^^ difpatched, as Sir George's ambkffador, to inform Emily of h«s gracious intentions in her favour. ^heKCeived Him with proper dignity* and like, a girl of true fpirit told him, that as the delay was originally from Sir Gcorgei Ihe fhould infift on obferving the conditions very cxaftly, and was deter- mined ta wait till ipringy whatever might be the contefltsof Mf>Si Clayton's expeftcd letter i referving toherfclf alfo the privi- lege of rcftifing him even then, if upon mature deliberation fhe ihould think pro- perfot&do. She kfs further infifted, tliat till that ti^! he ihaU Oeavc Silkrij tak« up hia^^ ^tode at<2^ebec unlefs, which ibe thii^fti flBoft idrUcable, he ibould return tqt Mon* ^leah^r the winter » aii4i|ieTer .•QKcmprt) ieeiiig her-wtliQttt ^toic^ m |tel I will, fte wuld fend' him back to Mn^al.forifeepl,i„,,iewil,f;:i,^: frif;?''''.'* » «*»« 8irf. Lucy. Md I am fnend, w,th her again ■. &. my dear, I IhaH «v,ve my coterie, «,d be hapr/tlror ;^«n««ha,onger. UaveSSr, 1 really J^g to fee t^«m } I ihaU let them ""to the prefent ftate of aaii^ w 2" they both defoift Sir r3^^ * *"' f'M^tl,* xrwture task, «B„i„,, fo^,/ ; f...k . numiliation not, a liiiticw , ^"ch an animal to fct ud forheJn» k.i j . Emjif, ■-►'^ ,.« ^j»i 'fsv n ''t' 4 THE HlSTORiyrdF \ f mily has fern- for mc to her apartment, irtiieu for a moment; \ • -\ ■»■ r Elevea oVq4c« She has flicwn mc Mrs. MekhothV let-- tcr on the' fubjedt of concluding the mar- riage immcdiatciy: it is ip the true fpirit of family impertinence. 4> She writes with the kind, difcreet infolence of a relation ; and Emily has anfwered h<:r'^with the ge- nuine fpirit of an independent Englifh- woman> who is fo happy as to b&hei* own miftrefs, and.who is therefore determined to think^for herfiilf. ^ ■ > ■ - .• - She has refufed going to Montreal at all this winter; and has hinted, though not impolitely, that fhe wants no guardian o^ Jier cond^fb but iierfelf ; adding a compli- ment to my ladyihip's difcretioh fo very iivil, it is impofiibk for me to repeat it ith decency*^ - ^ I- b L-'- V ^t+ ^ \ .^f» ■ »K^ 4 4 'r-^ . 4^1 v^-:.rk ki-.i'. J^o" ,;;;f-. Q/Hmcffif ',•*,• >fj-5 ;;^-^ '.'•'s'^J-l tr »?i-: ■' , .-■*,«■ '^*7^ ■ -■T'int— ■■■4' . EMILY MONTAGUE. 5 O Heavens! your brother, and Fitz- praldl I fly. The dear creatures ! my life has been abfolute vegetation fincc they abf^ntedthcii^felvesi. Adieu I my dear. Your faichrul ^^ ■'■■.'..■ ■■■■''-. " " ■ A. FEtMok. ■,A L E T TE R Lvi. .T^lViifiRivEis/aafges' Strew. /• "' L1 1 E have the fame parties and amore* f ments we ufed to have, jry dear, r^^^"?^ *? ^y no means the faWrfpfrit in ' |«i»^ «.n^„i„e.aAd dtilnbii fe^ to' have talce^^the place ofthat fweet viJacity ani ?!^'^^^f!^: o«r,Ji«le focietyfo ; ^ ^ ykifmgv i'^iiHj ■ ^■^:' , A' ^-iif>ia^!*j4i»'Cw{ - «rvf '."djif^^* 1'. . . .^- .J 6 J^^HE HISTORY OF plcaTmg: thw odious mail has.inrtAcd us ajl J he feems rather a fpy on pur pka- fures tha» a partaker of them ; he is more an antidote to joy than a ta|l maiden aunt. ^ , I wiih he would go : I fay fpontancoufi^ . every time I fee him, without confidcring I am impolite, «' t-al Si:r George, when do •r you gb to Montreal P* He reddens, and fives me a peevift anfwerj and I thjen, «|d* not before, recoiled how Very impertinent the (^ueflion is. But pray, my dcar^ b?pa»ft ke h^ no tafte for focial, companionable life, has he .; therefore a right to damp the (piritofit in thole thkt have? I. intend to confult fi)a)p learned cafuijt on this head. ■■■■•/• , ■ ■ .. -^ ■•■ ■/ ' ■ -;.-- ' / _ . ■ ■: ^ . ^ . . He tj|kes amazing pains to pleale rnlus neay, is curled, powdei^d, perfumed, and t^chibits every day in a new^uit of em- Bioidcry i bu<; with all .xi ^ *i i./ t-|Kw,-*'v. B I •«% ■ t^ ^fm^ _ ■ / I wrrrr S THE HISTORY OF For my own part, though fond of wo- Tnen to the grcatcft degree, I have had, confidering my profcffion and complex- ion, very few intrigues. I haVc always had an idea I (hould fome time or other marry, and havdf been unwilling to bring to a ftate, in which I hoped for happinefs from mutual afF^ftion, a heart worn out by a courfe of gallantries : to a contrary condu^ is owing moft of our unhappy marriages j the woman brings with her all her ftock of tendcrnefs, truth, and afig:aioni the' man's is exhaufted before they meet: (he finds the generous, delii^ cae6 tendernefs of her fou^- not only unreturncd, but unobfcrvedj flie fancies fome other >wom1an the objeft of his jtffeftion*, flic is Unhappy s Ihc pines in iecreti he obfcrvcs her difeontent, accufes h^. of caprice i and her portion is wretch^ |^|| 4id not ardently wiih your happi- 1(5 I ihogld not thus repeatedly combat /■ i'-r hM prejudice, which, as you havclcnfil)ility. ',*'■■•;&•#«■ ^' ,s, ';'• •V' I 'J. , '■".' ■^#, EMILY MONTAGUE. ^ will infallibly make the greater part of yolir life a fccnc bf infipidity and r^grct^ You are right. Jack, as to the faviiges 5 the only way to civiKze them is to feminize their Women; but the talk is rather diffi^ cult : at prefent their mannemdiffer in ho-, thing from thofc of the m^ they even . add to the ferocity of Ae latter. . ■ I ■ ■ .■ ' " " ■ ' f. .■ , ''','.■'■'' 1 . You defire to know the iJacfe of^my heart : cxcufe me. Jack 5 you know nothing of love 5 and we who do, never difclofe its myfteries tp the prophane: befidcs> I il- waya choofc a female for the confidante of my i^miffientii ;I 'hate even to (peak pf love to.iiftp'of my own fcit. j - - Adieu 1 I am going a party with half a do»feg;;4adies, aad have not another miwjc ■^"Wl^:* >x- • r-' ... . - Yours, .' *^, r? Eh.Rivers* /~Ni.':v -fVl 1-03 ^ii;.uiruyr 'M i^ y w . i ■. io\ THE HISTORY OF / ' ■■-:'•'■ l\ . ■ ■ : ..■■ • L E T T E R LTm. To Mife RivsRs^ Clargies Street. / ^ ■ -.-■ . / / Jtt.ag. 1 EVERY hour, my dear, grow itkh^ m love with French nroiinersi there is fomcthing charming in being young and fprightly all one's life: k would appear abfurd irt England ^ hear, what I have juft heard, a fat virtuous lady ^ feVenty toaft Low andOffortutttty to a yotmg M- low: but 'tis nothing heret they ^ance too to the kft gafps I have feen (he ^daughter, mother, and grand*daughcfr» in the lame French country ^ancc. They are perfeaiy i%hti and I honor Acm for Ihcir good lenfe and^irit, in de- termiiftng to make life agreeable at loUg as they can. '' ^y '- .^ , . . ■ ^f^^ to age: I am reibtved to go AoiaCi Lugyi I iiare found thryy gtgy hairs * fik'' At K\ m WE ^RY OF «*^A ion of mine J though there was t|/c Icaft danger, ^e with the l^tihoft ;fi:cmingcagerneis catohed hold of me,ks if alarmed at the very/ idea, and with the inoft paflionate air torotefted his life de- fended on mine, ahd that he would not *iiw an hour after ine. I Rooked at him wit^ aftoni(hmcnt,/not being able to com- prehend the meai^ing of this fudden flight, whtjii turning my head, I faw a gentleman and lady clofc behind ' us, whom he had Obferved, though I had not. They wecc retiring. ^' Pray approach, my dear Ma- " dam," faid I> " we have no^ fecrets; " this declaration was intended for you to heari we were talking of the weather before you carac*'*' cr - , i*.^ m 1 ??f v.«St - --- 1^*- "■ ' */ ' P ' I Li r *t '• ^MltY MONTAjGUE. «j I iball, however, dcfire hiiii to flirt clfc- iwhcre, as this badinage, however innocent, may hurt nry charadber, arid give j^ain to tiny little Fitzgerald : I believe I begin to love this fellowyi bccaufe/l begin to be delicatte on the fubjeft of flirtations, and feel rtiy fpirit of coquetry decline every day. . ' ^"-^. 29t&. Mrs. Clayton has wrbte, my dear; and has at laft condefcendfed to allow Emily the honor of being her daughter-in-law, in confideration of her fbn*s happinefi, and of engagements ohtered into with her own cohfenti thoudfi fhe ^ery prudently obferves, that what? was a proper match for Captain Claytoni is by no meanS fo for Sir George-, and jfalks fomething of an offer of a citizenjs daughter, with fifty thoufand pounds, ^d the promife of an Irifli title. She has, however, obfervedT' that indifcreet engagements ar6 iiettcr broke than kept. 'fJ.. I . i ■ ■►>».41 ' \ - J- JJi ^^<<^ate one in my oi)inion, to my; hx\iKt and me; and has talked a great dcarofnortienfeoirthcfubjca. He-wants to ftcw k to Ef»%, arfd I advifeliim to tt, bccaufe I kn% the effcft it will have. ^ 1 fee phiraly he wiflies to ttiake a great ^ merit of keeping his engagement, M he d^es keep iti he hinted a little fear of breaking her heart j and I am convinced if he thought Ihe could furvive his infi- dclity, an his tendemcfs and conftancy would cedi to filial duty and a coronet. After muA deliberation. Sir George las determined to write to Emily, inclofc liis mother's letter, and call in the after- Ooen to enjoy the triumph ctf his genero- f^ % Jtec^ing his engagcqient, when it :0 m his poand is writing at this moment in my father*^ apanmcflft. I long to ke Jiis better; I dare fay it will be a curiofity : *tis fliort, how^v|9', ior iie,is coming i>ut of the room already. Adieu ! my father caHs for this letter; It is «o g^ m one of his to New Tork^ and thefxiifeft^iie tttktt it waits ior it at f^ "'-*'•' V.^""^"' "'■ Brer -yours, ; .(l\ \ . A« Fmitoii* ,i> % 'r » . -^ - : »■: ^ l» i^ /i -1..1 I , , jj-K ji y» '!#5I si ^~ ri \: i6 . THE HISTOKY OF \ , •:■ '■. P: ^i^! LETTER ■■ ' • ' • ■ ' . ' ' • • . .-I ' LIX. t^f'-r'- — ^ To Mifs MoNTA<^ui, at Sillcriv! -\lu^ >• Dear Madam, .V 1 ISend joti the inclofedfrdiirimjr mother r I thought it necefiMry jrob/fkw&idifcck, though not even a mother's wiihes- ihall ever influence me taJbreak thofe engage- ments which I hav3C had the happincfs of Wering into with thi nioft" charming oY women, and which a man of honor ought to hold facred. ^ I do not think happinefs entirely depen- dant gn rank or fortune, and have only to wiflijDy mothcrV fcntiments on tins fub» jc,--:v*;i;^Vn.^. t V. , i- ll.ll.i '>. *, li- ••* A . '4; Y ,.. «» THE HISTORY cyp t E T T E R LX. . ■ • I /- ■ X To Sir Gborce Clayton, at Quebec. r Hwe read Mrs. aay^on'* Jett^ wi^ * rttenuoni and am of her opinion, that wdifcrttt engi^pHWHw «e better broke tnaii kept.. • ■ ' I Rave the Jdi reafon to take III your breakiflg the kind oTengagement between M at the-defire of your family, a* I en- tared into it « firft entirely in compliance ^ wine. 1 have ever had tlie fincereft «»«m and friendftip % ^rou, but never tiiat romantic love whic^hurrie. us to forget aU but itfelf : I hgve therefore no- Kafon to e,peft in you the imprudent - diCntereftednefi that paffion oc^afiona. ^folter rt««44W*rM' 'VY^^ V.'^ r. -■■ J ' A luAtr^Itd^io^iri^^ on tMi fObjeft thanit bpolBbfc to cmer into in • letter J ifyouwitt favor lis with your com« pahy this afternoon iat Sillcri> we may est* pfein otif fentinnents more clearly t6 each other t be aflwcd> I never wfll preventyour complying^ in eyety inftanee,wkhthewin»i of To kind «nd prudent A mother. * -" '^- >«I im, dear Sltg v^ o ; and bbedient^^l^^ .; fiiiii. r Moms Am ««. ■ u - .ii> \,. '•f >-.,•>. t dMh . Tft-'X. ; To Mifs ftivsRs, Clarges Street; -'■ ^-'^-'^ '• " * ' '''''''''- IHavelieen wlrih femily. Who lias Ixei ^^ ?^W M»' Clayton's Utter;! riWr 5^1i>ai^ in JiAr eyes jas Ihe weni 'ob> ter Ikde te^t ftemed to flutter wit;h tran- m 1 '^et two tKiflgi vcty dcariy, one .,J»4. < -4 I: U' ^ u. do -^HEiHI$3^0Ry OF f^i^!>iclii% thatihc never loved this Kttic iniipid Baronet i t^ other I leave your ia&acity to fii,d out. All the fpirit of her countenanoe is retur^ppd : Ihe walks in airi >er checks hav31^ appc*' the effort of dif- mtcrefted love, and romantic gencrofitys not whit if really is, the efRft 6f the moft tranquil and perfcd indifferent. ^ ' nPy '(^c. Vay, >, difinter«?fted mifti .^Pording to 'myjMs, 'a .miftr.|L_,, . ^?^fl?<5^ Wcs: we .^ay taljc . W^ .^|le^fc at a diftan^^ pf Mciii ^ Jiadcar ni^ to. hjs jntcreft, and profiting ids i^'^ ;i.< "^^ d ' 9 -. m= ..- ^■rif^T'^l.ji^p^ ■ EJJiiL^ ko^idxM.^ ^ '■•ll his happincfs by dcftroying our oirn j Sue ^ when k comes to the point, I am rather '"cli|^|to believe ill women are of my *^ihking;i and let me dje if I ^^« wp a.rnari I loved to the ftrft lu^efs in Chrifteodonn: 'ti^all mighty^ well in fheory , but for m pra^aical part, - Ifci; who will believe it for Bill. . L- j^- -■%■:■ hil Indeed when . a woman finds her lover inclined to change/ 'tis good to make a virtuf of ncceffiiiy, and give the thing a, fehtimental turn, which gratifies his vani-. ty, and does not wound pne's own. ^^j^^^ % Sir Pi^e and hi, fine: '^'l^r' ' "l"W,™.ni Wd Mil Emilys - „;. ■r.»1f:- *.;■*■ Ey^ ^ors. 'ir:^ ,1* «j'' ^^.'4 rr,- ^:A* Fir MO R,-^ M^ ,' ::-^ .■'*'■ I • . < it \ i_ .^.X^-i'-IUI: 5:n!\t'> ., ..J. 'ki- -iMOt dfei; I LET- ."^r^^ ,? in^ WibhJn^grS Soiphciqr, and iiii|_oce|ice of Jjineteen, iii*rtte atcompljflnneni. antr underftwd. ^tog oTfive-wid^twenty, wfi« joihi thr^ "^gth of mind & often confined to our , 1^ to the/oftiiefi, delicwjr, and vivacity of heir own I «|o, in fliort, is all that i« eftimable and lovely , and who, Wtcept one, IS the mqfl charming of her fexj J^!^if**^/»f8«ve the exception, Lucy: ,., Your affciSUonate .' , Ed. Rivers. ■*■. i L JE T T E R LXIII. * . ' ' •• •• To Mifs Rivers, Clargcs Street, ^■ ^^ ' Feb. I. W'E have pafled three or four droll days, my dear. Emily periif^s in rcfolving to. break with Sir George y he thinks it decent to conibat her rcfolution, left: he fliould lofe the praife of gcnerdflty ? he is alfo piqued to fee her give him up with fuch pcrfcdt compofure, though I ^rh convinced he will not be forr^ upoii the J^Jegco ^^cii„up^;^Jtf liras, from the ^ SI- 'v ♦ , : *- W-^^ mttciipt df tfic Ict^ plainly wifhcd" her to «fign him, but hoped for a few faintings and tears, as a facrificc to hU ?a- fiitf ontheoccafiom ' ^^ :h..i M:^ father is fming every engine ,e work to make thing, «p again, rup- oofing Emily to have deteiroined from' jPique, not from the real fcehngsof her' heart: he is frighted to death left I ftould counterwork him, *,d lb jealous of my adnfing her to continue a conduft he fo much difapproves, that he won't leave m a moment together, he even otfervw carefully that each goes into *er refoeaive. apartment when we retire to bed. ' . : I ^ ^'^i "^ "*' •"*» ''hich I ihdj ttke the firft opportunity of communicat- «ngtoEmUy, 'tis to write each other « "K day . ,f Ae approves the plan, l^m ftnd you the letters, which wiU fiw «^ rf -vs ' -I. ■ i 4 jSJii.'j.^ «".■ 'H.. \' h' •t ^ Tm HISTORY p^ .-■ V " - * - , -.., ' 'i tWi j^heme Wni htve brother adva». :'^?''!«*»«'^* fool h«^«,ey thing.. '^WnlMOWiniydMii : , atihdftisagrtseabfc u a lave afiairt llontt t*1)^in the coJw^Hatiice. Adieul fr ■■••■'1: -I-P-^- ... ;.f ?^:f 7|t-:4' -^p 1/ L E T ;r E R LXIY. To Miii R ITERS, Clargcs Street. 1HAVE but rf tfiortlcint, mj* Lucy, to t^ t<*u, my (divine Efftjly hM broke -wiA fcer low, wIk> this morning *ook an ctcrnd le*«rc of her, and fet out for^Mon^ troU ill 1 but I am con* Yinced of the contrary ; 'tis the native de- licacy of her foul: alone,, incapable t>f form- ing an union in which the heart has no Aare, wbich« independ^it of any other confideration, has been the caufe of a re- Iblution fo worthy of herfelf. ^ Thatihe has the tender^ft affe&ion for mt^ I cannot doubt one moment; her at- tention is too flattering to be un6bferved j but 'tis tliat kind of affedioh in ivhich d^ mind alone is concerned. I never gave her them^flldiftantiiintithatl loved ber: in her fituation, it would have been j&^m an outragt t o h ave d o ne ib « S hc . V ■ J . knows ' ; , •.'A*ii'i.v,';;:i\ '•.■■» (> LET- ^ THE Bl^ir OKHr ! OIP^ in - • i-' u' ,, . ... • •" ■ '' L E T T t k Linr, To Mift RiVEis^Ctergcs SItrcci ' ' ->UM b-,] SiHen", f4- »^ * -■• who fs Gharmed with it>, 'i^ k py^i^iq^ cveniAg amufcm?nt for two folitaiy girls in the country. 5 v A Behold the Mt fruits of our cprrcfpon- fV ' > < .'U 'v '*^ -^,_ ^?To Mifs Fbrmor. i ■^. *^ It is not to^yoy, my dear girl, I need " vindicate my condua in regard to Sir ^1 George J you have froin^ihf firft ap- "proved it i you have even aili^ifcd it. '•if I have been to blame, 'tis in having. ** too lon g de l ayed AtL explanatio n o n a r ''K^if^ f r r *» pmnt of fijch ttnpi^itiCf tb lis bqtjv ■* I have been long on the borders of a pre- ** cipice^ without courage to retire from •* To dangerous a fituatipn: overborne by *^ my faitiiiy^ 1 have been near m^rryipg a •'fnan ibr whom I liavc hot Ae Jcaft •* teridemcl^, and whofe cdttveHati<^ jiji ^ even now\i»diou8 to me* ,\i "U €€ t€ ^* Mf dtar^ ifriend; tre wefe ^ot lorr^^d /^ for each other: our minds hayc pot t^ie ^ kaft refemblahce. Have you riot !o{)- «« ienred^ that, when I haye timidly % « zarded my ideas on the 4dipiu:y rie^^ "•• fkvf to keep love idtvc in marriage^^^ a^ the difficulty of preferving the Heait of the objedb beloved in fo . intii^^- an '^ union, he H^ indolently aflcntcd^ ly^t •'a coldneis not to be defcdbed, to Jcn^j- « ments which it is plain ftoifn his manq^r *. *• tliough opt the effea of mv free nM . ^^ «ffed ch«ce, «,d the fear of malMnV Sir George, by whom I fuppofed my# "beloved. a„happi have thw long S «£tf v"^)r^- ^ found myftlf^ ^ foffiaen? iefolution to teU 1&, &, 'tiU « h.s mother's Wer gaveme fo happy „ (It «f _ There is no (aying what tranfporti ._pKcM,tMs fc^^ which has ^^ long ftt hca# on my heart, and fuC ^^ fended the naWal chcarfuJnefs of my ._r tamper. ,.,• K',- '~^-^ ._ ^■:■,■„ ■ dH. fFeai l ■x ;r'«^' "^Vjs *^ ' HiW^iJr ' V * 1 J y it €€ kMIKT MONTAGUE. 33 f!) Yes*, jny dear/ ydnr Emily has. been wmchedsjvicfaeut daring to coniefs it even to you : I was aihamed of owning *llfead entered into fuch engagements 'f with: a man whom ,1 had/iiever loved; *^tl^vgh I hadjor a ihort^time miftaken *• cftfjcm for a greater degree of afiedion '* than my heart ever really knew. How " fatal, njy dear Bell, is this miftake %o " half our fcx, and how happy am I io *« hayj(? tipftoy^jfd, mijnc^ in time I ^ I havefcarce yet aflc^ myfclf whatt t "intend J but I think it will be moft pru- dent to return to England in the/firft. wip,» and retire i;o ^ relation of my mo- ^^thcr's iri the country, where I cajn Uvc wich^^eceacy bn my little forturiej €i €< CC \.-^^- "> 9 •* Wl^atevcr is niy fite, no fituation can ** be equally iinhappy with that 6f being ffiWffeto a fl^n for whom, I have not ^^ii^i^fhe fl^hteft friendfliip ot eftcem, '^ fdr %hofe converfatlba I have not the "j jwftft— tftft€5--aiRHwIx05"Tf "f ~ hmr, ** wwild •m i'^^U' .1 Cj 'n^l 3». TKR.mSTOKTiOB * S»oo* to niitt&f In«»3»kg,^ae,->.w.. ■'^7~T. '•^- :■"•-:" -;;rv,., ,n...:.r . «^«<» ""n*^ %sn» mifeiy r fcU fte^..^ ^ «e tho& rf wouBAid wnity, ao» of *!/ cc Adieu f Your EBlxkY MoiftAbtfii'* trance (ft*, h^ ;fi»«fe* Sir 6«gg^^ mv. but «»,,,«;,» pwitad » tfKft J ■ ^"^ ^P7i ■- ■■ -Cx, r .^t '' *i(^ * c* ., '* -.^. '#' happy, vand of dimt none bi|t tic pfrtics concerned can j ; . ' ■ ; *. ? • V '. ■...-■■•■' f ; \ • I By the way, I think long cnj^agrmcnts^ even between perfons who love, extremely unfavourable tp happinefi : ' it is-^rtainly right to be km^ enough acqtwinted- to know fomething of each other's temper i * but 'tU IM m let the firll fiie burn out - before we come together; anfi when we. hai^ once refolvcd, I hive no ^tlon of delaying a moment. If t fhould ever cohfenc ta many Fita- &^M, and he Aould not Ay"^ a^^ «fefoit! I had finfflicd Arife^ difiifife him i^ there was not another \6ref to be had '&i Canada-. ^- '. ■^■- •-■iJ-;iic''V. rji i /^r i'ii -A [V ^^^'^•:C' rm f'.V „<•« . I 'i.'ir-T: "; hr'.": ; ^fH .4- "■'■r J^ ■V ^-^:^. .•il 1 ^ - - ^ JV.' i-li. mUr- ;r 1 -*-'»'' C 6 ■} My .g:m N •'1- f^/ r: ^ f. S6 ^ THB HISTORY OF ^ My Emily is now free as air; a fwcct little bird efcapcd from the gil. Lucy, that Sir George fljoul4 con- iole himfclf for the lofs of all that is lovely in woman, by the fordid profpeft ofac- quiring, by an intereftcd marriage, niittlc more of that wealth of which he has al- ready much more than he can either enjoy w become l By what wretched motives ^ Mf mankind inHuenccd in the moil NHfiSujaiftionofthdrli^^ ^ ••■\' Th^ ./* 7 ,1^ - - r^, 'm:-t}p-^'-^ EMILY MONTAGUE. 37 The vulgar of every rank iexpcA happi- ncfs where it is not to be found, in tl^o^ ideal advantages. of fplendor and diffipa- tion; thofe who dare to think, thofe minds who partake of the ccleftial fire, fcek it in the real, folid pleafurc$ of nature and ibft aflfedion. ■" ^ ^tr-^ii^ ^ I have fccn my Uvely Emily fince I wrote to you i I ihall not fee her again ffomc daysj I do not intend at prefent makemyvifits to Srlleri fo frequent as ,1 have doat lately, left the world, ever iludious to blame, ihould mifconftrue Jier conduA on this ^ very delicate oc- cafion, I am even afraid to fliew my u£ual attention ;o her when prpffnt, UQ: ihe herfelf jQiouid think I prefume on the politene(s (he has ever Oiewn me, and fee her breaking with Sir George in a falie light : the greater I think her obliging par- tiality $ame, the Atore^t guarded I ought td be In mj behaviour to her 1 her iituatioa 4)aa JQme iip%niilance! to widowhood^ iii4 fliCf Jlai^tqu^ de<»rufrtj to (jitsfervfTH^ra^ I can* ■A: i:i-''^':*,d y.- ^i^ m^v t>iJL^L% -r > ,«!tJ y'^"i*RV;^'»t^' vt^ ^p- ' TX^ ■^ i^** ' ''*' \ • ■ :.^^'\ ^ THE HlSTOllT Op "^ Pfc'fing hope Cril^;'^^^ » *>r common oblerv#r.e ^i^! . *^^'^ P«6««ee to the J'of hTL J"J ^.A aJone would « Jce the halSff^ '^^ Of the mot ch«rm|iiff< w*^^^ - T fiygctcil of au ^« ." * .»^ •» thi^ .m^ bowtHi^ >»-i.7 ! Pl'li|lf¥'''^ < T- hdwever> time and afliduity may ripen into love i at kaft I (hould be mod; un- happy if I did not think fb. ^ ' i lore her mtK a tendernefs of which few pf my fex are capable : you hare oftea toKllii^ ^^ you were right, thai thy heart k0 ^ th^ fenfibility of wonoani. ''Mki^W'i^ti^ by which I hope to 1lt«r fi«in y0»} I fiiuflV. ■;■>*- i .^ Y<3|pir ;H. ;t; ■nr{".yf 'H; *■■»■*♦ ' ' ^ . *;*■' **^. : . ". > ■ .•■ . •.:•'. - . „ ■„ : ... r'- ..■ ••• >* „ • ■ ■ ■• 1- • . j, ' \ • <•■_ •■■ .:■ ; ^ ^t- € -.. fcr :t;#f'^'^. yfS tU' % 4« THP HISTORY-OP LETTER To Coj[pneI Riy LXVII. ii' L' ..".'. tendernefi of foul th« !'i *" «*■""« ^ -"''"• ' ' o f ' . -'' ' ' "• vvW(„ '■T.Ci^ ^^^.^Z'^^. U^ .%-•■ EMILT ^ONTAGUE. 4« of mind and fpirit, ybu poffefs beyond any iiiaa;l€Ttryc»»*bfe *%» «>-«* the Lt ^ ?" «^'»*''<» y^' i'U . *><» ^i^t^^Vt^"^!^'^'- Soften. pJ«n to turn Am,.-* • » •* ^«» -**f«-^f^^" '•y «»'% .ipon it. 'Jil>t' n*i|i».^Aijy iCiii ■ /:■,,■.'.., ^ " " -r. -»■ A wan* •7 Softer founhap^^: # -.."^♦Jf ^> • ,>*,i^ i '♦» 4 « lorl don't duioiff (he Ihonld.knoiRl'vtnte % \ : f 4l.-r:.y tnd 1^ ycmr ^mm »dtin«r jMir ^.fiij i i i f ni iiii Uj i j ;i |L. i i| ii| \ , l .uiiU i i l B l lJ !>»WW»f»»n^ To Mils Montagus, at Sulen* '"''^^a ¥.3 y^ ia#iM^ iftf i%^ ^iymm' and ."':^-^l 1^ ii fT- *'- \ •-, ' k-#.f>rv f VJ| / «♦ ''HE HISTORY op) y , -"y other apparent «„fe S^f fli!£?« delicacy in a letf^ «r v'-° ? "'gntin- fi^^ / «u "cre, ihai, jtptt iiay* iicM him Sm^if^:^^'^ '^ dw to Urn ai A. ^/ " "'*" «» -■4 c -i ' J ^"ii. -w..*-'. ft jyoii hm lifeea^ and 'whether^ if it wi^ ydju have ine excufei of knowing he loves * you ? t fttoi^d be glad ta know whar am fimy^e^V yoo have any* I anv H^^^'* ■s\ ■'■l:^'^^^*IT5I'|*tt**"^ jirbur ionare friendfe ;3jvf! V^,:-i rrSitf «3 t E T T E R oax^ : 5 _ * ■ ■■ ' ■ ■ ■- V 1 ■ f ^To Mrs. Mblmoivh, at Montreal, t My d w Madaod, n ; : . ^ ;^ #^ 'toarfcnfible off the nghtf ;dr^ triehdmip, to icfufc anfwciing yoi^* queftionsr which I fhall do in a» few woidfct a« ppffiWc. I have not the leaft reafon m 4: "'I , .' ""ft* « -i'ii-.^Ji,-: ^■ ||f- f^' ■ >- 5. » iiph i£ I ^ow my .h^m^^o ^l Uvejkim ^n th«t icafe df thiR irotd jrtMtri^iieftKw fti|^6»: I think hWdic4)cft,>thcmioft «miahk of mankind ^ and rajjr extreme af- feasion for him, thdiiglii believe that af- fcaioil oiily^^V«^;ii^y , firi •wakened me to a fenfe of the indelicacy «nd impr^iciy of marryiog Sk George. - ^^nlcr4ii«o^4».4kti4.M.«igagemrat «s marriage with one man, with a ftronger' •ffedion for another, of how cilm and innocent* nature %w tfiatfiffisaion may be, is a degree of bafenefa of which mj ' beait^is^inoipable^c;^.;! . i-^i^\z'^lA ^r \\ When I firft agreed to many Sif <5coige, I had no fuperior efteem for any other man 5 I thought highly ^Tiiim, lahd 1i^ted!e>^^ toircfifttbepeelfinjtelif j ^yjy" »'<^n«rqp >piiiicm,'|\^*V lli-^iit-jt ..ijir^- 1.'^: : ^^ i As to her inclination foi? your brother, i n of their <^inioji, that/ ihe loves him /ithoutbdng quite dear in the point' Sicrfelf: ihehasjiot yet confcflcd the faft *^ to mc^j but Ihe har fpeikirtg cly w^^ -ucy, and, I thjnk J .can interpret their/ fanguajge. f' ' ^ - ^ • / Whether he fees it or not I cannot tell/; ^thef |hink.Jie does, becaufe he has be^n p^hijn bi?re, th^n: Worci^ig qjitfimo&r ^ttaw W43 put.«»#a^ j«i #fciofe^ ^^^ ?nf>ugb o^,th<^ %po0tioni bfccauf^ ie «nPW9;rt« ^g^pettioeflcc it^ QgelKiCi a^^^ I, H)ih.prMdet« and wemi( and tiie «i« R.. I.J' — »» •«t ..#- . Aim.y : ■ m ■•I ti^i /<• 1^ :>;;^i*tfi?fe: :, , •i, m' ^ r'i • ■ * , "u ■ > ,/ ■**!, - -K^ -t -11..,. . (, * -^1^ £«f*i?^i«r. '• La ! ^i^'%^p4iQoiiie|^ toimic ftamy ^|>ari^au J 1 4ai^ ;(^ ^i^ '^•^riciJi.pi^iill© what I am^bNfts Hbttt^o^ m^ myiimc Sir, for that. A^l ji^au dmain^ ma ■^i^lthm. 'MV ^'^tn^) •i'^.b ^)o c\L \ ■*HH "'^.: e*:''' ?ril n^Hi'i-Sfi 1 * V t To Mifs Rivers, Clargcs Street. «w^^ftem9bi}!(aVicb«t^^ 4iMiQe^l£fWQbef>itiie4dc^ ftmcfe ^fiiiifitt^iwe had|Mcn friends in fomc pre-cxiftcnt ftatc, '1PW»« <**y'^«ht^i*ft%'%^r»^qttili»liince exprcflcs a nati v e therc C '^r^'' '^g^^ ^^ v *^^^^ 3 CI .Il.4<>Vriie f,jpp2fi v?. > ^ " t J 3 "J ' ''« * * l'«"*'?9K«.i.'«-fer- i:lf .3.f Lu. i^ T«H! , but the affeftions, the livelyZtt af- h».« be pleafing. The remoteft wood ia the Graces. ,- —«iy"'« me of -^Aer, «na»ouhia„fcil^ huffl to England, did i^-TT !^ r<$anniDg " or m y fond n efi ifa r .'l| vfo:. *■■'? woman detain mc heif ^ i^|^^ k ■ -«« both tdo good fn^iriiyflg^eo^itM iftc 10 th^ coiaitry ; wilP 3^W _ wG^ be too ^3f«jcli to hopt to^^i^pli hcrci and yet, if I marry Emityril^m be impoffible for ^e tp thmk of retiming to Eiiglaiid^'-"^ ■■■:-^^-^y■^« -ntvmrq|-.^ i-^^,. • , Thcit is artitn here whom I ifhoiild pr^ fcr of all'men I tver 6iw for fom but he is already attached to your friend Bell Fer- •moiPi who. is very inattcotiyc to^hftp^own ^j^appkiefv if flic refufes him :i J «»i Very Iwifc you.flioi^cU* - ^^V-.M'"^^'^ ^^' ' fi Youiirc fc wiy civily Iju^^^^^ to jme^Iidm: afilaid of becoming Vaio from your.,p5«fcs.. '.^■' ■ > .," ^f ' ^'' ^:>2^'^^"'-' '•"V" J h'||ike)krp, my deir,. yw^^^ by.thi»(CMdkB of .civilit)4 fo?^i*5H«^«fic- r^ M thai dffiioc b:-'K; '"^-ff^ \ii'7;ls^J^':, tLt), RiVBRS*, 1 S3. >\3 . '■f ■ n? I '(lit-', . -„ ? ' -m=r =T*^#^ — ■ /^ V k :r 54i Tke mii*• '/ i S»^«»^' Feb. 3o,'7 V^OUR I^rdfhipcfocsWgi^li^ . ^\jii ibppofiijg mt tiapafcjitf of i^fini; Mf ifktiifaigbbry account of jk tdtittti^ 4[ii^ 4 ('; ■ *■■■ '■ ■ ' ■■•i*.'-^ the vciyftrortg^ddirfe-F hivd ttrificfhf i*i^ eHeem you honor mc with, I fliaH com- have obfcrycd,- awd' imaif obftf^y' m W^V as what I h«ar^jfkmnng0QMo4anthor^y, with that lively plcafure with which I have ever obeyed every command of your Lo|td0iip'8« .U*, , i. ■ . .. ■ '■ '■■■'/ :-.-■.; /'."■ ^ i,\*. ./v- ^H^ f*Bnch, in the firft fettlfrit this co- lpny> fec^L^o have had an eye only to the cohq^S^of ours v t\. (,;.. h -.. ^m- ■ ^ • ■ aftd fhaU com- hority, with I Jiavc ever .-V. I. V :•>;* ,Si Ing this co- ^^y to the J fyftem of ,-'.;. 1 ij»)'» U*«3l^^ft«im*^3^ not ^iilWci#i^ M' i^Go rs, ex-' 1^ «^W|ly ^iiall^^uie^rintby w^i4>r^ id»t 4c^l€igii«i» lioMs/ of t^^ Mpiiot«|nk|aidi% th«r;«»c^llve1iKki^ 4 llaico* th^jr W^wwr, mkI haw lifcor , ai4 Ai#f iiilil^^i^ ^i^jhi they r?^ fcnaWe. th0 rftv»|Wi whofo. mmers thf>y ' ftrong l y to . h»»citul»Uica ,i , ^im {rif*.\l. iw .»# vcrnmcnt' . i^HUti^fl^^u . . A, •I .«•» r 1 <#' < -/--i . C. yernment appears to Jjav^ciKouj'ag^.ia military if irk all iivcr the col^>f>4^gh ignorant and (iupid to a grc^t dcgr^M^^ jjKafants have a ftrong fenfe of hoxior j nni though they fervc, a? I havje faidj wUhiHlt pay, are never, fo happy as when ckllcdj^ the field, ./ • . ■ * • ' ■ ■ ■' ■•■'-* ■ . They arc excefflvdy vain, and not onlf look on the French as chc only civilized nation in the world, but oil jthcmfelvw 9$ the aower of the Frertc|i oi^iion v ihey^ lN|tk I am told> a great ayeHtonim^^^c^aif froops which came from Fraotc iii the lat^l lirar, and a Contempt equal to that aver*, /ion; they however had an affc^io^^i^d «fteem for the late Marquis De NKntcalm^ ^which almoft rofc to idolatry 1 and I have tjren at this diftance of time &en 'many of theixi in tears at the mention of his oamei «n boiM: tribute to the men|ory of acon|« i^ander equally brave ahdhtwn^i lit whom his enemies wc^ evien oii the da^ vwfaen their own hero felL > ?k :i rtt 1^ 'O:. lam ». j.iw. jii «^' -fiftS^ jS i?Siv ,',i^K» ■i7;tw « ./M- |.*' lonorj an^ d iiot onlf If. civilized mfclvcs At i^«tbe IftCd that avcr-^ ontcalmi ind i.ifive n^manf^of his oamei ofaconiw litthie daj^ Tarn piiTr^ 3Jail|^4Uc4upj9>ji^rd|^lfitter^^|jd h^ 0^ tiftie t<^5*fi^ your ,JU)fd8ii|>[j9f iTOjf l«fpe£t« and of the pleafure I always re- ^»Jile ^ftaill'j^i5^nComi]()M4sr, I h^wthc ill gd^kfJi :: ?;^,^.uv> ^A nr-Xrhoj ' ■;: f-vfd.flih ■ T HAVE indeed, myd^^A^iAis^^ X^his coftveriacion, to which words cannot fdo Juflaflc: V 1av«: \t$^^ Ids/ tender /s^nd :|iyc)y tjwiqjliyjfri^n^ihip fpr Riyer^f .|^^ ?i|if foft mpQient I faw ^ai> I loft alj^j^^- .fori?t^r cdnverfaticMiif cvenyours, a ^ r^blc tyyon a rgi borrows Itg tnof^nfCY^ll- rs; >>,-.To Mifs F^rmqiv. «''ja JjI ■•-■«., f€ '>Mf«-i>-J|l,^^^^,g :1^^ '.' '* v/*' '■,e. fi^^^biM fi^^tli^ |^» . V^l^^ tc few 4^. '/" r- i.ji*^ljf4k ,$■ >*^' of approtaiioa-ifrttnthHn, i being rti8|ieiioc«beumiib)i> |«rii rivvlieA | ^ ^irf^^ lifeiifcigir^biSsij Oil© €omii>tied F«^1d^biiiwci|i iToyiwi^, which fhcwcd mc the foJly as well as indecency oftrntm- ing one man when I fo infinitely preferred' Lanothcr, and a fktfe poiiit rf honor and Nft#|^<^f n^#wni : from which painful ftatc, a concurrence.dffev6rable accidents has at length happily relieved me, and left Une %c to ad as becomes me. ■'.- Vu ;'^..i'^ Of this, my dear, be aflured, that> J though I have not the Icaft idea ofevw [marrying Colonel Rivers, yc^ whilil my p'r.-'j C^ / ■^''i 'i^ , . '''f't ^5 . a < .. 7, ^ " *^ ■*'».'_ JL^:_.---M^ €o^ THE HIsioRX Ofa jfcfltimcnts for hirti cdiititotiewbtt difey ai^ J willnever marry arty ojiMiritiaiuiqvii: *^ ^""iK * tim hurt at what Mrt. Ki§S>dr hinted in her letter to you, of Rivers having tupm peared to a^taeh himfelf to oms ffom vaoii* tyj fhe endeavors in vain to dtftroyrmy efteem for him : yo«t wcH ^ow, ji^nev^r did appear to attach bimfelf to mc»t herfl incapable of having done it from f«^F4 motive i but if he had, fuch delight has^c 1 1 in whatever pleafea him,< diat I Ihould with joy have facrtficcd nay own vanity to -gratify his, - • - 'l:< ';»"1l>y^=- n[i,j^ ':s4^'^tk Adieu] Your / EMiiy MontAouI. .-.,-* •,. . ..... J 1 . , '. . > ..• -t> r .'i }-,f.\.L ..:^->-, 7! 1. i . f •/ -<:..■ , . . .LPT- % 1 ' • "■ "5'., ' .' '■"">" .X' '% ■^, ■ * ■;,.', %.,/.' . I i> .-Iff,- . -.■„ \ To Mifi Mo M TAG ub; ■ -'^m -r- f.'+.W'e Galpnd , levers J you Jmk *«n- ?ven with >U *!! tenderoefi ^iKi, tlear « to the mufe^f your a^^ Rivera. • •^''"''^ f =!lr«f; f!ue^"?a}fW I .4 r- i.". ti > L TdMifi FsuMOit. ' r ^ kind ? Y^^pa ^# f kirfr^i^ poe in woman to iee , him without Icu^t /!'+>;' iSt^?/!^ I I have obfery^^^iroii (^^jtM^ufand times Mening to him with that air (^ ibftn|6 ^in^^tiinpUideney— Believe mc^ %iy^S» I lun not angry with you for loviog him i % , i-'\ ^ V *f i f ! 1 ^c is firmed to ctarm the heart of womaiit ^ have not the leaft right to oomplaia of im4^yi^^6mm ^th^ig^ nt> ^mok for himr y<>w wi^ rqwtedjne almpft as the wife of^0^.^mymm^f^ 4 pyi fWhioh^SF^*^^ - tlwii your Emdy can h«Mv Tdiiww^ ;'_^ ^? T.i ii5-..|no4 •uo'^-'iliv'j cito"^:^^ . Ah ' ■ , •' V J ^ #• rj^ «i£ ■ I (4 THE^ H FSTJ6K?: i Of ^ • J.>f Emify t I We— nbtquitefo dyiflgly is j^^dB^ fctit^1(^ j^ lirillt^ fcfgivc iiifc "whcA I add, that 1 ^ih bdoVeS ? It is ttiiiiee^^if t(i aiddthe name of him Il6ye, is you have fo kind!y appropriated tfife whole icx to Colohel Rivers; ^ ^^ m4^ 'lUO tt"":! ji'^ L I . • .*■ Vj fi-J- .fir.i. :itU '"fibwfct^f,1b6 (hew you it Is pofliblc ymi may be miftaken, 'tis the little Fitz I love, who, in my eye, is ten tinrtes more agree- able than even your nonpareil c§ a Colo- neU I koov^ou will think meafhocking wretch fo»this depravity of tafte i but fo It IS. c> ^ * «» Upon my word, I am half inclined to jl^c angry with you for not being in love with Fitzgerald 1 a tall Irifhman, with > J:i '""fflpH' I 1 ->, ," » - ^ :< U "1 J "■■■ ' ' *■ - - f.' * v5 ' ■ Yes, my dear, i&frif^ » man on earth, ind even in th# littU t^jittf Qgcbcc, who can pha/e-'0hip^kt^ijihi ' Purely, fhM,^ i^tlici#ifii b«3pmi man Otf earth Vho could plcaie^iyttti;3w© not be > unreafoaabk M to-engroia him all to *r ;a a ■ ^W part,'thpty^fliici Fitzgerald KtrcmdJ^ i by ito^ Sndiii infift : ih^ ^cry other woman flialV X ^ i?f - X 't hui-. '. . ? Go, you are a foc^fli gN, 'illd^ iioii"* cndiir #h«t f d ji i rerfMpSf6xHc agrttablc felloW i but »/ M 1 woman tp ike hitn without dying for ^vc, of wBich behold your little Bell an ' Will / •i. ■y morcdci oivt^ ke»;p>i if^^i^ tjie , ifland of Orleans? dare you truft liecavi«^^l^iitii\ €itmm ym «^ fe <^ Slot \sm!^very^hoi\fkii : -.Uj^y-ot^r ■ - » (■ •' I i ?«-.i* t f^,. L E T^ E R i-XXVlfi* with my eyes J ii^Uii^w ^m^{9^ ftrangei I am almoft piqued at youf gtv- k%.in• s 1 "*.' t* V' J, ^^&%miG%n .1 rfs \ ■V'tr^: t E ^ ^ Lxxyni. ^ JpUanc rights Oiy dear: *ris marc rfvOT>4fo^^ ga wjth myi father. J love >noer,.'«ul:^l ttodbre fend for Ma^ lemoiielle Clairaut.to be iU?m*« bdle*. ■ %: I. t '■ :^'-'. J t ■>t ';j:-: ■> k-^ !Fl^MUar:FjlMt HMHU • • ;jf ;i inir it^.*i i tr are a proyo)iiog« c _ . _ go with kiVeli" T«tf'1Sflfte^' iS,|'. ittend Midame VilKeWi.Wli'yoo kiS iU naturaDy talce it '^ if -ffifc-j, ^: ow party. We eari:aflc1(!ademoifci» , airaut another 'timeM :/ Y' ■"' ?H '?■ '^ , ^ LEW: ^ .. -I ^^- V'»^ '-jji?.' « ^t. THE Hl^JO^RTf ,^^ LETT E,R, UaX^ J. To Mifs RiYziis^ Clarges Street. X- I I * ^ Sillcri, Feb.-a5> f rjn HOSE who have heard -no i^6r¥ /^jl of aiOnadii^ winter thi*rt.wb I rtjgards^ite ihtcnfenefe ^of it^' j^ •*! fuppofe ir a y^rj Joylc^' fcaftw i ' *tiSf j I*aflufe you, quite btherwife 5 there are I iird^ed ^rhe days here, of the feverity of which thoiawho-^^erenever oat ~of-Eng» land caQ>%rm na coi^eption i but thofe days feldom exceed a dozen in a whole winters nor do tltey come in rucceffion, but Ijt jntcrnnediate, ^ricids,; sw tlj^e W|ift^ let ifi frpn(i the^NpitJi-'Vi^ft I WhicK, cominjg ^igic jiundred ieagucs, frpm jfrozcn^lakfs limcl ri vers,r over woods ind mpun tains po- v^fcd with ,Av?w, would be infupportable, were it' not for the furs wi^h which the country abounds,., ijitt Ibch variety and 1 plenty as to be within" the reach of all its 'J.'- - MM \ "^,""-xr^ . tJ2t3SSMM' lun ui wnicn VDQ leem^to entertain Tuch irtti i$ d6 place wlfefit rVoitien are b^iUh V^i m^ot^:' ii6ti)hi df the fee, who h^ ea« iSWf^if atlfr^6ns;:is^v^ithoUt k le^cfe bl' beaux interceding ibr' the honor ^\?1^;,*»?.^^i^ or _jur.. ■•■'^'^-:^'-" ^'- ^•■- -'■■'■' .;v ^ ¥lititjl«^r^tfiHl6tf^«4^^^ «»ft agreeable jaunts iyi^&Saii cah '"^rJ^^^f^^^W^^s, t,y the ^lU of Moftittioren^ri the l|tt6r is al. *• tch of all its "thfttf Aiote > t8 a wlM pMlbly fappofe • *^ > a ride '/i 4 .j!^ 'e ■ * H iAisfet ^-^S ',.,i.;h,SSAis^ .V^M\ i ■i ■r^ H?^ the. confJ*WK jc^^^ rivetrs St. of trarmrarent roclc tp' an heipit thai:" is aftonifmiigy and of ^ Hrength wHich bids sbii £ the lliin(iiiiWt|ifili i til I I ^.;i^ of] [ici|ht that'is ;h which bids •■«yj-;-j« -f^Jf. the *■> 1^^"^ twenty carridles, »^^fat^'i!d^^hiterr ^cr^c, which again difcovcr thcmfelvcs on he*6ft!feiTtfotis 1^ iftenayi 'ivkh'riife fes^^ a^c^r j idl^ togc- !rte,*hiidh^art«)ttf^l&i;*ipwl.ingalann- lott bed ^ftow, .litt«out thF.leaM«i,«» '^f^y.kind , .n<}.«n ycident of tlis fo*r ■"."i'i ,an yci fcirow ^ ■■! ff *: ... .1 1 , •'■■■'^■fef^^ ^^.^l • 1 1 or myfclf^ I ^b^jU^ !«(« Ac i^ft of <9^r ^vir to another VnxXf^ti, wbjcK will prob#>Jy ac- company thW2' my meaning is* thai |3i?P fong one ; in wWpkicntimcnt I knw you| 'ii- Yours, •^. ]*"^'ii. -'^■ .... -i A, t..'-/L.' .' - -■ ■ ^, X""*^ f*' «. Aftemodn.- r0.^mjr deir, a, f Was ikyingi tKls feme ' noe to Montm'orencl— where Wji"]'" ^ucy ? I forget—0, 1 beireve iretty near Ne J^MM,b^fmS^^ f^'^y^m^^ M:»clt ofwhi«^ I Im to g,vp.y!^^a wi„tep «*^M J..vpentionedV hill,, which fcM >deas, though fajfe one% p£d»ii^ ["fm«golficeii^&^ - ~^^ V6t.II. E )~J ^54i«4 »T», \ /f ^ <«¥ ■**« '^'■€- "tW"'"^ l^%4 ^^&mj(^m \ H PCAs you gradually approadt the bay, ^^ jouli^ ftra an awe, which in- ■ -..crcafcs ^^^1^1^00101^ a||^QH,^90mft near* er, ftoin thc^&iip4cur of a iccnt, which isl^pc 9f the, T^^lt%€^^o('^m^ ? 'i:h( beauty, the propoitw^lh^ folcmmty, th< wil^ ijc)jign*4cc||jcp , <^f ^^^chK furpaflSng cvcqr poffiblc cffed of ai^^mjiwfsi one ilfongly wifji the id^s^ of its i^inlSil- mi ^:N, -VV-; lietbtk 6n thi caft fide, whi(fh:%J^ ^, "^ a^y6tilit)J«5di^ |Uor^^ ' i*#0cei c^ llic feme lic^^i ihc l^v Ac t^ ^ith a gc 0^irM^» rs-^utifuily % pM^, fii^and l^cr-greert^^ vatri- _i^s, whbfc -^rdantvluflrre i^ render- ilfimBg and lovelyl )^ the furi^ouh<«M^iW^w^ HdiM 5» Jj^tiiP^t^i^ly^*'^^ their iu^^Ai|»^ thd^ arc :^cred oil thfe jute 6f the afcen^x^dj 4iYipg«^beir fOQts in almoft tt%rcw- I • -«^^ bl( r s < i^ ■#>"> mm MmtAQUE. ; 7, 'Of W grow .in ait. ..i< < The" wel flip Js 4«ajly l«ftjr, but njone .ffwjM^foa^ ,*, J^, ^^ ^^j ..^ ^»^?* •£ f^i-l^ at little ^iftsnce^ rf ?f poffJ?. o*^ tre» Md flirubs. l«. which It IS almoft emirejjr hid. • T^ "««H^%wd(irc, ie»wi7 ^Mb ia »w2k IS ™M'»"«>«»«t.iB» from Th, WBt?r Jcene h«.\^rij,,4;y^ X. Tit^ ^ r,;.. TffcirftAiS ■jy^X'-i'-V" ,- • ffr i/ •ST*' 5H- •Ftr V6 THE HISTORY 6f ^ The rivet being on id fides botind up i^ froft, and its channel rendered narrowei- than in the fummer, affords a Icfs body of ^ater to fupply the cafcade 5 and the fall, though very ftecp, yet not being exafkly perpendicular, mkffes of ice arc formed, OB different! ftielving projeaSans of the rock, in a great variety of forms and pro- portions. '> 7 ' The torrent, which ^fore rulhed with fuch impctuofity do^n the deep dcfccnt in one vaft flicet of water, now delcends in fome parts with a flow and majeftic picer in others feems almoft fofpended in triid^ air a and in (^ers, burfting thr^ «bftacks which intcrnipt itt^ oowrfe^ f ^rs 4own wftb redoubled fury itttb tfic (dm- ing bafon below, from whefice i iprayl arifes, which, freezing in its afce^t, be- : ^inesbn each fidej a wide and irregular J&oi^ii breaft-work i and'^lii front, the ^pfay beihg llitere Ihuch ^^tkm^. a lofty and mag'>>fi<^g"^ PJ^^^ ^ folid ic^^ ' /ihm <■. . ' ■ /' / "/ -r, ^ I .'ikifet-vy. '-,«. LiA \ . ' r t:^^^^' I hw npt told Jrou half the grandeur^ half the beauty, half the lovely wildnifi of this feene : if ,y6u would kiiow what it IS, you. muft take no inrormation but that of youi^ own eyes, whjch I pronounce ftrangers to the lovelieft work of creation till they have fccn the river and fall of [Montmorcnci* I' In iho^%^^^ I ^ Montmorend- bnad.-^tx.,.vi:ft.-i:^r:^s^. ::•,:, , ^'i:,,: ., ; /„ ,^^,. * fa it^tdly defecmi to tdl ymi, we Vf^'^^^ and |i^d^rfjpor3^^j^^j^f ^^^ irt pctaiuhg^cnUvcning warmth of the * 1- I I'l . f folid te«*^ ^ Fitzgcrajd made viol fthe way, ^nd I nevci with fach complacency. cto me all ^yfelf liften 7 'i r Adicaf ,^ /, i' ^ t > J-K^ T^y^aclt^W - ^1^ certain foftflcfr lii hk Vdieie whfcji' ^^ Lhe^Heflts hit, fhich eznm tkupk ¥ pcrfyn df ttiy pcwMotL ^ ' ^ ^ ^*^« ^ ?^ . ^ •> a littkjinjpertment girt here, 3 Rladfc.v . . lmojfcUe<;iairaut, whi*i bil^^mi^ >^i^ , Lofl^res aSa iomplexlbiiifgt^'uji ^^^^d ^ _ .'-•',, :v./.4v-' J, ..,..,. .^( ■,>i.U/„,-ijj,fj,^„ .^r Wftrt, ij-giwa us for the put^fe ^f pf^ji:^ ^ H - •- 4-, .-, ,. ■.:■'■ \ /Tl-, j^;-:; «■■■'• 1^^ ' 1. *■. •i^' ^<^' fj. irjaii,?. 8p THE If ISjrpRY OF r ' ing, (he who plj:afes moft, that is to fay, flie who excites the mod.pa^flion, is to all intents and purpofef the moft Beautiful woman; and, in this cafe, I am inclined tfo believe your Uttle Bell ftands pretty high on the roll of beauty j the men's eyes may perhaps y^j' ihe is handfome, but their l^e^rtjfeel that I am fo. . ^ 1.3prhfr<^ij5,\i« general, nothing fo infipid, fo,^pirjtcre(ling, is a Beauty j' which ihofc ij^ ^periQnce to their coft, who choofe ^^iti y^^rn^^ npt inclination. I retApm^ bo" l^r Ch^Jw HcJ^btirt, a Captain in the tfft^ re^iracp^ ^ith my father, whodeter^ mined to marry Mifs Raymond before he faw her, merely bccaufe he had been told •fl^ syas « celebrated beauty, though ^e wiw ;J|Lever known to have infpired a real Ififllpn I he faWjher not with his own eyes , %jt^. pif t;he pubii^ to^ charms on truft J ,fi|4r till ^Af^ *^«^ hufl^nd, ^ never found out (heK ' pbt his tafte j a "ftoret, however, of fome llt|k importarice ;% I have. EMIl^ MONTAGUE. 8i I have, Jiawcv(?r,. known fome Beauties who had aright to picafc j that is, who had a mixture of that invifible charm, that nameJcfs grace, which by no means de- pends on beauty, and which ftrikes the heans in a moment J but my firft avcrfion is^your>^ women: don't you think i?/»^ woman a dcteftable creature, tucy ? I do: they arc vaftly wcH to fill public places i^ but as to the heart— Heavens, my dear ! yet there are men, I fuppofc, to be found, who have a tafte for the great fublime in beauty. ^ Men are vaftly foolifli, my dear ^ vlry few of them have fpirit to think for them- fclves i there are a thoufand Sir Chartes Herberts: I havefecn fome of them weak ' enough to decline marrying the woman on earth moft pleafing to themfelves, becaufc not thought handfomc by thfe generality of their companions. : ,•-•. "\ ^ ^ ^ ■ .7" ■ "'M- ■■iff,;*. -^i-TP*!-! ptmm^* p..,...,^.v; U'^s'^P-.W'^ - ' i'^' )«. ^2 THE HISTORY of > Women are above #fe folly, and there- p fort choofe irmch oftciid* from aflfeftiotC& than men. We are a thdafand times wifer, Lucy, than thcfc important beings, thefe mighty lords, r ' ** Who ftrat and frek their hour upon the ftage;" and, inftead of playing the part in life which nature didates to their reaibn and their hearts, ad a borrowed^ne at the will of others. ' V fredpi I had rather even judge ill, than not judge for myfelf, V .' - ^ Adieu I yours ever* . A. FjiKicoie/ ) .'Hi «ii;*, '" p >■»>■ ■^■^4^ .' « ts EMILY MdN^kaOfi, ^ '■»J»1 ri 1 1 1 '<>jii rSVcrf tJV7 LE T TE R LXXxriL • M' ii;;f To Mift R I V E R s^ Clargw Street Qgebcc, Mvi^ ^ \ FTER deb«ing wrth myftlf fome daysj I am determined to pmlfoe Ewilf ; but before I make a jdecjaratiofl, Will g0 to fee fome ungrantcd jMs at the ba«kj < Madame Des. Rod}e5?^ ^fta^e , which, lying on 4 very fin^ river, and fo near the St. Lawrence, may I tWnJt hf cultivated at lefs expence than thofe above Lake ChanapltiQ^ rthough in a much iiife- Tior ctm^iHi:^^, rny i^ttl^mcnk licre, I wHl piircha(i the eftate Madamc Des.Rochet ijiaa to fell, wbicl^ will' ijjiei t^!^ road ta the rlter S^, Lawrence, .irid confequcntly treble the value jollf/iw ft^r Jandl; '•. j' '^^■^ 'n -ifc JLA ft.?* Vl I l ove . V "»: ■ «»=■ **'"^-' '^ I*¥- IP TtfE mSTORy OF I lD¥e,I adore this charming woman; 4ac I will not fuffcr my tehdcrncfs for k^ to make iter unhappV or to lower her* ftatioK in life: if I cari^ by ^y prcfent plao, iccurehcr what will in this country^ be" a degree of affluence, I wilt en<|pAVor , to 9hange ker fricndlhip for me in\o a tenderer and more lively afFeftion j if (he loves,! know ^ my own heart, that Ga- nadaVill *« no ionger a place of e»ile; if iiwve flattered myfelf, and (he has only a friendlhtp for me, I ^iU- return 'trnttiG- diatfely «a England, and retire with you and my mother to our little cttate ia the ^ countryir^ fi J« M. ■'^Ifok will pcrliaps %> why noc make Erailyijf our party! ran»almoft aftjamed to Ipeik pkitii but (a Mek are we, a»d fo guided vbytte prejudices we fancy wc tsyptie, that I cannot bear my Emily, afta: ' refofmg a oaach aiKi fix, fhould live without .^ equipage fuitable at Icaft to her birth, i"'-?*' ^ .'* • ^ dtkd IS. #' . EMIinr MONTAGU^:' ^1^ an4 thp manner in Vhich flic has always - lived when in England. < I know this^s folly, that it is a defpir cable pride j « but it is a folly, a pride, I cannot conquer.: j ■ There are moments when I am, above all this childiih prejudice, but it returns upon me in ipite of m^felf. Will you come to us, niy Lucy ? Tell my mother, I will build hlrr a ruftic pa- lace, and fettle a littk principality on you both. ,! '1 ■ n I make this a private excurfion, bccaufe I don't choofe any body fliould even guefs at my views. I fljall fct out in the even- ing, and make a circuit to crofs the river above the town. N. *^ I fliall not even take leave at Sillcri, as I propofc being back. in four days, and I, know iiMf'-«i< . • ^ '*<■ ..(( . r y %( THE HIM*6RY 6» kndw your friend Bell will be inquifittte about my journey. , '^ - . . . -^ Adieu! > Your affe^fcidnatc (^ Ed. 1R.IVERS. > ) LETTER ikkxiV. \ To Mifs River s,^Clarges Street. X SUleri; Mai^lf 5« YOU R^ brother w gone nobody knows whither, and without calling :Mpon 08 before he fet off} we arc piqued, I aflurctyou, niy dear, and with fbftie little ixafon; ; HJr V • .::- • = , ■ ' '■ -^y- :.-":■'■' - ■^■.;:..„. ' ' ■ ' ' ^ - V ery '* i i,f • ,»,'JW*^4^^ ^^^m*. ^i^*. * ^. ■"fW^ ,1 v;'S'* ■^ EMlt,T M6NTAGUE. ^7 1 • ». Four o'clock/ Very ftrange news, Lucy; they fay Colonel RivcFs is gone to marry Madame Dcs Rocheis, a lady at whofe hotife he was fome time in autumn; if this is true, I forfwear the whole fcx : his manner of dealing off is certainly very odd, and fhe Js rich and agreeable -, but, if he docs not love Emily, he^has been •cxceffivcly cruel in ihewing an'^attention which has de-° ccived her into a paffion for him. I can*, not 45elieve it poflible: not that he ini ever told her he loved her | but % maij olF honour will not tell |an iintruth even with ftiscyes, and his have fpoke a very one- ' » iquivocal language, , ^ I never faw any thing lilce her confei- ;. fion, whence was told he was gone ttr I - vifit Madanie Des Roches ; but, when it >f9p hinted with what dcfign, I was obli- gtd ,to take her out of the room, oa- (be Vcry^ 1 Wi»u|d havg difccvicrcd a ll k.*^*(.r;--4ii '■\ .: x^ I- her foul. I really thought fhc would l)i^ fainted as I led her -out. V , Eight •*cldck. f have fent away all the men, and drank tea in Emily's apartment if fhe has fcarcc fpoke to me; I am miferable for her i flic has a palenefs which aiarms me, the tears Hear every moment into her lovely eyes, \ver,s aa fo unworthy a;p^t? her fcfs cannot have been unobfeWed by it was too vifible to every bodj. , 9tb, Ten o'clock. Not a line from your brother yet> only a confirm,atioTi of his being with Madame De^ Roches, having been feen there by fome Canadians who arc come up this morning : I am not <|uite pleafcd, though I- do not believe the report; he might have told us, fiirely, where he was going. .;-; ' - : ;; • .'■.--■; [ J i ■"T^l*-^ \(^^r\ \-' EMILY MONTAGUE, Z^ I pity Emily beyond wprds j fhc fays nothing, but there is a dumb eloquence in her countenance which is not to be d§ fcribcd.- ' . ;r ■■;-'■•,■; :i^ -- t€ t€ ^ ^ Twelve o'clock^' I have been an hour alone with the dear Kt^e girl> who has, from a hint I dropc on purpofe, taken courage to fpeak to nie 6n this very interefting fubjeft j Ihe fays,* ** Ihe fhalK be ,moft unhappy if "tliis re- port is true, though without the Icaft right tb complain of ' Colonel Rivers, " wJio never even hinted a word of any ** aflPe^ion for her more tender than " fricndfhipi ^Kk' if her vanity, ^er felf- " love, or her tcjndernefs, have deceived " her, (he ough| only to blame herfelf." She added, " tfiat flie wifhed ^ him to "marry Madame dcs Roches, if Ihe " could make hinA happy/* but when Ihe, faid this, an involuntary Var Teemed to contradia the gencrofity ^of her fepti- V / / it ?• ■-, /..-. • '' A ■/ -— * ,"/ * t > (. /' ■- •. ... . „ - . . . ... . '■ - " ■ / • ■ — .--—-.-/- / ■ I ^ - . -} / / ■ ('■ ... ^.. ,■, . ... ^1 * / / ■ " / / h ' ■; f V / s 'I, ;* ■ » 17 '^.- / / /• '■ '■ ' ■i ' nit'. ^ 1 - ' - "-' J » . , /. ' ' -,,:./, . '■ ■ : .:^.B.M J - '^'^ * & €• , ^lu- IMAGE EVAtUATI TEST TARGET hO I.I 11.25 t^ IB ^-110 1 2.0 1.4 li.d' f » ftoto gKiphic .ScJHices ion ^^.'^lo. 23 WtST MAIN STRUT WIBSTIR,N.Y. M9M (71«)«72.4S03 ^» ' ) ^..4^ \*- •* %. 6^ -( J y \. ■ J4> »»^. -*l 1>V^. .,.<. . > , ^. '= 7i^W?^'^^ffWP^^lS?!fT?!5P'Pi^^ i-^B.-.,»^^^,^^,.„,_. 96 THE HISTORY OF I beg your j)ardon, my d«Br> but my ef- tfccm for y6(ir brother is greatly Icffciicd 1 I cannot help fearing tKIre h fofAethingin the report, and that this is what Mrs.^ Mcl« moth meant when flie mentioned his hav- ipfj^ an attachment. I fhall begm to hate the whole {^x^ Lucy, 0£ I find ybiir brothScr tinworthy, fun^i^aill give Fittgeralf his diMffiph im- .• 'K i. )t I ami afri^td Mrs. Melmoth knows men better than we fooliih'gtrls do: fhefaidj^ lie attached Kimfi^If to j^nijt^ merelylfron^i^ vanity,' and 1 Iwgin to believe"^ was pght ; how criiei is this cori^uft r ^J^hj; inan who from vanity, or pierhaps only to amuTe an idle hour, can appear to be at- tachecl where he is not, add by that^ means feduce the heart of ^ deferving wo- inan, or indeed of any woman, falls in my opinion very little fliort in bafenefs of him who pradifes a greater degree of fe- ~cIu(Sipi1u What W amiial who been migh afHuei Yo oeeifl p«klr *^ iQ •' ^j Sif itSfi&ii *'^4 'TSTJtW^r^'-" •■ i .:'•■- ,■»» c ■ ^' ?:"•:*£: ■Hi) ■' - - * ■ ! . What right has he tor makelt^c moft amiable of women wretched? k woman who woqW have deferv^ hin^ had he been monarch of the univcrfal I world ! I migl« add, who ha» lacrificed lieafe •and affluence to her tendernefs for hiin ? Yoti Wfli ttccufl^ my warmth oil fuch an oceaflcwj ho«ever^ m k may ^n ydn I .; ; f »4?! y\ Adieu! Tottf faithful . TTTT =^ ■■■),: a.. , t'/ I L E T- 0'' ^"V 92 .THE HISTORY OF LETTER LXXXY. To Mils Rivers, Clargcs Street^ ^ Kamaraikas, March 12. I HAVE met with fomething, my dear LMcy, which ha& given me inSnite uq- eafinefs; Madame Des Roche]:, from my extreme zeal to fcrve her in an aflPair where- in fhe has been hardly ufed, frpnypy fc-: cond vific, and a certain invoiunMprtten- tipn, and roft^iefs of manner, 1): Save to i<«ll women, has fuppofed me ih love with her, and with a frankne^I cannot but ad- mire, and a delicacy not to be dcfcribed, has let mc know I am far from being in- different to her. I was at firft extremely embarraflcd ; but when I had refledcd a moment, I con- IJdered that the ladies, tho* another may -^c^ thevisbTeft, always regjfrd with a kind •of OF xxr. es Street^ z, March 12. ngx my dear J infinite un- .^]5, from my affair wherc- frpnMpy fc-' uneflPftten- •, ;)[ have to ih love with ,nnot but ad- be dcfcribed, om being in- cmbarraffcd ; )ment> I con- another may I with ir of ,aa^ ^4feS EMILY MONTA6uE. 93 of complacency a man who /vtr^j^ as one who acknowledges the pbwer of the fex, whereas an indifferent is a kind of rebel to their empire; I confidered alfo that the confeflion of a prior inclination faves the moft delicate vanityfrom being wounded ; and therefore determined to make her the confidante of my tendernefs for Emily ; leaving her an opening to fuppofe that, if my heaut had been difengaged, it could noc have efcaped her attradipns. r did this with all poffible precaution, and with every foftening that fricndfhip and politenefs could fuggeftj flie wa# fhocked at my coafeffi^ff, but foon recbvered her- felf enough to tell me ihe ||s iilghly flat- tered by thisf proof of liiy confidence and eftecmj that fhe believed me a man to • have only the Wiorc^refpea: for a woman who by ownibg her partiality had told me fhe confidered me not only as the moft amiable, but the moft noble of my fck • ^hat Ihe had heafdi no love was fo tender .^hat W hi ch w ar t he^ h iid b l^f riend i hij 3 J ': 'but "t . . r ^^^^ty,i but that of chi& (he was c^Qvinced, that no frifindihip was £q> teodfr-AS[th^ whlph was the^htld of love; that m^ offered me this tender, this lively friendmi|}^ aad would for ^he future find hfr happiaefs m th« confideration of mil Do you know, no^ dear, that fince this confellion, I feel aMnd of tenderne& for her> to which I cannot give a name ? It is not love 5 for 1 love, I jdoli^e another i but it is fofcer and more pleafing, as well "as niore animated, than friend^if). You cannot conceive what pleafure I find ifl her^ohverfatbn J fhc has an admi- rable underll/andijQg, a feetiog heart, and a i;^i9cture of toftneis and ipirit in her man*- «er, whiciy is peculiarly pleafing to mea. -My Emil/ wiU love herj I muit briiig them acqijiainted rihc promi£^ to conac to Quebec id May ; I (hall b^'pjpy to fljcw her every attention when thcce. : ..■,.■•/... * ^ ,[.:■■.• ■ -rr-- ^^Jka^tfem th e lanjis^ and Ji fcplcafed. 5 with i'?-4 ^ EMILY J^ONTAGUE. 9; with them: I believe this will be my refi- dence, if Emily, as I cannot avoid hoping, will make me happy j I fhall declare my- felf as foon as I return, but muft continue here a few days longer : I Ihall not be lefs pleafcd with this fituatioh for its being fo near Madame Dcs Roches, in whom Emily wU^find a friend worthy of her eftecm, and to entertaining lively companion. Adieu, my dear Lucy! Your affcdlionate ° Ed. Rivers, I have fixed on the lovclieft fpot on cai-th, on which to build a houfe for my mother: do I hot expert top much in fancying Ihe will foirow mc hidier? LET. •.f ^.A^ ^J^^ -) ^':,.#^!5£f^',. i^^I^■l^\^.' t*^- '• ^ mS THE HISTORY OF\ LETTER LXXXVL . '*.■■ To Mifs JRivBRS, Clarges Street. Sillcri, Mar^ 15. STILL with Madame Des Roches ; appearances are rather againft; him, you muftown, Lucy : but L will not fay all I think to you. Poor Emily I wc difpute codtinually, for 0ie will perfift in defending his. conduft ; flic fays, he has a right to m^rry whoever he pleafes ; that her loving Ihim is no tic upon his honor, cfpecially ^s he does not eVen know of this preference ; that flic ought only to blame ^he weakriefs of her own heart, which has bVtraycd her into a falfe belief that their tendernete was mutual :— this is pretty talk- ing, but/he has done every thing to con- vince Mr of his feeling the ftrongeft paf- fion for/ her, except making a formal de- claration. ^S^t -■>. «t^ 1 •'«E^^*i .1' .V. /.'' EMILY MONTAGUE. 97 She talks of returning to England i;Jip moment the river is open: indeed, if your brother marries, it is the only ftcp left her to take. I almoft wifli now (he had mar^ ried Sir George: fljc would have had aU the douceurs of marriage j and as to love, I begin to think men incapable of feeling it : fome of thcmocan indeed talkficU on the Ajbjea: 5 but felf-intcrcft an^ vin}^ are the feal ,pal5oiis of their fouls. I detcfl: the ^^tolefex. Adieu 1 A. FXAMOR. .4 ./*'.. ■J ,/" «^ ^c T ~Wi, It. 1 L T rw^f^f^f:.^ ■ '•'- *;pv ^ tHE HlStORY OP .7 ■ -^r* L E T T E R LXXXVIL , / ■ '• •; Xc^ the Earl of --^. ^ ^^^ 'siileri, March ,S»^ IGENERALLIT diftruft*my own opi- nion when it difffer$ from your Xibrd- ftiip's i but in this inftanpe I ammpftccr^ tainly in the right : allo<7 mc to fay, no- thing can be more ill-judged than your Loi#iip*s djBfign of retiring into a fmall circle, frdh/that*world of which yo\i have To long been one of the moft brilliant or- tiamenw. What you fay of the -d^agrcc^ ablcncfs of age, is by no means ap|Micable to your Lbtdftiip 5 nothing is in this rc- ^ipe^jt fo fallible fl$ the parifh regifter. Why ftiould any rtian retire from fociety whilft he is capable of contributing to the pleafurcs of it? Wit, vivacity^ good-na- turei and politenefs, give an eternal youth, =4k»=iupidity 4md.i^ :; . ' .. > ' ol( A ' iri> 4 **• - EMILT MONTAGUE. 99 oldage. Without a thoufandth pm flf ^^,^''^"!'P'» ^'--e q^'aliti^. fthint JMyfclf much younger thaa half the:bovii - •bppe me, merely becaufe I have mort l^od-j^ture, „d . Sanger ^e.re of tS^'^" ''"""=*' ^"^''^ by yourt ft"lUbut,,addn=iredbya«,rfii^3,^^„ ^»^cremely agreeable to rC-fld I believe 2£t^''? ^^''^^knov. too well **fullihar*. to let. BelJ know I ao- prove her choice, I im even in ^el whether it would m be good mtyt «^;Jo *nike the m.tcb5nj£S^fS xrurc hcit conftirt: there is fn^mtLi To tp^k truth. I am a Jittle enfated for the want'bf moft other advantages. The fair lady, after an engagement of ;two years, took a whim that there wasJKr happincfs in marriage without being mad- ly i^ love, and that her paffion was n^ fufficiently romantic i in wWcb piece of folly my rebel encouraged herVandjJic jiffair broke off in a manner which has brought on hw the imputation of having* given way to an idle prcpoffeffion in fa* v:'- ^ -!;■ ' '^' i'*" ,'. '' " ' ' '• ■ '' " - ■^ , It. I' I ■" ' • * K •'- ' .■ - ' "I* ?;,:.?■'• -"-■,■ *-.;■->.■.. Vi ; ■■■I -■. litiLY MONTAGUE, wj It majr jsdJr ttc is the vcricft coquet in iimnfty for, after all, I am convHiccd he loYcs Emily. ^ ■ :i' --1= % '■' ^ .■ -. - m; -el ll ftayetf a very little time, and ha* not been here tKif morningi he may pptit if Ite pleafts; lit i Batter myfctfA fhall Mitm tht fcmgeft, ^'^ _ _ ^, l^^dftclw ■ » ■ He came to dinf i we kepi fp^out ftate ^l dini^ time; he begged a monientV ^nvcrfadon, which we rcfufcd, but with - trniid air that makes tne begin t!0 feii^w «^*Ni beaft paHey: hthiMsp^^J #il1ichcy^ Of iftdifpc^o^ •# .' Ipiklodifh girl. -!f ;:- '^^,^^#,^1^ 'ru^-ii ■ ^^^-•^'Si^'^^l^tejK.l^ei^;^ I ibund her m ' tear? at Ae window,^ lojiowing RivcrsV earriolc iifith her eyes, r % turned to mi '11 WJi'V^Vfr » *«A«W,|JWSlH^1^ # ■%F- /^'4 * -I. •. '^^ . .-4> Jh ' ■■ "'■f "• - ^Ji^A" ' ' ' . ' « f-'1'-^';n , i^'.ii^y I-?!' » ly/.. iP4 THE HISTORY OF '* Tbe weak,, the fond, the fooI,the coward woman-? has prevailed over all her rerolutibii: her love is only tbe moce violent for.|iaying been a moment reftrained 2 ^Ihe Is lioc equal to the talk £h^ has undertaken 1 her refentment was Concealed tenderncffi and hai retaken kft fif ft fbrmv / : ; , *f-:i tt tamfbrry to find there is not one wife woman in the world bve my^lC ^^ * * ^^.IJiii^ 'i^-3 ■^^ ;hs^ 4 :l h^vfs beea with her again : (he feemed lltde calmer; J ic<:ilii|Mnd^^ her fpiritf dlfavowcd it 1^ WIS pcevilh with ii|e» angry with herfelf; faid' /he had aded in a manner unworthy her character i accui^ fd herfelf of caprice; artifice, and cru- eltf I faid ibc ought to have feen him^ if i^lBott^ yet witK W ^ it waa natural he (hould be furprized at a t^e$|p^ iMtffo inconfiftent with true friendfliipi and therefore that he lBo^iliriAtnr«»i planationi • 1 t i EMIIX MOBITAGUE. 105 ^lanationj that her R^yers (imd why not Madame Des Roches's Rivers ?) was in^ capable of acting otherwife than as became the beflandmoft tender of mankind; and that therefore ihe ought not to have fof- fcrcd a. whifper injuriotn to his 'honor: that I had meant we)^ but had, by de^ priving her of Rivcrs's friendlhip, which ihe had loft by her haug|ity behaviour, lieftroy^d all the happincfi of hcf life* „ ,. I ■ • To be , furc, ^our poor Bell Is always to blanre : but if ever I intermeddle be* twcen lovers again, Lucyrr „. . v ^I am fure'fhc was ten times more angry with him than I was, but this it if to bt too warm in tlic intereft of our friehai. ''■ Adieu 1 till tp-morrow; '^^i^^:^^r^;\■, vOf ^>v y- '.J 'U\ X n\ , V ** 4««r h^lfl'^i- • ^ 1v»-'*\)ir Mfe*^;^--*^*t*^^^W^ ' '■'ft "i^S^? HxX '4 ■•* i^ ' i > : i can. 011^% littit ff^EHzgpndds^ vifit€4 a htndlbinc.fiat preaih-^^ und ftaid mth her ten day* il/tftisJ/i#^|iii .:;.;./,-,:.u.-::. '- /■---■Mr -B^nJ^ fi,;/- 5/.^ )4iJ \i r6k 'IB-^^' ^ i)es Roches's foil «f the warm impatience of love, andrflrw to^Emiiy tt Sillerir I w3» receiTcd with a di^ainful coldhcft- mhjfh i did to think had bectt in her na^ ^1^ Md^whkh iiaa Hiocked roc beyond . . ■ ** . .■'3 ?/--X went ~STi7 '• V :, /: £M4^T MaiTTAGfUB: i^ ..J j|rc»t again to-day, sindrcwt with the Atrlc reception} I even ikw to^ prefeac^^ was t>iiinful.i;ahcr^ therefore Ihortcnedi^^ vifil;,aAd^in hivc;^ top^^n^ #!tliicJt jg^ again ttJI iavitid ty Ci^taiik Jccrmor m form, . 4^1 ^ 5ouI tfi and, as 1 cannot go to Silleri^ hare ^ accepted it: it will tmufe my prelent ^ ^anxiety.\. \ ■■■■ ' '■ ' '-:■.■ <1t anni to drive Mademoiielle Clairaut> zvety pretty French lady: this is how- ever o€i\ no confequenccj for my eyes fkc ■ 'u'-' ' ■ Adicir!"-' Your atfe^onate Ed. RivEKj* I; MV-. ■* '■ T - .' ■' ■ ' , : " \ you |; ' ■'; ' -»''<■,■ ■ ■' \ • »■ |: , ' ', LETTER [^i_l_ — . '. ■- ! 1£ _: » « te'-: ■ ■■ T ■.;■_;.---.- .. ' ■ ^ ; ■'" ,. -.:• ;.,.::;i.^. . .• ■"■,■"' ^ • '-'" "'' ' ' .' V > '• *' »^' te"'- :. ^" '.'/ '^ ' ^lliMfgflmgi™Mi!Bl!ilW!M^BS^B^ :\" i-f. . i, have Iairaut». I how* yes ice KVEKJS. ^ t. ■ ■ ■■ TER LETT E R XC 4T0 Mifs Riy s RS> Clargcs Street. ^ Silleii^ Wetlnefday momiBg^ POOii^ Emily is to meet with perpe- . tual mortification I we have been cai*^ rioitng with Fitzgerald and my father; and» t coming ba^k, ihet your brother dfiving Mademoifel^e Clairaut : Emily trembled, turned pale» and (carce returned RiversV bow; I never faw a poor little girl fa in loves fhe is amazingly altered withia the laft fortnight* , / -'.-t' 'k- i-<». . s Adieu 1 ^. LETTER '% '" i '•• M i;i T'*r Ek^ xc« Tq' lU MONTAOUE^ at Sillen if>^^:, i I .s"-^i J MioiitreaI« March tpb^^, f" fbtritlf iidit kbfoluteljr ^tibl^fcdoh de- /fthiaioh^ mfdtkt Emilfc^i^ i^ yet itt c^ ftln^it without exampk>]\as bee^ \ 1 Ihoirfd write ta you bcfdrt K^'ifia^ii M(^ntrp^ji^d again offer you his hand, fm>^ to ira^ #|}^i<^^,, : ^^^ ^^^,;- :«t. ^ JiTCs you a foi^n1gtil*^to confider his offer, at the en^'6f which, if yourefufc W*^-lvt.*tt*/i&tot for England over th« 1S^ ^ f,^ tf 1 IV Be aflured, the man for whom it is tob pkin you have a£ted this imprudent part,' is fo hv^i^ffm, rftUFfiing 3|oui^ a^^ion, that he is at this moment addrefling ano- relation of whole afiured me that then^ was an attachment between them : indeecl itiii hti^bi61e'6e could have thoujght # * ^oiiM ^^fe ^uitt^ is W i^^ dM^ ^' if% kifir ^Hta|(ti^'^dte tKir tl thof^ ; iron vt^illi ^^hfd tnsnji^ ISioi^ nl w fj^gmekxif wit>ta£9m a^ it icodflifttit m^k tint attdttiobi(» ithpoviani^»{ati)^^ »quilt^ te^l^ i cbrii9Qmbn0iiO^pa^ gnverous and cKfrnceastftalviaiiiflkiiKaiiiSil' ffeorgeiii' }itanigi>lf d^Bnufy^ u^'^ pi i'lil iitr^* '.':■} v'MM. I *:-!Vi>':''H''^*»' 4'l>l^^ ■'»■ ' > ''hi '^%l'l'f^v!i,i^^l|ry , , 1'- ' r^*<" fm :^HE HISTORY Of / ^1 . ; i( / ... '^J ■ / J' LET T E R tXCIt n To Mrs. Mbxmotph, at MohtrcaL ■<\r \v .:> 1'AM forry, my dear Madaniy yo\i ihould know fo little of my hipart^^ aa to fup^e it poffible I could lia^ bn)ko «iy etigi^gemcms with 'Sir Gfewge from any motive but the full conviftion of my wanting that tender affe^ion for him« and Chat lively tafte foi* his converfation, which al^ne could have infufed either his feli- city or my own i happy is it for both that Idifcovered this before it #as too late: it was a v^ery imgleafing drcumftmc^ even under an intfnttoi^only of marrying |iim» to find my friendlhip ftrongei^ for aiiotfaers what then would it have been imder the moft facred of all engagements, ^t of marriage? What wretchedncfs %ould have been the por tion of both, had /^ I ^ t- . Tmiiityi , ^j^VH ■ '»i>' ft <■' vP*, "J timiditf, (decorURix wfalfe hbnbr, carried" me, with this partiatity ih my hearty to fulfil thoie views, f!iitert4 i^y^o frpnpi com>* pKance to nnfy familf» aitid 6q^^ frdm f falfe idea ^ propriety, and weidc fear bf the ccnftres <^ tbk World t!'-^ The fame rtafo^ ^Mrefofe ftill (l^fift- C^'-':'%' uig, nay blB^iig ^im moment ftrdngefj fi'om a fuUer cionTl^oli of the merlt;0f Bim ne/fumt prefers, in fpite of ine^ to Sir ^corQ^^^ifc^!^im^ h time Wp^tSbUa^ thm«ver*^ V. -■■'<• ''■.:> f f I am however tibllgecl to fOjiv «l^ 1^ JOT Mditu^; fltt^ y^ &rve me^ though.yia|;l|^E^^m conceffioh, which I ow^ I ihould n^f ha# .ma^e in hjs fituatioiiy knd which I^iiih oin^ fuppofe the effea of Major Mehndtfeli peifuafionsi which he ^ might fuppofe known to -me, and m Imag^natioii my fentiments for hiin were clianged : ■ -v-vi «i* 1 " ms-. - i, ' T' ,• 'f. ■ ■*»- '• Mk 4 fp« him/b(i3oytttmn,. tl>o' low ii not, k my Dower* • . . . , • '■ :; \ my fncnd, I hwf hot t^lc^ft j^gfej 4ifapprdvc hif marryiiig i on tlic tontra ;,.„ t Jf»<3l|U|i r't^fli^ Jjif j ^ ' nil to'mca andj, all circumftancei^.cie^''^ d^red, .degrading: to Sir Gcorgi^^i ■.■■-.-- .^ffwi^^Sr* ■■.■■■ of Aoothier, soy tei%^ frr *''^-4> It y dernefsj » tendemefs as innocent as it is liveltr.iJtoj$ld never ceafe: nor would I g^^^^i^fite^ned delight of loving him* £t|Wap^ of^iorbo^ t>f^it^ be- ^ved» ^r any advantageia the>^wer of 4',: ■•■..-^ % ' r "; •:; ;;-'^7:-s /j Thefe being my fentimeii^; i^;if!)[pentf )><; |rhich no time can att^r^ thq^ cannot b6 .ipo^iifei^llEnMf'to Si^Gcoi^j l%ol4d anTill^cGfriJ^'Mtof'v!^^^^ ^IhalW liis mother* and I have no doubt hi^^^^H^ happier than a marriage with a woman L. - ■: W^W.^^^J f.'iliilfk lirJ^J^i Wow »nectiqaabe» ^e». tV, ; ^-i^, 1^,^ "n^H ^-!< ^) TT . V' l-ETTEH u ^^ ' -^^ i •''■^'*^'i-J^^''S$^" K.I ;..-A- HlSlrbRT OP \ ■,:i^:'-^t' IT :n :^f' 'n*Vi \^ '' '^.K'T^t-iE^s-xcnj. ' r---' io • ^i'. To Mifi Rtvsfttj Ckrgci Street. 1 i(- 1 -..i. tJate:'-i;':^-:'^?j^-* ^' ■'■ '\^K.rf :K^'*-t, ■ilteK ■.^. N< It will oe but an awkward party^ f it^iruD v^i^^yf ^ ft ^. WW!^ «ttr^J|ce^iing w #Q#1 for a &^i^:4iKx^ * ^^H« VJgci* it gone I jw 1^^ logs 'tttj hn(^,b\it Ata^^ be^upfu^ forrow I ever beheld; fc|ji all g^^^ having offended the dear man^ ! v .f i am otit of* patienc^with this look i W to Mn; T coiilS^ X v.. J31 JUJ J*.' +'- ■""\H*^ ^t^ifj, tf ■>>■ t i ^?'•i^ovu . §y/C^: eetti autifti^ ief for jS.* '.»••./ « ok i itf iorit : I cannot bear hU vanity fliould be fo gratified. -. k*' I j^anted her t6 tti^ him wi^ a lauqp, V^*^^5<^''«^<^>: flippant air I but her whole appearance is gentle, tender, I had almoft faid fupplicating : I am afliamed of the folly of my own fex: O, that I could to- day ittfjpire her with a Kttle pf my fpirit I flie is a poor tame hpufliold dove, and ^f ^^!P^^ W ynng ^ her. ' » 1 r «f t ^a Bfevea o*clocik For my Ihcpkerd u ismA, aa4 ay heart is ac eafe.** What fools wbmen aie^ Lucy I. He took her hand, expreffed concern for her health, foftcned tlie isonc;ri>f Jiii jr^ice, looked a few civil things HPith thofe ex- prcfllvc lyingeyes of his, aiid::without one j ^mA ■■| -^vf. ,*.- ,_.v, fie* !*• '- Is h J^Bac^i-» 7^ '^ ^>lf4r4 iO^ ai^^nati^tij att was Jsflsoe in a moment. ^ <■; I ■ .Goodnight I. Yoursj: , " t f ; Heaych&I the felloy is neitv haa fd* any thiiig lo'fconndcht r Thefe modeft men have ten tinges the afibrance of your im« pudent fellows. I believe ablblutely he \% going to iinakie love to me t 'tis a critical hot}i>>i6tt«yV^and to rob one's Yriend of a Iqycr is really « tcmptatiom v M «^r>^e?^iu^ \ J.'l i-^ ;^ilIiV wKidh ypil know was irripoflibie^ without betraying the fccfct of poor , EmiJy's Jittlc foolilh heart* . . , . u.(v-a,;,;' H ^i ■J ' ■■ ' I howerer cohtrited: U> icf Km' know ^c were a lltde jpiqubcTa^'im gm^ wiifi. ggit feeing us, and that wp .Wt|:c,fon;:^thiflg iclincd to be je^ous'cif ills JnenJ^ip for 'adame Des Roches* : Hi ftfade a pretty dcccht dipfencc j and> *ough I don*t abfoluteJy acquit him. of co<}4>Hfy,-yi^ Upoathe w h ole 4 think-t forgive him. ■• r *, v^' .1 He loves Emily, which Is great merit wij;h mfe: I; fflifl^ OB^ifortt^ tiOf al^d two fuch poor devils, it is neit to iit^poffible they fliould ever come together. «af .jil ll» &il» pountenadce as m the ^ ' morning I 'ti'\ T- \m 'O -:^i m ,!.■'-•' V 130 THR HI5TPRY pF. mbrningi this love is ^he fineft cofcnetick In thfe World. ,^ : ,- ^ \ , . t . , w '. - .* •.i. After ail, he is a chaining fellow, ani| has eyes* Luqr— Heaven be praifed^ he never pointed, tiieii-firie at me J ^ Adieu II will iry toileepj ^•'■* ■■ ■;? -'' ^-i Tours, ^ 1 „ ,^. . . . ... .. jr' - - * • A. 1 ' ' ' FxAMOS^i "\; v.; .^■>; • f » 1 » V-» t LETTER XCIV. To Mils RiTiftl^ Clirges^ Street. /;■ ' T V / Qgebec, M afch a«« rr^HE coldne^ of Tjrhi^h I complained, ^ ^Jl' my dear Lucy, in' regard to Emily, Was the mofk flattering circumftance which ^^4uld have *happf hed : I will not fay It '••'' ' ' - ■ -waa ...*; K|pa Z^*,' ■> ■» ^' ''^"JlVf's^ (■' E*«ILY M0TiJTA• 's'^Ji was the effi^a: of jealoufy, buti^ certainly^ was of a delicacy of affcftion which ex- tremely rcfemblcs ic. * ; , ^oi : iNever did fhc appear fplovdy as ycfte^- i^Ti never did fhe difplay fuch variety of lovelinefs : there was a fomething in her look, when I firft addrefled her on enter- ing the roonfj, touching Beyond dl words, a certain incxprcffi We . melting languor, a dyirtg foftncfs, which it was not in man to fte unmoved : what then muft a lover have felt'i -;.,•■ ', ■ .•■..... ^ I had the pleafure, after having been in the room a few moments, to fee this laming languor change to a joy which awimated her whole form, and of which I~ W^ f^ h^ppy ^8 to belifcve myfelf the caw$},:Ymy tycshad told her aH tkat P4/red in my heart ; hers had ihcwed^ mc pixiaiy'they underilood their languagcj Wc were (landing at a window at fomc little diftance from the reft of t he corn- when I tooK an opportunity of hint- ,'ng X ,1 1^ ■ 1 ' 'X> m'' ii% TH? HISTORY OF ^ I * ^ ,■ ■ • ■ . ■ . .. _ . •, . . ^ \ ipg my ^Oiijcern jit naming, though with* out Knowing fit, offended her : flic blufii* cd, flic looked down, ,flbe 4gain rtifcd her lovely eyes, they met mine, flie fighed^ I t^okh^hlwi* &e wkh4f«w it, but -not in angeri a fm'tle, like that of the poet*^ Hj^b(^ told me I was forgiven. .f s , I ^ ThW t$ no defcribing what then paflfed in my foul: with what difficulty did i ft* ftrain my tranfports !. never hefoK did I f eoJIy kn<^w love : what I had ihit^cto felt even for her, Was cold to that eschantingi that impaflSoned momeirt. , ^^ ■ ii.' I X -'i ,h jV t, £i She is athouiand times^itr tonw ^*tt fiie: my t,«ucy, I cannot live without hei '. i a a- H4\ i contrived, before I left Sillcri, to fpeak |jpBellFcrmor'(Stt the futojciEk of Bnfiily'S ilio^iion ©f me } flic did i^fiilty eKplaid jherfelf, but (be boovii^ me hitttd hfti no part in her wfentmenti* ^ <■ ^^^ ^ ^^^^ ' ', i*. '■<■ !*«■■*■» 1 y\ -jr-i lilU'J-^ 'Wr^ ¥<■/■ A^f ' *♦. « , «^4iw.^3fJ(.i, EMILY MOl^TAGUE. ,a« I am going again this afternoon : every liour not paffed with her is loft. Iwill feek a favorabTc occafion of tell- ing Iter the s*ole happinefe of my life- de- pends pn her tendernefs. .1: Before 1 write again, iliy fate will pof- 5Wy be d^tcrmiwsd : with every rcafpn to ka|»^ «b^, fMdity jii%arabtf from love m9^^m,4re*dM,Mi Sanation of my ,iwiifi, RlV£RS* { ■*■■■> ^^ ft vr ■ .' \-- , -! t • » • f u re- EMIt.y MONTAGUEr 115 Het fDEiile(l> JcUTed my hand, praifcd my titiazing penetration, and was going to tajcc this opportunity of faying a thpufand ciyil things, when my divine Rivers ap- peared on thiJ fide of the hill} I flew to meet him, and left .my love to finiih the convcrfation alottc. .- 1. ' ^ Twelve o'clock. ~ :i^ W ^t^ Jliappicft of all poffiWc w0- "^^^^^cl^l^Sf^^^vijf in thciulleos; atone ?j^ ^^^« ^Jy^^icfc is no pieafbre in nature equal to that of plaguing a fel- low who really lovei one, efpecially if he has as much merit as Fitzgerald, for other- wife he would not be worth tormenting, ^e . had. bettcir not pout with me : I be- l^yc 1 know who will be tired firft v ■ ■■''■■' / ;■ 1 - -v t^ ^' I have pafled k moft dcliciou«.^: :■ ■ ■ - . . , ... „ >.^ .— . 1 — .. I.. , 1. — „ ..,. u ,. .^ ,>^ -■■ ■ ■■-■• "" ■'—■ *i *jii He I'uB^i .~M G3 cridcavor \ ^If^S^^^i^i^S^^^AH •v h; rioie. * / ' tdXf '■ - n Id i-. him take his Madanic'iD.k Brc ai her hufband is at Montreal, I don't fee ,how he can avoid purfuing.his conqueft : I am delighted, bcckufc I know (he is his averfion* hii\>.'r vnd t l-:-^« O'i ■n .\(li>oi J: Uis^| |^f>'^ 7 ,, '^fev^*^ ^little; iikt i I irty Id #, a very ;e in. fill Jon'c ice qucft: I le is his ltd I.- Snip y^ EMILY MONT AGIJE. nf Emily calls roe to cuis. Adieu ! my dour Uttlc Lucy^ /• (li X ■•-i :/^'..py<.->'; X\ \J Cl» T E »: XCVI^ '1 .J ".' ;r6 .Colonel Rive Jit%- h Quebec^ j^ tcUf';> f. 'ij- ' . M ^ . •- |j ^. li ;»'r'- y ?/ r - : ! ^ Tall Mall, January jv IHAVE bdt a moment, my dear Ned| (a tell jFOu^tbat^ without ff? nmch aj ajking your leave, and in fpite of all youi^ /me adinon^ons, y<»ir ; lotfeljE filer has this morning cohfoited, to make mc^thc happieft bf tmnkftid : toiiitei^r ^es me all that is excellent and charming in ^ 1 ^rtiafl(^iL..^-i:B.i^^^-^£'^^ ^ -^ »tjrYoa arq fib look on jiy writing th is T^ w* Wl^1ffi3wi§ai prcMof 1 e^ dkg^ r. M 12^? THE HXSTOliY OF ever can give, Jtou of : my fricndl^i^. I ' muft love yoii %ith i?o comindaiifl^^tioii to remember at this moment that'therc is fuch a man in being: perhaps you owe this rccolfedion only to your being bro- ther to the lovelieft woman nature ever formed i whofe charms-in a month. hav«r dpne more towards my converfion than feven yc^rs oT your preaching would hiH done. I am going, back ^o Clarges Street. ^ Yours, «G^ ^ / r ' ■• .'■ -' ■ .<''..'■-.. V ■ •■* r -■■( / '—, - -'x ' 'li If ii 'nit 11( 1 r n il II I II! II n I " 11 . .,;to.-r; s: f -f? .im^k ''*).^, v^^ L E T T Ei R >■» ■f^ Tko .Colonel Ritb Jiii,, at ^i i ClarglM Sitreet, JtniiarjPj^^ AM afrai^ yoM knew very little of the jBex, my dear brother^ when you cau- risso^d nwj io ifroiigly agMo^lo^tn^' -t Temple : .' / , fe- '.■", . EMI tY MONTAGUE, a^jz^ v^m|ile: /Irjfliotjlci perhapii tirhh iallf his ' toerit,. *[ai?e never t^gbc of hto but fdr ^ -tiuit caution. '' 5j'"< ^-^ r^-^ir ^i-vj, '.'j-j- Th^cc, fs fomething very intercfting tb female curioTity. in the idea {of thefc veiy *. formidable men, whom i^|^ ■ wom^i^n tbh fee without danger; we gaze^on the ter- rible .creature at a diftarice^ fet: nbtliing in Him To very alarming ; hfc appfOaches, our I little hearts ^palpitate with fear, he . is gentle, attentive, rcfpc€tftilj we are furprized at this refpe^:, we arc fure the world wrongs the dear civil creature ; Jie flatters, we are pleaicd with his flai- tery j our little hearts ftill palpitate — but not with fean ^ ' ^h ■ ' " ■» r f"~- - - ■~ ,■■ i( .•',>. . ■<«' In fliort, my dear b^otbei^ If ydu^wilh ' '. to fervc a friend with us^ dcfcdbe him a^ the moft dangerous of his km the Very JddathatJiCiisfojiiiakesus^ think rclift- > ance vain,, and we cnrowdtfwn^;^«r^tfeii* i&vc arms in abfoluteldcfpair. ;>s'l :i GS lam. c~ ■^ ^? .^ ;'^P^- ■ •*. r^. ^jt/ 1^ TIIE Hi ST^OKYJ' OF Vmi tiot fure this is the rdafoti of i iiif idifcovering Mc. Tcn^lc- ^i b« the moSt ^piable of men ; but of ttiis I am ceitiUn> that I love jiim wi|h tke moft lively afFec- tion, and tl^t 1 am tionivinced^ notwith- ^aoding aE you bavofatd^ that hrds&isvcS' .^1 mir tendeifieiftr: . ' r ^ .^^; -j , •»■*'' „-;.*•..• -.-'vs i^ ladecd, ifey d«»r ^ pcudent brodieiv jo^ waett^ ^ncy yourfelve^ extremely mh and' penetrating; bttf yow don'r knovr ca^ji qther hal^ Jmrwd^ m wc khow yo«.; I itoiH maks: Iceniple ifiiJ» few weeks as< tam^ m domeftic atiimal ^& youi ejEio. £^iBi%f ke^ cawn^ idbcb your ^Etnily^. , ■ .."v . ■,_■,- v...,- -.v 'r; ' '^ i^ I hope yotS' won't be very angrf witfe .me for accepting an agreeable. feikiWi and m^acK. and fi^: i£: yort^aatt^. I cas-onlty %« that 0Bdiiig the dear mai»:&al:ei»eiy day upon my hearty and recoUledting. how l6fy;4Migei«iii»W€raatus» Ibtimuik^-'mm^-- V 'i- .. .\l:i£ ■ ttt'f^y !»|%rl# 1^-; |...i,, i:»r^ J, ' Ct ' Ji-» . -^{r^Jtl • *« I held It both fftfeil an/beft I •* To marry,, for fear yoi fli<6Ud jchxd^**'"- ^ ^^ AdieuT ■ - vi-zf _^ >'.:'-^ •'' * Ypur affcdidnatc, ficc: ' LVCY RiVSRS. ' Pfeaffe to ofofvr, wmmrtwi twfs orf wir; Temple's fide, and thfat I ohlf take biiii fiiom 6bedleiice to' fiet comaiamdl.^ Jfe lbs Ifehfavcd Kke irti ai^ ta htr; B6t I ftave bimfelf €6r- ej^ikiir how :- Hit has fkfomifed to littf wth xm. We are going, tf party to Richmond, and only w»t fan '>.* With all my pcrtncis,r tremble at the Idea that tomorroir wiH detei»raiiflc the ^a^pihcfi' or milery of my Kfe ^t y? ' Adieul my deare^bFplher*.. ^ •A ,% G d^ LEti H ' -f • «> L- J \(. .' =^ -iJi* i^^ THE HISTORY OF. E T T E R XCVin. To John Temple, Efq; Pall Mall. Quebec, March «».' W^RE I convinced of your con- verfion, my dear Jack, I ihould be the happidl man breaching in the thought of your marrying my (i^ler^ but I tremble left this refolution fhould be the eflfedt of pafHon *merely^ and not of that fcttle4 c4 but ihe has merits of a much fuperior kindj her underftanding and her heart are equally lovely : (he ha$ alfo a fenfibilicy which exceedingly alarms me for her^ as I kn ow it is next to impb(^ fiblc #**#'' ■K^ii'^tuL^A&i' (fpt ( t fe*iIL;it MONTAGUE, f^ fiWe tKat even her charms c^n fix, a heart folpng acciiftomed to change. ] iv, „ Do I not guefs too ttuly, my dear Tern- ple> when I fuppofe the charming miftrefs is the only objea: you have in view; and that the tender amiable friend, the pleaf- ing companroif; the faithful confidante, il forgot? V I will not however anticipate evils: if ^ any merit has power to Bx you^ Lucy's cannot fail of doing it. \ ^ A I expeA with impatience a further ac- count of an event in which my happinefs is fo extremely interefted. Ifflieis yours, may you know her va- lue, and you cannot fail of being happy : I only fear -from ybur long habit of im- proper attachment^; naturally, I Icn^^r not a heart filled with nobler lentMTicnti than ^Wc ■ ^ . Jii . ^ 1? . .^r > .&, r.*' pi^ THE UltTOWT OOPT l^an ycvKi, nor is ^ftS' oit tartb ii RiOtt} &r whom I have eqoal eft^rnu A(Udtt4> . . l?ottr aftaiQ»a(;o t , A 51 H L E T T E J^ XCIX. "■■;" ■ •-.; "'■'*,; ■■•.-' "•^■^;v''( ^' : Vf 'Eo' J 0'»^i; 1 ^M P^fc«i E% ?^ Ms4^l ■"/ > I ^ Quebec, lUrcli ^5^- HA'VE receiwii* your fcGOiid letter, i«f dear Temple* with the^ account of your marriage, 'ct'T Ifothing eottl^mi^ itM ib hii[^ at aii> •^^^t which uftiti^s a fiftef 1 ittoJii* to tliJe ' friend on earth iwoft d«aif tfe m^, didl a^ trembk for your foture hap^iiiefl^ frMi ^tey pwft6fckflowlidge o^bothi --^ ^^^^^ ^^ lUld diffii a ha "''^^ I. '3 ■ I^/IP ^ fiian( fRm JSeac •cfiai kee^ to. li impr) ■ I 1 encec Jiefaii there fttfSf V;,- ' ' V ■•''X it ■ " , , "t^ « m^i ^H" . I *•! if M'* ,>. i'J*^''ft!.>*''i ' J.&«*« ■i ■ a- »nd tbat Ibc ioyt* jpon;.* I kaow alfc the difficulty of wcaniog the heart fforrofudk^ a habit of incoaftancy as you have unhap- iw ■■■i,:i '~i ; t , ' -^ i -n^'ihviy. Jo n..fri ft I ^ ^irtuc^ Kkc J^ucj^ wift for crercbiTO. inand ytoir^ean^ audi Iwcndftip , buttiil^ «irr&gc it «) eqwallyr neaflSry ta beep* ft»veaHTC> itcrlJtautyv Her gaiety, her dk*. licsacy^ wiil do much;, bur it k alfi^nev •cflary^ :n^ di^icffc 'EeiBpte^ thai jfm> *ocpt« giiatd dii j^our he^t, adcttftomed^ fo. lihertjpji- 1© gite* w^ to every light ■rjr 'i-' ' jVi . I necd^ nbt teH you,, who hare eapsfi^ cnccd the truth of what I fay, that happi- Jicfa ia^noc to be foood" it^aaife ofiiitrigue ji •hem i» f^ i«al; pteafiire ia the poflfeffiom ^f IwaiiQr withottr ti» hwcsi wkh ir> the ^Nwi^heaiaiietiesp a IB abfolutdy «Utt»ir of humanity mufl fict for efae • ■'«• ;■ In, V ' .1 i I V:, j^ * ' ■■'v. ■ 'K' ■.-■:*^^ f ■4' »3$ THE HISTORY OF " ' ' - " - ' . ■ . ■ ' honor oClicr vwho ycfttufcs more than Jifc foi! i^OTi muft extrcAicly coufitcrbalancc his trani|K)rts. > : r >i v Of all the fituations this world afFords^ ^ a marriage of choice gives the faircft prof- ped of happinefs j without 16ve,ilife would be a taftele(s voidi an unconnected hu- man being is the moft wretched of all crira- tures: by love I wpwld be undcrftood to mean that tender, lively frieiidlhip, that mixed fenfation,* which the libertine never felt I. and with which I flatter imyfylf my amiable lifter cannot -fail of jnifpirihg a heart naturally virtuous, ho,wevcr at pre- fect warped by a foolifh compliance with the worlds - , % ' - ; I hope, my dear Temple, to fee you re- Covfr your tafte for thofc pleafures pecu- liarly fitted to our natures ; to fee you cnh- joy the pure delights of peaceful domeftic life, % the calm, facial evening hour, the circle of friends, the prattling 4fi^spring, . ""' and • ^ taniife >{ilance ifFordsi ~ (l prof- ; would ed hu- ll crca* [ood to p, that £ never Stlf my irihg a at pfe^ ce with youre- s pccu- you c»- omeiHc Wy the Fspring, and EMILY MONTAGUE. 137 and the tender; innpaflioned fmile of real ■?*.' "•i • Yotiir generolity is no more than* I ex* pefted from your charafkerj and to cpn^ vinciE^ you of my perfcd eftecm, I fo far accept it; as to draw out the . nioaey 1 have in the* funds, which I intended for my fifter : it will make my fctriemcnt here turn to greater advantage ^ and I allow ydu the pleafure of convincing Lucy 6£ the jperfca difintcrefkedncfs of your af- fe£l;ion : it would be a trifle to yoU| and will make me happy. - ' <.. -^ : "'•.• ."■.■■•- "> . '^ ■ - " ...: . - .W; ■ But I am more delicate in regu^ to niy. mother, and will never eonfentcc^jBeltiM the eftate I hav^ fettled on her ; I cJleenii you above ail mankind, but wJttii^^^let her be dependenc even on you t I c< flie vifit you a& often ar ihe pleaieni but infift on her continuing ^hcr hoi^^'ik town, and living in every refpcft as il^c has been acQuftomcd, 'M 't't--' .v,,.,:- A» . -^ :V-:' !>%■«;!, Ll tn> * Li- ■»^'i,^^ 4is4,i^^S4f'A«iL ^ i.f fjl Xn^ HISTORY OF V Am wkb ai^abobefs* ; r - . '».; J-v Youtm&mzgs, my dear Tcm^e, te^ in<^v«8 1 the flrongeft obje^^ion to mine » the- nidn#^I iMn^ in itx funds, which 3Hfhilftn{A^>ft»>i^ never would: )h#ve «•<>£ a - ■ •■ . I c* r : ay*^f iitt mr • *• "■..- ,5-"^;r: 'f Si if EACIp^ MOKTAGUIe; tJ9 ianother audi fifldc Mf dedt Tcmf^c^ onlf know the value of the treafure you pdSiBfii and you mud: be happy* Adieu 1 \ , -.'C-'-V '■ ( ! tr k. s.-; Yjoor afc^iahate f •■ • f ' , J ro Ed* Rivia£; ^. r ■ i ■?»< r- ■/■■■■•■ o:'u !. W > 4 . 1, -J L E T T E ft C '. . r f .-■■.'J t - . f ^-. -V ' ■• » f-,^^ 'rf J< * * . -I ;■ ~ ~ 1!liIM6 joaik be OMreriuft th«« ^^ur tiohlfluf ^ obiiMsvtttioD i; aaifil^ «fft the iii««!Qflealbtiiwk& i^ asit ttiia^dd Ivith wjtai&l hAd.thehodor:of faying to ym ^ inmy laft^ in regard to (Ag impnyricij^ th^ ipnielty« I had almofb fald thelnjuftio^ .J, :^j'--- ■' '■Cf t I ^40 ^HE^ ftlSrroUY lOF^ pCyour intentuMi . of ddemii|^ liiat wMd of wWch y :.' ' i ■"■■" ' ^;^.^-■-t--^ .•■;■:■. ■'^."■^•' -.vru^: ' -; Good people, as your Lordihfp ob- fcrves, arc gettcraii^ too -rctiried and ab- ftraftcd to let their example be of much lervice to the world : whereas the bad, on the contrary, are confpicuous to alfj they |tand forth, they appear 6h the fore ground •f the i^fture, ,and force thcmfclvcs inti obfervation. ..< ■.! 'Tis to that circumftance> I am pcr- fuaded/ we rpay attribute ^that dangerous and too common niiil;ake> that vice is na- tural to the human heart, and virtuous ehanEi^lers.thie creatures of fancy j aT&if- take of the moft fatal tendenc^mlerlehds to >i harden otn* hearts^ «8iid«dc(lroy j^t^ muttial confidence fo neceflary to kee^' tlie l)ands of focie^y from iloofening, and^'vhb^ out whicV than is ihelniofli ferocioiisiof aU beaft&^of prey* J bir'j'j';"'^: J-^f t^ wi ' ♦ . '". f*, tw^JSrld entimd fp ob- md ab- »f much bad, on (i they ground es int«^ tn pcr- igeroua , 5 is na« ^irtuous aTnif- ie(id)ds ^[^ d^Viftfa»> i^oUsiof WmU 4* -WooW all thrfc, whote'i^liturti Kktf your Lordfliip's, are addrnisd by. ^ litencfs, and knowledge pjf the world, mix more in focicty, we'ihould fodn fe^-yicc hi^c her head : would all the good appear in full view, they would, I am convinced, be found infinitely the majority.. ...-^ Virtue ts too. loycly to be hid in cells, the world is her fcene of aftion : fhe is foftj.rgentliei indulgent i'leit her appear, then, in her own form, and (he muft oharm: let politenefs be for ever her ^ttcndant,^ that ,jpolitencfs which cait giye graces, ^eveft to^^icc Jtfcif; whi^ makjff jfujKyriority; ^^.rpfrm^J^ fenfe of inferiority, an^ adds %e^^ pn?'s cnj<^mcnt bot;ii3^ Jbinifeir W Otlwirs. ^ ti i>o,*.; ^Tl'.^!t^■ {/!;■■'■. »-=s'-M§^ 'i»* ■^i ^,,f ,fnt, interrupted^ «i4iiwuft poftppne rill ^'^iyrimr^^ LI to m V^ ' Ir ■.■^^ '..f _;.•■ •K'-~ \tt.< f.'*^ »'-1 °-^.^ 'V''i i ^ /•• f'' , 'Jour tior^fliip'ss &c. tt>i iiiov.\n ifTOUR brotlMai?lft4|K aei^ hxttjym m*^%itdc me hiip^jy m i»rrtmiimca^g te^uc^tiieiKrcouiit l[^ b^ red^tied rf^jW tetmagc. 1 kiww^ T^^V Iw'ls, 1^ J^ being vciy hamHbmi^ t firt^ i5>righ# %yt agreeable fellow; and if particutkiljj^ ^^nmed to keep a woman^ iiiind in that iiiwl ♦ I in that « EMI l|jr MONT AGUE. 143 He has* inimy opiniSnijuft as mticht;o- ^uctry as is licceflkiy to pment mirriage from dcgcncradng into that fleepy kind of «atftcnce, (Wch, to minds o£ the •wakened tuiri of y^an and rainc^ would, i>c infiiTOortablc, ^ i^> ' Ifc has alfo a fine fortoae, w^ich I boU t« be a pretty caougb Jogrodiem in nuirr «agc. :.. ,,: the who2e» as I fliddM have cboib £br myv Make my oongratnlttions. to the-4|ir man, and tdl him, if he ti iBOlv tiic fcappicft jnan in the world, lie will " ^i bit lireteafiotts -so^jt^ doii im make yott tks iu^plii twtiian, he fOTfeics all title to toy f$^ f^« as weU as .iii^lhci jfinro;^ of ^^ .1 I meant ■;'--.-^ « X # ^ Y : ,v<,," v4; .'*'^'> ■i*' ^ **-< ■^*' *? ;i\"" m % 'to tell you the truthi i am mum trmn$ f ■ am ; exccflively otsipf humor :Fitz^ gcraldhas not bcen,lfet^t)f icvei'il dayi^ buoipends his whole time in gallant- ing Madame La Broflc, a wpman to -whom he knows I have an avcrlion, and Who lias flothitig but a tolerable com- plexion W a modeft aflurancc tp rcconss* mend'hcr.v . > > ■ '^- - '' ' -i';- ' 'I certainly gaT|| '^m fome' prbtcfca- tion, but thisyiar^o much: howtvef, 'tis very wellj I 4on*t think I fliall break my h^rt, though my vanity is a little piqu^, vii toy, perhaps live ib^tto 'ttiy r«*ven«. 'J^;'^-^ ^ s'^' '-^ ^ ■^'•^^ i::^^ y^t'^f^i !^il am hurt, beciaulel began *rc^^ to like the creature ; a fecrtt,: howeveri Of Which he' is happily a ftranger.. I fhall fee iiim tonmorrow at the govcrnorfs, and (uj)^ pofc he jwill be in his penitcntialt: I ti«»fe fome doubt whether I fliall let him danf e ^ \ %itW torcf ^he hi ■ i n ni f l&ftali the ini BroOfe ^iJlflJ quite i do lj|iiif on the ibelieve mt4 :\\\] ',* '>'■>■*•''' V 't'l>by,", ^tj^: pramM s> Fitz* nan to on^ and B com- feconi* fbVcfca- owcvcfi I fliall ity is a totiJik<6 eal^ to JVOfi to (hall fee md fup" I have n dance ^A^H^^^i.^ iMlLY MONTA6TI1E; 145 ^tb me; yet it would Idok f^ pardcUlar to rcfiifc him, that I believ^ i^ihall do ^tm ^hc-honoiv ^ .. VI '^-.,.^ ' .fi --'io M / rv' »W -Adieu^ '■' ■■■>■ -*f^ :•;:...; ■;■. .o' ' Tour afieaiottatb . ' -A, Firm ox. 'I'lvs s';? • ■>■/*■ t > ^ ^bT^^^' ""' '■"'■g'^e Wm this, Ih^^ the infolence to dance with Madame L* BrolR t6-^ht .f fhigo^e«^. .ri^vii -will fogrv^e him. There afe ^ci'^fcA,™ qu.te I,,,- equals !-^it"fii ho ttiit^ do hjip too rouch honor to be piqued—yet on the footing wewere-l could not have velieved— , ^; > 4,5 I 4 .^ :fS! yii;ilL- R I wii >'■--■, - ,1, ■ , ■ ■■ -■■ ■ J - -. . . . ' V '^ ^^ _^;A. Fbrmoiu'* . rr J'ii . *'.;'; it * ' *'f':i ft^is; > L'^ - - *T '» ■ ' f,.. ' ' ' * " * "2 * '■' K- ji ciui^ ^ r;/try ' ;-%,. '*^^ •• •••1 .•wrj n» ■'' '; ,»lr«l- ?n :r' *" ^^ t''**i'i r'*-S s^^ ^, ./ 4^ SW ija THE HISTORY OF ?'• cm. ••* I** ,? i.'»"'i r- L E T T E R .... . ■ y . > To Mrs. T BMP LB, Pall Mall. M Queliec, Marcli «/. 1 1 « mghu SHE is an angel, tny 4car JUucy, and 00 worijs can do her juftice: I atn the happicft of mankind i if Raintcd toy paffion with all the moving eloquence of tindiflcmbled love j ihe heard me -with the moft flattering attention J (he faid little; but her looks, her ai/,, her tone of voice, herbluJlhcs, her vcrj^filencc— how could I ever doubt her tendernefs ? have not thofc lovely eyes a thouland times bctrj|yed th* dear fecret of her heart. My Lucy, we were formed for each other i our fouls arc of intelligence ; every thoughti every idea— from the firft mo- -f-bd teld her^-I feave^a^^ihoulj md^ thinas to fiy, but the tumjilt of my joy— 'A- . .-W." >tAtdjj^^U ^vAr..' uLtU iiftittv "Vf'**-^ 1,' 1 %' '■^^i. ■'•f all. :y, and : I am led hiy icncc of rith the I little; F voice, could I ot thofe lycd tbi br each 5 every irft mo- lyjoy- iie EMfLY MOKtAGU|i£. tst fc hat given me leivc to write! to her 5. what has flic not ftid in that pcp^iffion? I cannot go to bed?; J will go! and walk an hour on the battery j 'tis the lovelieft night I ever beheld, even in Canada : the day is fcarce brighter. .# ♦- ^ ' One in the ntonung. ^ I have had the iWccteft walk imagih* able: the moon ihincs with a fplendor I ■ever faw before ^ a thoufand ftreaming iftetcors add |o her brightncfsi Ihave ftood gazing on the loveljr planer and de- lighting myfelf with the idea tiiat 'tis tht &ait moon that lighu my Emily. Good night, my Lucy I I love you beyond all exprcOion j I always Jovcd you tenderly, but there is a fi^nefs about my heart to-night— this lovely woi. "y^ H4 u»^ .^ ^•llfciii:'^" t, -M . I know «rJ,4.^S 'm. , Tin * <( J- ir.. f . "Tt? "> - "v;- jJ~ i5« THE I know not 5V!:'-"T*-'fc«c4 •" HisToinr or what I m/tiuld hj, but tidl thb night 1 co^ jld never be (kid' to Kvc*^ Adicii ! Your aScftionate : / :- 1 . L"E T T E R cm To Mrs. TtUFLZ, Fall* MalL n , ^ > Qteebec, aSth Marcbr I HAD this morning a Ihort billet. from ; her dear hand, entreating nit to make up a quarrel between Bell Fermor and' he^ lover i your ftiend has been indifcreet; her fpirit of eoqoett^ is eternally carrying her wrong } but in my opinion Fitzgerald has been at leaft: equally to blame^^ (^ ^ I His bel^idur at tfiic gbvcrnor'is on "^^tjjhurfday night was inexcufable, as it ex^ pofed her to the fneers of a whole circle her perfcdtio A lover >»4 av»3 f?L t% "• ¥^^^p^'> i f'^' /•''?« ^•5 'X'*"!?^ EMILY MO;NtAGUE. 155 . A lavj:r flioul^Loyerlook little caprices, wliccc the hcvt is good and amiable like Bell's; I ihoiild think myfell' particularly obliged to bring this affair to an amicable COnclufion, xvcn if Emily had not defiled it, as I was originally the innocent caufc of their quarrel. In my opiition he ought to beg her pardon 5 and, as a friend ten- derly interefted for both, I have a' right to tell him I think ib: he loves her, and I know muft fuffer greatly,, though a Jooliih pride prevents his acknowledging ic; My greateft fear is, that an idle refcnt- ,ment may engage him in an intrigue with thef lady in qiieftion, who is a Womin of ^alj^ntry^; wd, whom he: may ^^/^^ ^ro^Wefoqqf licrcaftpr^ fa » nUich eafi^ ll9i9onBnriensf an.^^air of this kind than «0[ bfcajfc it qfl^fia^A a naan, thpugh his ab^artiF^f fJi^ngafef^, ftpuld, ^ alway* 1¥> )m gwa?^ agafpft] Jtoy , ^ing lifcf^ iftn jltachr^ftti «|^, JiMS ,.45eaM>iii. ^m^jm )^Y imcrctf cd : mere pai^p^- ^^ tmre 4i 5^ g y^miy ^ «'1 ifrM ; si •^1 \ /.i ^^■i !)(>'; , ' *ji THE HISTORr OF Vanity witf fupport an zSkir tn paffant ^ but), where th^ leaft degree of conftanc^ and attention are expeded, the heart muft feel^ or the lover is fobje^tinghinifelf t6 a flavery as irkfome as a marriage without inclination* . « • ■> V \A' Temple will tell you I fpeidt like aft oracle } fbr I have oft^n ieen hindf led ^ vanity into this very dlfagi^^e^ble iituatfoii^ I hope I am not too late toTave Fitzgerj^iS from it. y rr- H,.. : All goes well :hi» proud teart is come €own> he has begged her pardon, and b forgiven; yoti have no idea how civil both are to me> fer having perfuaded them to do whaff each of them has long^ ^o^do from ^e Uril motnentV 1 ioVe to •dvifi^ when I am Aire' the heart of ^ pcribn advifed is on mjMt*. Botbl ^. ; . /■ f ',--£&. \ 1 ^t^^ ~T,' f «» ■» ^■p.\ '' iB^ — , * * --ry j."»Jiv'4f-t,''j;; rt muft tifdf to ivithout EMiLr MOKtAGlJE/ t^ to blapit; ibuti always Idvc t6 %e the » the. IS come 9^ «nd f» W civil Hfuaded llODg^ ioVe to »tb^ ladies froln any thing mortifying dignity of their charaaers in love becomes them, b ^ , ^^ 'tis always our part to iybmit on th3ft ocT cafions, > pride' I never faw two happier people than ^cy arc at prefent, as I have a little ^fecvcd dcoDrum on both fides, and tn the whole trouble of the reconci- liation on myfelf. Bell knows nothing of my having applied to Rtzgcrald, nor he that I did it at Emily's requeft : jfof converfation with him on this ^fubjcaf ftcmed accid■', ^'■■05'Jl^.A tf'^'.",-* ~'1''''] :i^-. EMILT MONTAGUE, f^y narjr indeed if fuch-a ^#ottiari ai Madiki^I La BroflTe could have rivalled me: I«^ fbmething younger j and, if cither^ny glafa or the men are CQ>Jbe bi6l i(M||a s hand«- fome : mi^e ndusy there ia^^^lk||el^ dtf^ ference; if flieVai iior/^^^p^i^i ffie would be abfolutely ugly V ffi^efe / 1. ^ If A ■' v,.y f? ^ -^ A. 1. -«. " t|8 THE HISTORY OF Fiug€tM if he cakes the leaft nodce of her; I ^,. : Emily has read my letter i and fays fhe dijd not think I had fo much of the woman in mes infi^s on my being civil to Ma-^ dame LaBrolTe^ but if I am> Lucy — Thefe Frenchwomen are not to be fujK ported f they fancy vanity and aflurance are to make up for the want of every other rirtuci forgetting that delicacy, foftnefs, fellfibifity, tenderncfs^ are attra^ions to which they are ftrangers: fome of them here are however tolerably handfome, and ^ave a degree of livelineis which makes "^hen;! not qi^itc tofupyortable^ - ^ You will edl aU this fpite,. as Emily ddles> fo I will fay namore : only'that».i% order to*fliew her how very eafyitis ta be civil to a fival^ I wilh for the i^dUlirc q( ifif ing anot^r Frencli lady». that 1 coidd n^emioDj at Qtteb^c.; .; ^ 4 * '■■ ^, ' f Go oit- ■' " ' " ■ ^■ " ' ■-;■- - ^ ^ ■ ■ ■' ■'■■' " — ■ ,.■ - -, - -y ^ - .— — ^ fS»:--\ 'Mt EMILY MONTAdtJt. i^ Gooid night, my dear! tell Temple, I am every thing but in love with hi[|||^ Your faithful *• ^ will 1io\?^vcr own, t encouragedl ^Fitzgerald bjf ^.lynd look. . I was to plealed at hh return, that X could aot keepup tlic &;cc of dif we are all fools alike. I < I - ' -/ ty.. , ■;■ ; ,f t • r ok.. . f i- ^ ' • :'''■'- 1 ' • ' * ■ . \ ■ • 1 rood l.f ,.■,, ■ 1 • '.. J- . . -.< 7—: ■— : — -^ ~> — LET- k- iA:A^\, ,1 * i." i^*^"? f ;a- 1^9 /HHR fllSTORY OF ■'• ., V .■■ V .LETTER CVI. f"' Tq Mifs Fermor. ,«*. \T \ ^ ■ Saturday noon, GOME CO my drcfling-room, my dear i I have a thoufand things to fay to you :' 1 want to talk of my Rivers, to tell you all the wcakncfs of my fbuK ^^ No, my dear, Iciihriot love him more,, apaflionlike mine will not admit addition ;. from the firft moment I faw him my whoJe foul was his : I knew not that I was dear to him J bui^truc genuine love is (elf-ex- iiknr, and c^ocs not depend on being be- loved : I fhould have loved tipa^ven had ,iie been attached to another* / ■■ ■ % ■ . '•■"'■ ■ ; . This declaration Has made me the hap^ pieftof my fexjT but it has not incl:eafed» it could not incrcafc^ my tcndcrnefs; .•'■"" 3 \; . *■ with ^ • -- .,r. Emily MONTAGUE. i6i ^ith what foftncfs, what cadence, what« ttfpc6k, what delicacy^ was this decia* ration made I my dear friend^ he is a god, and my ardent affedion for him is ifull^g juftiftedi I love him— ^no words can ^eak how mucIHJovc him. ^ My paffion for him is the firft and fliatt be the J aft of my life : my bofom never heaved a flgh but for my Rivers. ; Will you pardon the folly of i heart which till now was afhamed to own ks feelings, and of which you arc even now the only confidante? , ' I find all the world fo iofipid, nothing;,| amufes me one moment j in Aort, I have no plcafure but in Riverg's conVerfatipn, nor do I count the hours of his abitjjcc ill mycxiftcnce. ^., , , y;^,, y^ ''..? Iknoiv ♦ m jp^ X,:-- l-*.U. 3\ ,11 ••..>^ ^^ - ; " 4^>.i ^' '^ - "^* "^^^t vj ^ i6a THE HISTORY OF } know all this will be called folly, hue k is :a folly which makes all the happinefy ofroylife. . ' S; ■^'■. You love, my dear Bell; and tliircfbre will pardoa the wcaknefs of your •* • Em ily-^ c LETTER CVU. To Mill MOKTAOVB* hi YES, my detfj I love^ tt leaft I thmk fo I but, thanks to my ftars» not ia '&e fi^ner you dow ' I ^ttkr Fitatgcral^ td at! thd fcA of his kKi hot I €9u»t ibt hours of his ahfinte in wy e9sifience% and contrive fomttimet td pafs them plcafantly enough, if any other =»=;= JJC" agreeable man is in the way : ih ihort, I . relifh flattery aft^ attention from others> tho' I infinitely prefer them from him. I certainly loyc him, for i^as jealow of Madame ta Broffe; but, in general, I am not ak^ffaed when I feetiim flirt a little with^offiers, - Perhaps my vanity was as much wounded as my love, with regard to Madame La Broflc. I find love is ^uiteatiMfeitntpIant hi liferent ftiils J k is an txotic, and gpow*^ faintly, with " * Ydurs^ A. FxjtifOfti •i^j ] LET- T" ^ \ .'A- i6a TajE H ■■■^ £kMOR. \, my clear, at his a >to pthcra ? believe s tnc, )^it notliif||;oflove« u ^l^'I think every Woman whd beholds nur f Stivers a rival; | jmagioe I fee ia every . I > female countenance a paffion tencler and t*' ' «ply as my wn J?!; tyrn' pale, tny heart njcnt , fixed on any other woman i I troiw "%.ble at the poipbiliiy of his changing s I ),. caniidc fupport the ideji that the time niay ^ come when I may be lefs dear to my Ri vers than at prefcnt. ]^ you belicv ' poilible, my deareft Sl^]^/ an " not prepoif^lHI^ to be inl^^^b ' ^ mentibm - 1 '( ./v ,^ *^ \ '^ 'Ai^H^ V ■^v' . 5'|K^>fc'^4ir|^»«.«y L>'i EMILY MONtAGuk i^^ He is formed to charm the foul of wo- pM"^i Ji»s delicacy, his fcnfibility, the L^*?^'"'* '^" ^P^*^' througH thofc eloquent 'yyes; the, t}joufand graces of his air, the found of his voige — my dear, I never ^hcard him fpeak without feeling a foft- iiefs of whi,ch it is impoOible to ?oflvey an •idea. But I am wrong to encourage a tender- uefs which is already too great j*^ I will think Icfs of himj I will Hot talk of him; do not fpeak of him to me, my dear Bell : talk to me of Fitzgerald ; there is no dangef offour paffion becom- ing too violent.. I wi(h you loved more tenderly, my g^t to my ^^H : 1 ^n^amcd of owning It 4ven to you. '- ' . •'^.^f *''^' ^'^ ' iayl^no, I rather gldr| in loving .the moft amiabley th# topft ^^ •s,. :■'(■■■ g t li c gf mankin d ^ w^ ^poikft ■.%^-^.«^ \ '' li\ -'^.^i^'^.^Ab^^' .k'^^''V'' '^/.liA.?Uksl^'' ''* '^n "^y. r 166 THE HISTORY OF Speak of liim to me for ever j I abhor all conycrfatioh of which he is not the fub- jedt. Lam interrupted. / Adieu ! > fr Your faithful ^ . , Emily. My deafeft, I tremble j he is at the door ; how ihall I meet him without be- traying all the wcakncfs of my heart ? come to me this moment^ I will not go down- without you. Your father is come to fetch me 5 follow me, I entreat : cannot fee him alone; my heart is too much fofteqed at this moment. He.muft fiot know to whatexcefs h^ is beloved. \. ■ V vifit delia . . \ '*"Wi Madi !>/■•;■•.,,■■- '^ ^- ' rofity Ae&« ■ . • |)lcan ^ /■ t-E T- ■ "» - / \ ''^ ^ ■ v ; •^^^' ' . . ■ ■ \ ■Vr-l*"' ';™T f T.L, •vjv. EMILY MONTAG'UJE^ iSy LETTER CIX. To Mrs. Temple, PaH Mali, ,Q|iebec, March aSw ^ I AM at prcfent, my dear Lucy, ct- trcmcly' embarrjiffedi Madame Des^ ijochcs is at Quebec : it is impofliblc for me not to be more than polite to~her ; ff€t my Emily has all my heart, anddemind| all my attention i there is but one way of feeing them both as often as I wifli j 'tis fo bring them as Often as pofltbte toge^ thcr: I wifii extremely that Emily would vifit her, but 'tis a point of the utmoft delicacy to manap;c. - — ^•~ifi-'.. 'Will rtaot, oh reficaion, be cru^l to Madamrbcs Ro^|s ? I know her ^cnc- rofity of rRind, bWl alfo know the \^ak^ «e& (if the hunriaff'heart ; tan flic fee^eit^ plcaiurc a belove d r i v al ? I . ' V /V -I'.'jL X - ' "S ..-d. I '■?■"• n, * ^ ■ STORY OF Lucjr, r never To much wanted your advice : I will gy|li|jtjpn Fcrmor, f4io knows every tfiW^^ripy^m%*s ^' :,♦ " M Steven o'clock* I have vifited Madame Des Roches at ^ her xejiation'si (he received me with a ^lea^e which was too Vifible not to be -cbicri^d % all prefentS (he bluihed, he voice faltered when ihe addrcffcd me ; her cf^i^kad, a foftnefs which * fecmed to rc|>roac|i^1my infenfibility : I was ihocked •t the idea of havii^ infpired her with a fendeme(s not if^ ni^^ power (l^^irieturii^ I was afrai^f %rearn||; thst lendernefs$ J fcarce dai%d to meet her IdokS • K ^ c l^f^t lafci'flninal inytfil prdfen^ amiableN^man i for ^|pl^Wr' 'iakes. If' % muft fee heH^pn^lw a|i i^pfiear- %, ftfi^e will m^ j^gle^pavi^ after theateen^ %on ihe hm ihewwft|e> aiid th^ friend- ihip Ih^^hai €3^rcflcd>fer i^to ja^bthje world ? > Vki f. "^ J**" it,» !^'' IP" I know not what to determine., I am going to Sillcri. Adieu till my return. ~ , Eight o'clock. I have ]^t P^9pj(cd to go. ^ ^t r^Ro^y^pent of what I have donet I am to plfid Emily aiid Bell Fermor to MadameDcsmphes in the morning: I am afraid ti^ introduce thenft with » very bad gr^c. Adieu ! '.. . \ (i Yoiw afedKdnate '- " ' Eo. Rivers. J-v- Vo l. in 1 ■ Jt. C !'">■.- - i T, E T-1 ^ ilj^'^f li-.*!^««ii| A r » «■ '^ V •» rp" M , I -■ \. r LETTER ex. V *I4 •' fT.O, MifS F B R MO R. ti; 'lA ■I •■■>{ /■»■,! i;' ,) !.■ if. Sunday mo/nlAg'. ' COULD you have bcheve^.^c would have expected fuch a ptodfof 0y defire to oblige him P. but what can be a^ that his "Emilv will rcfofc ?r |' will fee this J!rf>» 'x^M^i^0 .1 ^ /* / 4 ^Ui •-fpw &., 7' ' EMILY MONTACUB. 171 . * '■ ' /!.'."' ^ix o'clock*:- -'. l>o you thi^k her (b very pleafingj my dear Ben? (he has fitit eyes, but Jiave they not more fire thaq-foftnefi? There was a vivacity in her manner which hurt me ex* tremcly s couW Hie have behaved with fuch tineoflccrn, had fhe loved as I do ? tio ^u think it pofl4le, Luc^ for^' Frenchwoman to loye ? /is not vanity the ruling paffion of their ficarts ? I May not Rivers be deceived in %* pofing^her fo nui(?h attachccltt) hi^? ^aj there not fome degree of afitfbation in her particular attention to me? I cannot help ir. J Perhaps amiable^ :S -.-:^{| 4^r §4*' '^€-h^Mt' 't ' * -. * .'A -* ' 5-*^* '4 # l^^ THE HISTORY "OF * Rivers begged mc to have a friendfhip for her J I am afraid this isVpfc t^*"" ** in my power : fricndlhip, like lovc> is the child of fympathy, not of conftraint. Adieu 1 Yours, ,* Of Emily MoiSttaoui. ■\ 'mib \. E T T E R -CXI. -J 1 ^ . - ♦ .• *^ .. T^ Mifs M O M T A O^ B. \ Monday* THE iiicldfed, my dear, is as much td. you iw\to me, perhaps mores' I par- donHthe lady\^for thinking ydu the han^-*^ fomeft. . Is not '^his the ftrohgefr proof I coujd give of my fricndfliip? pcflbaps I flio^ild have been piqued^ howc)iffcr^ jftyi -rr \ -\ ''i' ^V ) h * t s^,, * 1 *.»■ »' ^ idfhip dan. is is the t. x' {ottday* nuch td ' I par- proof I ihaps I ^1 EMILY MONTAGUE. 173 the preference been given by a man ; but I can with' great tranquilh fallow you to be the woman's beauty, i ■ , , ■ . . • . - bij^ate an anfwer to your JJttle Bell, who waitiS your commands at her bureau. ^■■" 'V ' ''':':.. ■- Adieu! *»'\'. m 'fS TT ««Ta[Mlfs l^BRMOR, at SHleri. ^ . * ^ ^^ Monday. and yoiir lovely friend obliged nd words, my dear Bell, bf " your vifit of ^eftetday: Madame D£^ ** Roches is charmed with you both r ^ ** will hot be difpleafc4 when I tell y J", (he gives Emily the preference j fhe fays " l^^is l^ati^ful as an angel i that Ihe " ^^^ ^^^"*^:^^ m>n infenfiijle, who ^< fCHlld^fce Jier withoMtlovei that fheJ# "^^toiuhanty to life her own wdr^ bejtSij4; ^'^^ny thing (he cv(y behcl^r . TTT—T- » « ' ■ ~ •• • ^ I . <« She^ f-.-^> >\! ;^V c. ■.V-*'^.^j 8#' ■ ' ■ ;: ■ 'h. - i 174 THE HISTORY OF ** She however does juftice to yout "charms, though Emily's feem to a€fe^ *' hcrmoft. She, even aHows you to be '* perhaps mor< tW taftc of men in gene- ♦* ral. .. x,<- " She intends paying her refpcdls to< " you and Emily this afternoon 1 ahd " has fent to define me to conduct her. *' As it is To far> I would wi(h to find you " at home. " Yours, ** Ed. RiTtRife" LETTER CXII. To Mifs Fermor, LWAYS Maiame DesWchcsl but let her come : indeed, 1^ dear, flie is artful i fhe gains upon him by this ap- pears^eofgenerofityi 1 ciirinot return rif ''^ '■ ' .«'• '1 do „> j^1&^ _ ' V 't' 1 » tti ..:^'.a-' j ■ l^m toire^f^j :fgO"l^}H receive !^ '1te% tb d^i1h^ her toi^^ 'tis no cure '■ hia heart, 1 h^vc nothing to fear 5 loving him as 1 do, it k impoffible not to *Np a|)|>■. ;• Monday erening, SURELY i am the weakeftof my weak -I (exi lam afhamed to tell you all my 1^ feelings; I cannot conquer my dia ike> 9 " iC I 4 ^^dame 1 . " 17^ THE HISTO?*' QF Madame Des Roches: flic f»id a thouiknd obliging things to me, flie pr^jfed my Ri- vers i I made her no anfwer, I even felt .tears ready to ftart j what muft flie tfcink of me ? there is a meannefs iamy jealoufy of her, which I cannot' fbigive myfelf, ; I cannot account for her attention to nacj it is not natural J flie'bcha,ved to meno^ only with politenefs, but with the appear- ance of aflfedion j flie fcemed to feel and pity my confuflon. She is either tKe moft artful, or the mofl: noble of women. Adieu r CV^Y Your Emily. f.. y^ L E TT 1 Ht rf'-i "■• ij^-.- ^ 9 !■ V* ' v «-'.,^^" ■'i'"- 7' ;■ '■^^'?^'^=•'f•^-' r«^r»«^^ \ EMiLY MONTAGUE. 177 L E T T E R CXIL To Mm. Temple. Pall Mall. f ' ^ SiUieri, March 49. WE arc going to dine at a farm-houft in the country,, where %c arc tO|. «icet other company, and have a ball : the fnow begins a little to foften, fronn the warmth of the fun, which is greater than in^England in May. Our \vin^r parties i. are almoft at an end* i;. S- . „\^ ■'• My father dtivcs Madame Des Roches, who ia of aur party, *and jfotir brother Emily i I hopeth« littfe fool wiH be cafy, .now> Lucy^ ihe i« very humbfc, to be jcdous ot one, whtOj though really very pleafingj is neither fb young nor fo hand- fi>m<;4s herfejf J and who profcffcs to vTilh •nlyiorRivcrs'sfricndlhip* v i ' wU h But .%.' ...♦-'. ,■*' v. '■■•' a Si'. *^'■' ,' ,>'-tt'S. :>*''v4^' ■f •SI**'—™ k».* ,1 178 THE HISTORT OF Sm I have no right ta lay a word on this fii^ed, after having been fo extremely hurt K Fit^erald's attention to fjich a liwBiaQ as Madame La Broife ; an atten- tk» too ^ich was fo plainly meant tc|^ pique me. • t ■ ■ \ ^ We are all, I am. afraid, a little ab- furd in thefe affairs, and therefore ought to have fome degree of indulgence for others. BtJ0y and I, however, differ in our ideas-ibf love : it is the bufwefs pf her life the amufement of noinc ; 'tis the food of her hours, the feafoning of min6. Or, in other wgrda, ihe Iqws like « foolilh froman, I like a fen^bk man: for mcni jpou kno0, compared to women> love in about the proportion of ooe tp twenty. '^ } \/ - .^,#7 r_ ' . . •-". , ;■; *k.'.': ^ Tis a mighty wrong thing, after all* ftucy, that parents wiU educate cipitures ff 1. ■ \ „EMILT*MOyTAGirE. tfg^ lb differently, who are to live with and £ot each other, %^^ . Every pofflble nneans is ufe^, even from infancy, to foftcn the njinds of women, and to harden th^lfe of men j the con' trary endeavor might be of ufe, for the tntn creatures ar^e unfeeling enough by nature, and we are born too tremblingljr ^ve to love, and indeed to every foft if^ fedlion. t •' ■ - . \ ••■ I *^ Your brother is^ almoft the only one of his fcx I know, who has the tendtr- nefs of woman with the fpif it and firri^- nefs of man: a circumftance which ft r ikes every woman who converfes with him, and which contributes to make him the favorite he is amongft us. Foolifli wo^ men, who cannot diftinguifh charafters, may poffibly ^ive the preference to a coxcomb; bvt I will venture to fey, no woman of fenfc was ever much ac- quainted with Colonel Kivers without JJL -nr ^gcKng^ ^ -m^ -L..: ' |-|iH i8o THE HISTORY OF fueling for him an affcdbion of fome kind or oth^r. ^ ^ propos to women, the eftimable part of us are divided into two claflcsonly, the tender and the lively, , . • . r The former, at the head of which I place Emily, are infinitely lAore capable of happinefs ; but^ to counterbalance this^ advantage, they are alfo capableiof smifery in the fame degree. We of 4he other clafs> who feel Icfs keenly, are perhaps upon the whole as happy, atJeaft I would fain think fo. For example, if Emily and I nfiarly our prerent lovers, (he will certainly be more txquilitely happy than I fhall } but if thejr ihould change their minds, or any acci- dent prevei^t our coming together, I am inclined to fancy my fituatipn would be much the moft agreeable. - Ifhould ^ .%■ feMILY MONTAGUE. i8i I fhould pout a morfth, and then look about for another lover jwhilft the ten- der Emily would * , ■ * ' ' ' '. '• Sit like Patience on a> inonumeht,** and pine herfclf into a confumptioa* Adieu ! They wait for me. ) Yours, ■ „ - ' ' * " A. FfRMOltv \ ^ Taefdajr^ ai f-ucy, a pretty enough kind 6f a ball, , and every boiy in good hiimor : I dancc4g I with Fitegerald, yfhov^ I jievcr knew fo agrfccable. V^ V A^ * ^ '!i*^-""V^ w^^ i_-*»'?;;«>^. ™ ,\^% BPT^^ ; 'Tj i«* THE HISTTpRY OF ^ ^ Happy bve ia gay, I find i e^ily'Tt^aU^ iprighdineis, y^r brother's eyes have /ne- ver left her one moment, and her blulhes feemcd to Ihew her fcnle of the diftinaion ; i never knew her look fo handfome as ^this day. \ • - ^ Do you know I felt for Madame Des Roches ? j^ily was exceffiveJy complai- l|er: flie returned her civility, |\pctceivc a kind of conftrkint Injacr, very different fromCihc r behaviour when we faw her , fhe felt the attention of Rivers to Emily very^ongly: in fhort, the la- dies fccmed to have changed charadlers for the day* (.' "We fupped with yowr brother oh our return, and from hip windows, whidi l6ok on th« river St» Gharics, bad the pleafure of obferving one of the moft beautiful objects imaginable,, which I ,/":t ,r ^ nevpr' EMILT MONTAGUE, igj never rcmcaibcr to have fccn before thia evening, -^ You are to obferve, the winter mcth., offiOiing here, is to break openings life fmall fi(h-ponds on the ice, to which the filh coming for air, are taken in prodigious quantities on the furface. ^' To Aeltcr themfclvcs from the cxcef- ave cold of the night, the fiihermen build fmall/houfcs of ice on the river, which arc arranged in a fcmicircular fonn, and^cx- ten^ near a quarter^f a mile, and which* fbm the blaaing fires within, have a br'iU liant h-anfparcncy and vivid luftre, not eafy either to imagin^^to defcribe : the^arrjr fcmicircle look! iikle an immeiiie crcfcent of diamonds, on ^K the fun d^u hii meridian riy»,v v^ - , j '•/ ^ -^/s^ Abfolutdy, Lucy, you fee nothing in Europe: you are cultivated, you have the tamfljeauties of art ^ but to fee na* ./ \ ture k\ " I. €." ||^^^^ € ' v % .X.: . .■^ V \ \ • \ \^ .^ ■ ■ \ ■ . '-v . ■ \ -■ ' ■. \ 'I: ■ ■ , f ■ * Jit .' "iM ■i^^HlMI iHHHilliliHI s A,. , / \ > ■t. >^ '.. \ «< \ *v ,'• "■ , ■ft;. , "'',1' 9 ■ ■ 4 , J -. — T ' . ,• ■ X ■■■.,,s ' ■ '* ■ , "Jr.-^ f \ *■ \ % *. . \ ' - -.-,.L.' ■ . ' \ \ ' , ■ ■*" -- - -*■"" ■'' V ' J ll b. ' ■ ' ., '": :■'■;. ■■III Hi Hii ihhI -li , ■•■-;*". i'"--,".'^v : ^, >^^ii^ < -. \' IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) h // {/ ^>. >* v ^ y. u. p 1.0 I.I 11.25 fci£12.8 u 2.2 ■ 20 Mi 1.4 lii.6 6" ^ * V 4^ i I-, V V . . tncr .Sdmces )rEition 33 WIST IMAM STRHT WIBSTIR,N.Y. 145M (71«)t73.4S03« jm^i^it-\,\b^j^& 0.^ ^ . ^^\^ ^V^ '^ AH' myA^d^guk ^, /^> '#>^ v\^ *. '.4 fM'K ii84 THE HISTORY OF ture in her lovely wild luxuriance, yon piuft vifit yoiir brother when he is prince of the Kamaralkas* ^^ ^ Adieu t Your faithful A. Fermor!.. The variety, as well" ofgranS' oBje6b$i» as of amufements, in this country, con^ firms me inr an opinion I have always had^ that Providence had made the conveni- <:enccs and inconveniences of lift- nearly equal every where. - ' : We have pleai&res here even in winter peculiar to- the climate, which counte^ba^ lance the evils we fuflTer from its rigors Good mght> my dear Luoy t ■% y.'.-i LET- .-n- -f-fi r, you prince EMILY MONTAGUE, 185 LETTER CXIII. Bje£bs> , con»- 9 had^ tivcni- nearly mnttr ori. .. ■% .- .1 ET- which muft retard her refolution of chang- ing the aflfcaion with which ihe has ho- ' JMM^jnc^ ii^p friendship, r. > ( ; I im^Co r^lic^tc in my xaang^bear to have it ooe p j)ofcd, my heart can know 1^,1 Wa^ Emily* ^v; ' . ■ -, ..'(■• - - ' ' ' ' ^ ■ , ■"■••'H'-. * ^ '■.■■«?'•' " *k,' -.■ ' : '1 '; ,'T:-.;'' Shall I lay more ? The b}ufh op £mi^ ly's cheek, on her firft feeing Madame Des •Jloches, convinced me of ipy indiferetion, pnc} that vanity alone carried me to dcfitx; (to bring together two women, whofe «^ /p^ipn for aie i#, irom ^hfeir extreme m^rita :^ vcryflattcring. ; , . .,r^ \:am / . ^^ riidl Vii..-- .v*J»-ii ne: gra- not im- 1 foftnefs which a for T6ve> lay caufc Limftance ♦ »f chang- has ho*< "•- ^■• pt flip- ame Des feredon, todefire bole «^ -m 1 , Vi^- EMILY MONTAGUE. 1^7 I flitllccrtaihly now fix in Canadaj f can no longer doybt of Emily's tcmkrr ncfs, tho* flic rdufcs me her hand^ from motives which make her a thoufand times more dear to me, but which I flatter my*- felf love wiirover-rule, I am ietcing off in an hour for Mont* fcal', and (hall call at Silleri to tike Emi- , ly*8 commands.: f . $tr)|B ia tilt fv^AiAg, 0f f CliambfiaviGk I aiked her advice as to fiiiing the place of my fcttlcmentj flie faid nHich 4gainll: my ftaying in America sit , ^iff' 'boe. If I was determined, recommindcds Ukt Champlain rather than the Kamaraika^, on account of climate. tifcUimi!cd| and a blufh, which I perfe6Uy underftood, overfpread the lovely check of my fw eet Emily. Nothing could be more flatter^ |«^thaft this ci rcumfta4^ ^*^(^ ^ / 2_ Adieu! ^ •ViSjo''J4" '»i«sSfM?^ L.,44, ■^•^' ■' ',. *• ^MILt MONTAGUE. ^189 Adieu ! my dear! I ih^l write to you from Montreal. Your afFefbionate E^, Rivers, LETTER CXIV. To Mrs. Temple, Pall Mall. Montreal, April 3; 1AM arrived, my dear, after a very difn agreeable and dangerous journey; I was obliged to leave the river foon after I left Des^ Chambeaux, and to purfuc my way on the land over melting fnow, into which the horlcs feet funk half a yard every ftep. An officer juft come from New York *as given me a letter from you, n^hich T— ^~»- vfy-'ii^i^yi. , 1.^- I-**, i^ THE HISTORY OF caoTC thither/by a private fflup : I am hap- py to hear of your health, and that Tem- ple's afFcftion for you feems rather to in; Creafe than Icffcn fince your marriage. .^-' You 'afk nf»e, my dear Lucy, how to prefcrve this afFcftion, on the continuance of which, youjuftly fay, your whole hap- pinefs depends* The queftion is perhaps the mod deli- cate and important which refpefts human life i the caprice, the inconflahcy, the in- juftice of men, makes the talk pf wom^n in marriage infinitely difficult. IPrudcnce: and virtue will certainly fe- euflc eflsemi. but unfortunately, efteem aione will not make a happiy marriages paffionmuft alio be; kept alive, which the continual prefence of the objeft beloved is too apt to make fubfide into that apathy, §» iMuppottabftto ^snfible minds. '^^'•"""'^^■"'-- ^'^ ■ ' The iJfm ■Jiu^ j^_i.i.^i^ am hap- It Tern- rrto in- how to inuance >le hap- )fl: dcli- htnnan the in- wom^n inly fc- efteem rriagcj ich the oved is ipathy> ^ '% The EMILY(Ma!f^AQ|JE. 191 .. .The I|ighfcr ^our rank^^d the left your .n[ianncr of 4fe fcp^mtcs you from each other, the ttpre danger there will be of iJiis indifference. The' jSoory whdfe jieceiTaty avocations 4ivide them aU day, and whofe fenfi^ biUty is. bhanted by the coarfenefs of their education, are in no dasher of being weary of each other.; and^ unlefs naturally vicious> you will fee them ge- nerally- happy in marriage j whjcisea* eteti the virtuous, in more affiicntrfitU|«ionsi are not fecure from this unhappy celltion of tendernefs. Wh<»n I received your\letter^-.I was leading Madajiie I?e Maintenon'^'adl^ice to the Puchcft" of Burgundy, cm thit ikl^eau I will tranftribe lb much of it as relates to the woman,, leaving her advife to the prince/sxo thofe whom it may conc^flt' €t IkL ir?!iW ll'^r^^i-iix^ .ti «\ '\\:,riA,^f -^V^'rmi'^f^ r^ • i .. 101 THE HlST!OR;r lOF^ « > ^^ Do not 'hopie for perfe^ luppaneTs ; ^ ^' there is no fuch thing in this fuhlunary . filiate*. ' .n. ,, .- . "l^ _ ,...■;■ " Your fex is the more ezpofed to fuf- ** fci-j bccaufeHit is always ki dep^n- ** dence : be heither. an^ nor afliiAmed ^' of this dependence on a hun>and»Nflpr *' of ^y of thofe which are in the omtx f •• Let ybiir-hufband be your bdft f' ^ your only confidant* " > ,, * i-J, J^il-'-i , u t _ J ... i i , «« not hope that your union will^ procure you perfcft peace:, the beft ^ to!^Ti«^ W thdfe i^rhek withi^^ft- ** iiefijand patience th^ bea^vb|§ >iiw!i» «• wirfi^ each" other % - there -^ none *' without fome contradidion and dif-* ^'•l^ertiiintk----^' "^^^^ v^. --^^'^^ .^i-' \ Do not cxpeft the fame d^gite of :<' fmndihip that you fecli men are in ■0^ '* • ^^ gcn^ .■^:::;t- „ I •» * ^^.g^n^eiit t^ tender than women; and "^ you will be unhappf ifyou ai« too de* ^ licite in fncndllii|!^ , ■■]■ ' *^ Beg of God to guard fow >Tu5alt f fiom j<^owfy: do notnK6pC::fo bri^g / ^•^acfc a hufcaod^ complaints, »! ,h^ " ^ > ' Tbus far Madame De Maifttenpn, who HMfft be ftUowed «o. baris kno^n the, heart of ««»♦ fincc, ilicr Jjtvmg been tbcyfe cuvRty fean a wtdow, the enflamed) even to. i^e degree of Miig- in| hipi to marry her, that rf « great fiioimrch, ^nger then hcHaf, iiir- roimded by 9eautiet» hrtbitifated to ffiit- terjr, in the plemtude of power, and covered with glory ; and retained him in her'ihaiixs to die laft moinents of his life. . r Do iio«i**dw«rer, i|iy~^dear, be abraied at the pidure ihe has drawn of marriages npr fancy with her, that women are only born to fefcr *aad to ob^. " /^ftt -we] we^nerally tyrtnnical, I jftnj obliged i«D own j fct Ibch 4i vn ^ )w6w hour to be iihajppy, ^llingly live khei^irlh lido «f Ma to, i0r^e» i inai 'the ^^Eq««l|,y llf rte fo„l ;^ frifmMhJp: m»^to give ddigh^ m»ft join twp «w«l», not 4»Bote « Owe m nhe wUl of ««uaigperi»u. lord, Vhww^ c6nwM Ar£«%ft4ie«^ f«^ •turn w yotf.with the higlicr^ft^r^ydtfr convcrfation-: havc^fepjirtitci aapirtii^ll^ fince your fortune m|Jics'^2C iidt ?imJoni^- nientj be Always etcgantibut«tot too^ex- penfive, in yourdrefsi retain your prefont cxquilite delicacy of every kind r-wcciwc his friends with good-breeding and com- . placenty ; contrive fuch little, parties of plealuriS a^jyou know ai«^igrewllle^«to him, |ind with >thc tpoft AgteeaWe,fi«a|Ae you can felca: be Xm^i even to'p^iqrfia- nefsin your general turn of jconverfation with him J but, «t the fame time,afparc lio pains fo to iinpwwie youc underftaid- ing, which is ««»cfll^^"^^'*f^^ no Icfs capable of being the compawwi of his graver hours: be ignorant of no- -thiffg whieh it becomes; youirclfilto know, but avoid jail aff^4k^*»o« <*€ k^f^ -pledge: 1ft your opconomy be cxaft, but ii without appcafiiig 4»tbawifci.ithanliby: lihc cfiea*; I * m^i '< ,.; ^%mmt m^hms^^ . !i 'w-y^sU nstri 7 «^-iW^ t: 'i i . ^ ^" \ ly- r: V. -y_ — :__ -^ I .( ; ibr i|b^r fiddity } let virtue in you be chiwrfutecfe J* tfa^^? if you woiikd be i^n MNf^^AV *I^Md^ ihd' \m D^ iliti^ lililV tdi^tttm' ftlbi^, IkblflNSfti;. .•w *i' Ifl^l' -i! '^v'f^' . i\% ^ I* mmtmm t^ bate fr«n< flu tiieafiMoi^: fbi: tc9£oa there is fome excufo' fbr a « ciiftofii whf^ appears crM^. that of tiliaili^i^'isiattaiAptxaiitit^^^^ . ♦^4 j i|i »|.4 ^ttogs, NCMiiti# pelitends ^ -mtl^ milm^ .^iiiek..-.wtiiiid| 'tbe .fir-. ipi^^iip :iiiiHiatt ' natural MvfMtlKk • g»reii Miliitt wei«i 4II paffitosi for cbr «iftft mf^mifi ml^khm^ Im^ with ir« U ». cenNriH aitnitiift tenJev. ^^^iHleiiit m .M- de(biibe4 whtdi, p|p^ irf te lirt^^ %hidi Is peculiar^ pleafing to woman: *tk, alfo a very delightful ienfation ^ our^; '#vw» as iiroi^lili^«|lfodiiamrid^ die J|ippielt coflfequimcet : re||M-diag them Hi creatures pkig^ hf J^indenot un*^ our pfotc # 1'. ; tt 4* "'■»•'' v''a;t? ,..,5»L> ,.;'"■ sr'i anc 3 'r;v« f.--:>^ • f *.* J k t ( 'IN tiile r^'Sk'ii f^ I t ... "1 ^ ' ' ^K» . I m'^- < y -/• w /" /■ [ 1 1 ■,* - / - > f ^J>-^, M believe;ine - '- - '-J . Yours, &c% . I •■;tUvy vi:.;:,.r^ iHii:*i(Tf ^;t:OEDl Jtrvii^a;-. ■ •■ .• ^ . •_ - , \ " " c»^' ^ •- - •■-• • inrk/ ri ^ji * -S.'! ^tCl.^?'Wl^^ ^ ^ more trq^. ,my 4Y,Urd, thjm that^povcrty Scvif *»^- n mm. ,i;r. > ..-;-j ^-;rr^r,. , .^yrr^, I?.- ) * »fia^ 'ifs: < ^ ^^m^^W^ ^ '"<■ &v' I iA to their ieigneufs. '::iv\}'ivui:u'l&b' This tndoknce appears in eveiy thing t fDti^f^aift ftcilthe meaneft peafant walk- ing; even riding on horfeback appears to them ft fatigue infupportable ; you iee them l o l ling 4^ o«(• « tad^ .♦' ^3'"\\^ii»M >>fe- W'W I \,';, .'rfr^ %t^ r \ thing t appears fi you fe Iwjr :ording^ e horfe ' A ge, 10^ driving; raided ptt^eir Cftc at • ■..-■- .--s >': d fcafi. .^t'^? ^wl I' -fm4 ihkP^ vithoitv 'maavriog cfac ' gi^nd, .or eiwiii bKaltliig die clodt of eaitli, throw' in the fycd^ m tlie hrm caitM maimer, kwPe die erent DO eiianqct without ling themlelves iwdier tiD It is fit to m^ft, however^ 6t>^efV«^ ai }bm al» leviatioii, that there js fomething in the clttiH|tce ^iviieK flfong^f Itdines: both the body\snd mmi,/hut rather |iie latter, t6 indol<^ ; the neat of the AiniAierj though pleafin^ enervates the very foul, and gives '^'idtitt^ klffitujle <}ii^vor^4e to mduftry -, i^ lib\winteri it Us ext^'eWy t»Hids up and <^Sf8 ail ^he a£bive facdttea of the Q ■■■r*- /'y'-^'^ ■ ^'^■- '^ "^ •'4'' ' Add to \thi«, that the geimil f|itrlt of amufemeni^ fo uohfedfal here in winter,. imikei lidior doubly '^ ^ ir;^ ""T^Sfv^r^^ t?«^^^ ~ ThciM;^«gioii^,tit.which thcy^ ace :i«i,f trcmdy bigote(J, is. aaothtor gfeat bar, an, VcU to induftiy a« popuTation :-. their nu^ mcrous feftiv«l% iaurc thcm..to kUcnefsi, tlvir./cligipiis houfesrob. the ftate.^ many^ fubjcas. who might- be^ highly iifcfi^l 4 prcfent, and at the fame tjme ri«ard|he.^ incrcafcofjthe.coloay. V \ '' '\ '■ . ■• ■ ■' ■^- ''■ .-',■ • i-^-'-u'-'^ ■ -■ " i.-' ^ ■ ■ '^ ■■..; V-u.-^.v ■; Slofli and fupcpffitidnrcqually'isoimter^ ,work prpvi^^ncc, and render the bounty 9CHtsLven.jp£,ttocee^:l t . /r-, , l^rw lbrprized1th#r%»i^ wfe> gf 0^4)]^ f mak^ their «5Hgion Aiblcrvknt |» tbcpuhr ^ Bftfcs of policy, ,do not^i difcpuragc corir vents, and l©flcn the number of feftival% in the colonies, whcr*: both, arc fo p^ciH pei7ii<:i9ij|. .i,^ ftyirtucr * ^ 1 Vf, _ "*' ■ *S ■f .-.'.' ' ' -• * 4 •.! ( * * • \ ^^■BBftU . .f^in.^*- \ " % t^^i* *r *-^«. > .»-.wr'i*i^f»Vi-. ^.,:^ JMi'. .k^^^^hi$ ^ HiB^I^ ^ " k V 1*' ^' ^F^^^i m ttm ■■t.|<^'V«7 •^ wrtue of- ceKbaayr h - paitkularly/unfa* %■■? ■( '/.. % , H«weve^reI^gi6uft'^pfejlkii(C9 mgy ^hav« beeaiuflRrred to counterwork policy undwhich48 mt only preferable,, aa^ibeing^that of the ;COuntry.to iiyhickn|hey^4re now: annexed, , biitwMch'is lb vaum more calculated to ' >mfdLe thcmf happy, a^ .prP%«i'ousa&..a< !41U thit time, itiir their prejijdic«s iiil^ ..fide, it is • equally juft,.humai^j. and wife, . ^tO leave t^em the free, wght of worfliip- and to> which they are-'conf^jiiently aN t»chcd» r y |j ■'■• \. '\ any of the rights 44 ttmf, m « iibKtida %ffii/ «he intmiA ittftgian, w?t«ceiPtr it i«,, fliotiia *e ts tmit^al' t» pmUt, a^cmciit in. ife%f©i» iMittip being ifM ftKMf^ ^sfe^ %d chiutchf thoi^ii wkh the fiilleft liberty of iK>n1^ie^ce to diQcnters. of all deuotnij /' ':^' v^ t wpiid be dearly unddftooct my Lords from all I have oblcrved hcre^ 1 am cpavioced nothing would jTo^-n^cIli fcmtribute to (£0ufe » fpint of oider> and i tatiohal obedience^ ^|li^ colonies* as th« jtppffjpppgp^ under prcperfeftriaienstCif J> * ■* (4 Hit, fej. ill (!<6 1 i'M^iwr,^: J& 1 ;.-ie--(. ; — - * — ■vC f - •■•0 '■ ■' !• -• ' \ . thing;,.ftould (« owcji ft|-ep|;^thcatlic jia^ of gpy^ramcht, or give fuch plcafiir^ ^^ the.w«l!^ftcd.in thccoipniu^iriia^ by nji^ t^f-pjoft numerous; as "XucK* appointment, .however clamored agairitfb4 - a*few abettprs of ftdition^. ^' '• * i ^'^ ■/■ mv/r':*,^^ I « am called upon for this letter^ and muft rcnoit to another time what I wiflied ^0 fay.mor^ .fo your I-ordihip In.rcwdxO' this tounti^. . ' * ' ^ ' vv 1 Jikvc^lfe honor to bfej*;* - ^^ ^3:> .3. . vS ^V ^" .j ,,,^-,^ ?fC""''?' ^-^•^4,"-' ■f^ ^t"^'- H-*^- ''f4t mit.'-. MCmtAGOE. m>9 IS-- ,«f HJi E T T E R ;v_ . e- . ..; ;i V..,: •■% * V 1: . ' • ■. ■ ' iJLM in jccdi Ifydtmp thiH tfljCQiiiUlcoc creature. X htve at once rMuftdi^tQ jiiaily Colonel Rberi, and ow^l^|o||^ * . f . . . ■ . . "• ■ ,^ Qo not bowem think m^ ma^ pf^ ^piK>re my refuftl: the eflfbft of an ua* meaning chHdifh afic^atlon of difintereftr''' cdncis: I can fontm to mylelf no idea of happincls equal^^ that of fpencHng my 8f| with Riwrs^ the l?cft^ the moft t^i^r. "^^r^ the moil amiable of mankiiidi iwr~ can I fuppppt ihe idea- of- hi$ marrying ' any toth«i wbman^ l^woul^ there^re marry him to-morrow wIn^ h ix>£Sh|c; ' withoik cuining him,., without, dooming:^ *>. '*-^ ? >i ,:!' v:5,j I- ~ ^i * •*, . "^v. r. '' * IT s *■ . ^'^ lim to i perpetual exile^ mid o^Oiru^ng thofe virwrs of honcft ambitioa « homt^ ^ich Jw«Qi|ie hit !w^ Wi «oi|i^ m talents^ Ws tinie^ life^^aad ^th %ire&uiu 4^ ImmiAibii for m8r at prefent bfinda^ ftim into a meafure ih fc oiitM ifci U - with his teal happiaeft and uitcreft ? He muft le- «nt tt>/Eii||aiiiil, muft pwrfee fbrtunr in^ ikAtmM ftiirtiletem^%i8(brmcdriBall tt» EbftiJf rettifd fihn in the glorioat facet' Aall Ae not nther eneciiiragehiik iiiWerf ^iKltWe attempt ? ihalt ihe ibficr him to ifWfe thit ihining mem in the unctiltivated >l4ldi aT Canada, the ftat of barbarifm m& ij^Mce, which entitles lim to h6pc iltf^jrfate if» the deae tod of am and ■ V f » '■- ■ '^;Ji)m:'.'i-J:, •: , : . .f fn*- '^'w '-^■.^^ E#ld^^ \' '-H f *-*>^** !>■*,' ^--li ^t ; afi whc^ Ibie hint ifc^ keeping htm herc^ Telt him^ J^iii^ ^191. iiMuaf him Canada^ ; d^ii^ inres hia wttw^nt to hunfi^ nay .to^hl^ ^l)f» who^ whole liei^ fs #14^ ftcii^ hiftt \n ^ fitoation worthy of hiiHt though iinthoue anO^MM^iii^fiHI imlnciotis ^ hiiiEMi If he loves me> he wUl gni^^lMl f^^ ambitioni. an^.■J'^■ / r. h^^ ■♦, a) .:*V' 1 a- ■'^j :.'M-5 1 ■ ::' p:^ ^■=^- 11 '.4 \ : V fOUn brother, roy dewi ' ji |jbw ,»; Montrealto look^, oyt: far a fejtdfe. ^eb«;.,w«l^* l^y % knew mlnglibd, yho M Utelyiwriyed fiom thence by New Tork ' ■•-*." .:£'! :^. • -> :^.:::;ku "^:rm\ ■ \ ^Mi .» i;,-^, ,.-. ..,■ tM „■ .■.-■- ^ il^Sj ain :5dft /ik^^Ko^I tnjr ; friend,^ M^igh ^pplj^ her |>lfK«^^ l«y« uCloAs JS^ Icnow: not how longf I ^fliall Be able to jiold out: thU fitic %eiimcr is cxcccd- fi^g^Jn his/avor; the winter freezes np all the avenues to the hearty but 4^1 fprightlir April fun' thaws them l^iW iainazingi^. rci {^^«^^ *h^ «^^cft K^petiu^^^^^^ t^^ #hflft the chilly fea- ifibii liftiBfe^ltowc^; ^anfwer for no- atmilgnii0iro tHi Rightly May iS ap- ^ri6faK:liingi-''^*?>:.o>u:'s£ ^^UnS; I>...-o;;> , -^i|iIfcMte& |ip»-jii'Ya% in Fitzgerald's intoreftj dbut. hfe'lonows our icx weU «nougkio mlJtm h alike in ' dn %iMitt fii^let^ as^in hi« con- C^. t.t i ►?*>- ^v kIA, / *f 4tt i^i^iii feftlf \#Bi or MUy ch«rai- ^lIlMtliairtofwoiiitii." -^ ; :a • TSren ttrM^fg lilieii to wii /iri* an In- Toltttfci^ a«ieBtion» and hea^ hirn with a pleafiire/or :^^ they fcawe know how • to account; '■'■iTr' ^itama evtk iri^oot iiitending i^ liit in^iitf '0^^^ but when; he Wi(he8^% ipieafey whehihe adjdrefles the woman he rioi^s,w^akhiK%e0.>i^ fi^ kciguagc. , of hiivbea^ tyhea Jyour! TJ ■ ^ •A !'-#j:I ) -•,-*' * -i^K iiiJ-^- /Tfir . W^-^ij^fi^*-*. . , m.rf-i «^v \»" ,'r. 4^ EMU-y MONTAGUE. 2ij Emily rcada in them the dear confcffion of his tendcmcfs, w|icn that melodious voice utters the fcntii|neiHs of the qobleft mind that ever animatipd a hunjah form— My dearefti the eldqukce of angels can- not |>aint my Rivers a^ lie Is, I am almo(^ ihclinedj not to go to the ' governor's to-night 5 I am determined nor X6 dance till Rivers reiturns, and I Iqiof there are too many who will be re^y ta make obfervations on miy refufal r I think I will ftay ^t home, and write to him a^inft Monday's poft : i have a diouftnd things to fay, and you know we are con* tinually interrupted at Quebec j J Ihall have this evening to myfclf, as all the world will be at the governor's. • / Adieu ! Your faithfiil J , ««s "i: EMItV i^ONTAClW.^ ^: Voi, p. •if? I^T- "■? /f .■S:^ J . ■• IW^Ww \'' ■•tv. I' ■f:'-:^i : .,S^ ''i.l'--,:. . .'■•;-,- j»* ■( '>■• t:. i *-':.'; V^ ■ - (:!'• w To Mili Mo;NT^ouje, at Q]|idbe^»^f¥ V ^IslJ^' oi- o?:; '' 1'#ABtE^^, my flcar, Macfartie pt% ^'*tbehies 'ha^ tidt heard fri5l fI1;ihJll dall upon you atHx oVipdt; atrtd ihatl lexpeft co fhid ybu deccrrtfined to go to the goVtrhdr'i '^is ie««nmg, anid td dahce : JFitzgerald ^ga the honor of be« ^ing your partner; ' ^ 'm "BiwievrTiie/fi»%, th^fe kind of un- meaning facriBces are childiOis your heart is new to Ipve^^and yot| have all the I ' • - - ' . ', ■ - 'h > :^\f \ - « ' '■?t ."••■■ \ : ; ,i r^i ( > ■ ■ !!' ':M =* 't V icftid of )n. -.icf. )ck, drtd id ^6 go and td of be* of un* ki your e all the account, be hi*t to hear you had refiifed to diiicc in hg^al^ttce,. though i^ might be flattened to fci^w yoti had for a nio- ment ciieq^iied; lucti afi ic^a^ .j j ^,W^,7<>V>: ;?¥¥8^?mr<»qanl: tfancics of fcventecnj provided you ^or- ««a them- with .the good feafc offour-and- :ti«M«5«? x*^*'t-'- »-^■l:.^ ^n^^diedi: Mwr^«igag«d^A^fictolc^ Bitzgerdd^ «ld' W .prii*i!t^:|;{^^fiift ^^ "•"•■ ' ■ ■ ^ : ». ■ ^; , .' / Your affcflion^e f t*:^v.. til :^ry:'}''j[ I r. .•»» «. '-'.'i^ ./'.• ■Ji •;■ . . *'-,'' , . .^i*d • 'X^W, V fe— La LET. ' '? ent yefterday with us, and afcc^kinc^ defired to converfc with mc aft hour in my aparte mcnt, where ihe opened to me' all her heart on the fubjed of hier love for Rivers, ■■^. . ,. She is the noblcft and moft amiable of Vomenj and Ihasi^e been, in regard to her, the moft capricious and unjuft : my hatr^ of ier was unworthy my charaftcrj I Wufli to own the meannefs of my fcnti- ments, whillt I adniire the generoiity of hers, .. .Why, / her ratf a her too bis oni; fiioi Mi ^her r ir. thai this ha& ^pol den me, cVei evci betr 3vC; w« .j*». .v^-r"Hi' ■ V ' V.' '• ',?\' t.r . r \ ' hatred ic ijjcnt/ defired r apart^ all her »7c far iable of to her, hatred Icrj I fcnti- )fity of .Why, EMILT MONTACyE. 22r Whf/Txiy dear^ fliould I Ka:tiv hate^ her ? flie was ughappy, and dcferve^ mher my compa0ion : I had deprivea herpf all hope of being beloved, ic was too muck to wiHOi to deprive her alio of his coiiverfation. I knew 'myielf the only objed 9f Hivcrs's lov«s why theik fiiould I have envied her his ^ friend- ^ip? iht had,,th but I (hould have loved and pitiecl" ill '\ '?;- i i.>^v^nr > . ■ ' • ■ ; ^ . - ;Can there be a misfortune equals to that of loving Rivers without hope' of i.^etu^ ^; (Yet Ac ^Si not only borne tlitt ^misfor^uoo wjtho^t copnplaint^ buj ^ (^F** # fl?n|»^?l?^! of his paffipn for apol:hef> he owned to her all his ten« derntfs for mc, and drew a pidbure of |[n?f n^|fh|clia (he. told me, ought, had Aq liljbcncid to rw^ even the Ihado^ of hope : but that love, ever ready w flatter and : deceive, had betrayed her into ,thc weaknefs of fgp.' ^ofing it y pffibl^ I tiyght refufe h\mk '% X.lj ■^ fVi--* .rf- ^^n^-..,-^ ^^J* '^7 1:,:^" fit irtd that g^atittide .itifghf,^ \w ^ the a%, iouch hi* ihteirt wilh* Ntid{^^.i)n\ i'3ud^'4f^-'' She owned (he ftjU ^ loved Mm %itH *»c* ib4 ^ not ^stfloWed^i^ tft;*fe =ffiB m^ Oka #iffi^a h?f«^4iy ^^fi«*ffth ^ of hial»'^ ^^"^ "^P^- ^'^ iyi^'^^Q '^4 iifdi<>tit. Iw^W^ Wamed'io^' p^^^^ cvefijiipw ifiit rem " . r vl Dff« SS"'^^ efs^ cdmplaifaiice cha^ Ml I how the vers mih S|6S1 ithi ill hin her ibr ^ tha hca file lliu S f. ■fcii ■. >,{' A'fttif {j^ 1 i6^«f 'ptffcitf o > Uritll fh # ■ m - AS ny fiis 1 13V'J ■4' '•¥-f 4 M ?8 ■ EM^tLlr MONTAGIJE. aaj ff^mplftitiMee Had a iifftle difllpiBod' her cha^kBj and eniablcdihcs^ to behave to me In the manner fhe did : that Ihe had# hQwev!ec> almoft hated cne' a( the ball in tha country : that ^ the tenderncfa in .Ri*« vecs's eyes that day whenpever they mca fnihe, and his comparadve inattention cd ^ity had wounded her to the fouK ^' , r » • • • . "^ ' I ' ■ "^ . , ; 'r* 'Al^liat thia^ preforen«ctifc«i; howsi^er}. %^ iai^ary, though (sailifal; Mot'U fta4 de«ermin' iCDiitinucd I. that^ as the fiiill ilep^ t(!i thi» conqcieft, Ihe had rafelWd' to M him no more : that' 016^. w^mi^ niaim ^iii$ 5 her houfe the moi]nent &k could crofa the' A¥€t mHhrtStty^f abd- H^uf^df iHc^ fer herKlilii^/^6 perfujidfe hiifn to* gJve tip iXi\ thoujght^ «ff a? 'fettlemenc ncafr "^hcr r that (he could not anfwer for her oin^^ heart if (he continued to fee himj that flic believed iii 16yc them waai no fafJw iMttiti^ flight- '^f-^\r '■• r:,^'".^t^'.3».5:i| e -1 V - i V- 13^ L 4i Lii^ .,-S ^•. V f--U :^f-l-- '"'N. %A ■■ m I B - • ■-/ ' |.5 i4» I7, 224 THE HISTORY OF That his abfcncc had given her time to think coolly; and that fhc now faw fo itrongly the amiablencfs of my charader, and was fo convinced of niy pcrfeft ten- ^crnefs for him, that flic fliould hate iierfclf were flic capable of wHhin^ to in^ terruptour happincft. :':• ^- r,/^ • '"■ -> :"■■'-' ' , . ^ - ■--/ ■ , -1 . ■ ; . , ■ ^: /■ : ■■■ ' ..... . ^ That flie hoped I would pardon her ^r ff ining a tinder remembrance of a man !^hog h(i^d he iiiever feen mcj might feiye fcturned her affeaionj that flie thought i^ highly of my heart, at to believe 1 tel«ld not hate a woman who efteemed 9iie, rand who folicitcd my friend(|iij^ though a happy rival.*' : j. ; ?/ ^^:"^ ^'yv' ;'■' ■- ■ ■'■■;'. ".^'li l^d V;-?! fas toiK^Hed, even to t<*ars, jiit her behaviour ; we embraced; and,}if | k pw my own weak foolifli heart* I love -^EUft. ■• rt-- • '^-'$ffl tifdl^. of leavings Quebec, befor^i Rivers's return ; flie fatd, her cQiniilgr WW «ii hnprud^iiee which oiiif Jove r ^ could to«i(> , -> :hX /"r i>^ EMILY JMpNTAGUE. a>2r could eHcuie; and that ihe had no mo- tive for her journey but the defire rf feeing him, which was fo lively as to hurry her into an indifcrction of which flje was afraid the world took bUttoo much notice. What opcnnefs, what ^xti" ccrity, what gcncrofity, was there in all Oiclaidl- - How fqperwr, my dear, is her cha- radkcr tqfmijie ! I bluih for myfclf on th« comparifonj I am fhockcd to fee ho^sr much flie foars above mc : how is it poflible Rivers ihould not ! have pri-*^^ fcrred her to me? Yet this is the wo*^ f^2LTi( I fancied incapable oi ixnf pai^on but vanity. ,-\ ,. -r , ;> ' . I am- fure, my dear Bell,. I am not nar flirally envious of the merit of others i Iwt my ioitcef8> of love for Rivers makes lae apprehenfive of every woman Ivho cai^ fOfl^iMfjival me in his tendernci^ •> iJ ould V .. . ■ - * -' x^ jk- X '" 'yv ,-:f , . » •V*"* • , ■,'■-* ■r. " 1 • rH'vi- '-"^fy-' ■"'■'/ ■''■''\\\ ""?'^*"' i' TO= ai* 'f «B' IM^rdi^ Ota I'.waiB fiio*t ai Miulame Des Rod!i^*» inicomnrtoh ttiefit^ i faw with pain thtf •miable qualities ©f her mindj I cbul I admire her reifclution !d«^-y<^ think, hi>#€^ flie W<)utd pwCik ^ if ^Idved a* I doT ik htki jpptiiim and hit tefri Itas^oft fan[*Aing*«if i«s iiatiVe ti^m^^ iUr>'.1r-'.T •j^.. ■i-'h Urofljgly as ^y reafon : I cfteWiii" I 4ii^'' inirtj|:t (6ven loyc her at prefent j bot I iM llll6tilfcJd'llP/eV!»*i rttui'i} wMife %e ^«tA(imies/h^(t i9ioiiid' w«ak«ii tht£exifetf^ make B^^mmfft^^m^^m^ fttVft^erweakl- WA. I aaw^rtdbizc h§ charaftcr,;biii^ V . «^ ^ i i"^* « > in tkitf could ]lf ti^ « her I cannot finccrdy wiih to cultivate hcjpi friendihip.. Let nic lee yo\i thfs atternooh at (^e* bec; I am told the iroada will not be pa0able fbV "carrioles |ab0ve three days loi^ger ; let^me therefor^ fee you as often a)l I can before we arip abfolutely (but &oW each other* batl ITedtii^ 'jvbufc aftiV; .' 'vt- ? ' i 4ttdiwl roy dear!; ♦ ».■■-■ ■- ::>-tr, «i ii. ■ ■*.' Tour faithful ...')( ■>' 1 ■'- ^ ''■ .■•*"' , . J'.i n- ^A.-c^n %2^ THE HISTORY OF LETT E R CXXL To the Earl of — . .1- SUlerij ^prii 14. ENGLANDi however populous^ is undoubtedly^ my Lord, tdo fmall to. afford very krgc ftjppjies of people ta her colonies : and her peopk arc alfo tea ufeful, and. 'of too much value, to be foiFered to emigrate,> if they can be pre- sented, whilft there is fufficient employ* tilt for thcnri «e home. I 1 f ■ , • A . ■ * - ■ , It is not onJy our iiitcreft toJiave colo-^ Dies J they arc not only neceffary to our commerce, and ouc greatell and ^u^efl^ iburces of wealth, hut^oi^r very being as ft' powerful commerciit nation depend^ on them : it is therefore an objedl; of all )thcr» moft worthy our ftttcmion, ' '"*iu -.<• *% <>' they (fiould be as flousifliing and popviloua as pofliblei. ^ ? >'*■'•■■. It h howcwc equally; our mtereft to ibpport them at as llttlji^^{;p of fubjefls as we found iif Canada, i;o be a 'N^ muckfupcrior advantage to that of gaia- tng ten tin^ps the iimnenie. trafbiof land ceded to us, if uncultivated and deftijtute of inhabitants. : < .\ . ' '- - . f • * . I - ,. ,^., -. .-, *. ' ,■> > ■ • • ■ ^ But it IS not only contraryrtoour inir tereft to ijpare many of our own people a» ; £bttlers in America ; itmuft aUb be conli- deredl that,, if we could fparc them,, the Englifh. are the wor0 fettlers oanew landa in the univerfitv : , ,: , , / •■ Their attachment t|D their.natryc cM. ^ # '^insM ^ l.'.^,*!--,^-^, ■. ■ _j'.;, \ ;, €n to leave it j thofe therefore^ ^hb'gci are generally the diflbkit^ and the idle,. w^g•eof naufta^^Wlicitf ''^'^^'^ - .. >J0 •m ^tis^'aAfe^ %il*>nteft)Hziflg, HI: firtci^ to bear th€ H^feip^ and lubmit to th^ Wants,. wtiicK inevitably attend art Ih^ fint fet^icmcnt evea on the moft fi-iii^l !f te Gemtians, on the conti-aryj with iM , j^ fit theiii; for the cultivation; <^''tkA \ countries; to6 ^at cncbur^gement there^ toftcaniidt ta gi>ett ; tb llht^tt to ffettl^ iii . . our cblwiiis )' tli^. make ' beticr- ^^*^*-^ thaii ouf own jjcople j. and at the fame ti(nc- thcir^ nunribei^'l W Jaiif^ acq^ ^at ■M =4= ^^.IL-^ »•,-■ V ■» i* ^--j 5* t; 1 »'*3 inankind>ih^HcnttM^iwfn«dir. W mi hiW ;^> V a 'ft' r »; '■ ' 'il*^ t i . ly) be«iltilV thwjfe" Cb\*n«ritti were whibl^ i& lu^pdift tjkl9fy Ibai bc^^'ihef #^ie tbdl idle to cultivate l^€ gri^ai* tijejr ^#c^ a ferocious^ ignorant,, barbarous people^* . iiwiii" ^af^ '^ctitek -tiie*^!i ■:. ok 3^ ' ' ' ^■'•^'■■ . * > ... fur^ if managed, as I doubt not it mVk bci/Cp the bcft advantage; if they aMt won by the gentle arts of peifiiafion, an(^ the gradual >pt-ogrefj| pt kiioWledg^i tO' ad<^t Xo mucfai' of'' our martneiri jU: teii^ to make them happier in themifelv^St ^'^ hiore ufeful member^ bf the fodiciqr to which they belong : if with bur languace^ which they fhould by every means be in- duced to kari^ tb^ acquire the mild g^^ oiua of our rd^gion and laws, and that^f^ tic c^induAr|r> cnterprize, and commerce^ to .which we owe all our greatnefs, ' ?\ i "^ ■■'-■'■■■ •y/ ■ '■'• '.'■■ ^ : "* " . - v-r^ ■ ^ Amongfl the vint^^ cur coifcin^irran^ more populous diait £nglai|di^lwithft||nding the difad«!antage of a Icfs gentle government, and a religion fo very unfavorable to the iocreaie 6f man- kind, the eultivatioBc^vineyar^ls may be- recl^oned a principal one; as it ^fdoyt^ a mudi greater number of hands thin (Wenilt^toire i^U; whkb |ia«4io«i^e|re^ jnjtoiee iri?M|t;^;c^ irt paftMra^c, the certain caufc «f want of - . . people^ '*. Lijj|:_uJ *-^ "^ ' ^ ■. -^a-v*;- i*.t ■f.'t'lilj\ eb-i %H .T«R HtSrCORYl OFT pmph wbcmtcr^ J>raraUsr«b(m its dud 'M- 1) /■ 'I ti-fx.i., ii'i-'r.» ■'?. - J- V'> :-■-■' .•• r r^^Glis/cJitwie' dtet^ w» i#c : adhrantages %!in^»y0tliers which wumhaft accord^ ^akefidOs^ kom »ht: Jcthargj? inon ^hatk a4tftiit%6«e^tfij^ nkb oNjie «• ft cure u» bj^iiwr madim fc;«aifeife firom. ib Ibrnudat^ a rival* ^d-i-fsu^rv^i.-^ U^ vno f^i d;'ir.v oi ^ '" ■ ■ "!'■,...»■'■**' ,. ■ , " ■ . X -^ '"' . '.■>;• ":■--'' V' ■ '.■.■■ -^i;' .■ .;•.....,,?'■ ^ '^^liriat of breadco eat» frona tJiekte liUfc awl^criie) pc^iey df kf iAg:#na)I ftrttti fttwsccff k ifi ifny cipitjibfi wwiai Ida to b^ Pt^hcnd«4 ctei th^^^#^ <^ people^ ti .■r-1 li?"S:i" ' •"■■',!" iK'- 4 ft-'l'?-f-'^. ' ■*. ;■ :. l^ *■ ■ ; : .«■» ■>^- ■•■ ■■^t EMI 'i ■ ■■ '■ ' t. ' ^ i\ im% m^ #iU:i(bifl(]ra)b»v^ ip|^cdp»afol^^ tiVation« i> tfirtii. !k« » \;i?4 »<5 V :"iCf [fl will in tiAir,^ lik«^ imtiOi grcaft js^ibb ptfr^i 6i^,6riemfll0ill^ifib^ (n(^llepitl}aft^ favorable «dlii^ b^oli)d3ao|iJ|«« -<• J f^' ».' '• ' lit: » » ' , I'ik i^fideli|>A country; where people. ^veg ihort youths aii4 along pld age. . : > ^ke f ^ «<**««*^^«^iig» »^i»aii« of perfpif atioiig for li^hicft rekfbh cxcrcifey iand ev«i diflipar. tiolH are here ti|^ bcft medicincn*^! al iUh ' The Ridialis therefore (hewed theirgood fcnfe in «di^ifiiig the Fwnchi Oft f hf^^ ^^ wrival, to iifc d^Miii^mi^thi, chcap^^ >?f *i^ ilrtti^^l^^ tHm km Ifeft •leogthijf^ I mu^ poftp0fl0j0.^^^^ litee? ilty acoonnr of t^e pecvUar 'jiifMki} ^ |»rod«aions of Caj>iuk:;;"c^y. jabfrrwijgi, ^ i^*' ^« wo"J ""^fer-k ) • IS - - V,* ■ ^ , ^ , ; I J k ^ffiblcy my dear Emily, y6u cat), i aftcif all I ha^^W.'^^tjft Uf&^^' mrhkh iJ^ wjio^i^htppinca depends, and '^*^ *?7°2^.: ? f^W«> I even admired, ,fouM\^c^piki *f tHought it gcnicrofity : ilMit l^iwrsi Answered jt s and 4( y«m shad lovftdas I do, you would nevcrtgain haVe lAaam ^ uaplcafing a fubjed.. ,I>ott your own heart tdl you mine will «all a fcttlement here, with you, an cxi &amine yourfelCwcU, and cell me wS ^ll^ayrfion to ftayiqg fa Canada htm : . ftroiiler ^isrxji _-. it-*. i.'J .„Tv . ii'lteraffifST -iV '■. EiVbs. .^- A . ir -T f ciif ffcrti*^!^ at die ^^r^^W^; ^4 w^»ch you prefs Mrs. Meimoth tp diiTuade mc from ftajing m ^his country : yjou prcft with warmth my |ii eternal .bar Ixtii^^^ |. ym«k« «»- ^ f^1j|g%## ^e,y5i^4t?g may iComc in xompctrtion with tcndcrncfs ? yoti cmotioh of your fovl, for I tremble at the fdca that your affed^on is Icfa livdy thaa 4>d Mr-m- 1i Adicul I am wretched till I'licar from fou. Is it poffible, my Emily, you caa JMtyc ccafc4 to Jove bm» mho» »you youf> 'JSj! n y i > i0 .wm-^^mt<^mm' > .:% f Che univerfe ? Iclf ovi^ IfeMno other objed thjUif(Hi ill Adieu I Its. *:/'■'. ore it' doable t['^^ .;br any ambttion but that dear ond X'^llWat ftve- tbn laid, Wiy ^^nfly ? ^■' >• r«« ,w;// m« many «w_W QnM*; ? ■ } Tou have pafled a hand Ibite^ce on % ' me J you know my fortune will not tf ' :j8biH*ie to m«i| youiiiEngiik '^-' . .Vekd of vol. n. ,> ■• Iv '•?,<'■ *i;: \ y" ,4' -i;?- 21 ■m .N. \ \ iriUMi tn-!'- »/n§i/tf* ce on U not ■v^ 'Ir- - \ •^ -4- ,« 4,^ •;l 1 1 J-, . • • <<■ w iSiif*