^ I proceft to you, ^ went (he ilitl oa»
^ that J w«$& confouixided «t fifuding txif
^ feif accofted in jtbis jootaimer, that Ihaid
^ neitho' courage nor prcfcncc fA mind
n enoi^h is> telisnit at firil fo impudem:
< an oyerture, as I ought to have done;
^ sind it was the fimplicity of n>y bcka^-
f vioiirwhich» perhaps* imoDuraged him
1 to proceed *, for I only afldag wkit his
« lordfl^ip mea^tt be reply 'd.2yich an sur
« aifid voice CufEpently esiplaaattuy of the
^ bafe thoujghts he had of me/ * I mean
^ to devpte myfelf^ and ail I have, at the
^ altar of your charms; happy if .you
^ fmile lapon d>e (acrifioe/

. ^ Never was any.poor creature fo ovcr-
« whelmed wth dmereat paffions as I
^ then was ; amazement, fhame, diidain,

* and rage, at once rofe in my boibm,
<. and almoft ftopp'd the paflS^e of my
i. bceath. \ forgpt aii refped of his birth

* and place \ and throwing the pude he

* had. given me upon the floor,<'-*-carry
^ your oflfers, faid 1, to thofe who want
« them, I defpife both them and the hand
« . from which they came,

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Jemmy and Je^y Jessamy. 12^
* With thefc words I burft from him

* and rej<»n'd the compan]^ ; my coufin

* was ftill phykig, having borroVd of

* ibme perUm ihe was acquainted with,

* and I kept leaning over ifae back of

* her chair all the time -we ftay'd ; his

* lordfhip pafsM by me more than once,

* and difcover'd by his looks that he wa$

* no lefs affronted at my behaviour than

* I had beeii at his, which, contrary to
^ what it is likely, his vanity might make

* him imagine, gave me mofe btishOioti
^ than difcontent.
