"How much this has mortify'd the Bride Elect, <em>Berina</em> will never guess, because she knows nothing of her Pride and Vanity; but had you seen the Consternation of the Company, and the Looks of the Lady, they wou'd, I dare say, have made the same comical Impression upon your Fancy which they did upon mine."
Familiar Letters betwixt a Gentleman and a Lady [from The Works]
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