Two Chapters of Persuasion: Diplomatic Display London British Library, MS Egerton 3038
Profeſsion as Merit
& Activity cd -could place him, was no longer nobody. He was now esteemed quite
worthyto addreſs the Daughter of a
foolishspendthrift Baronet, who had nothad Principle or sense enough tomaintain himself in the
Situation in which Providence had placed
him,& who cd .could give his Daughter buta small part of the
Share of ten Thousand pounds which must be her's hereafter. — Sir
Walter indeed tho'though he had no affection for his Daughter Anne & no vanity flattered to make him really happy on
the occasion,was very far from thinking it hera to be making a bad match for her.
As he saw & conversed
with more of Capt .Captain W.Wentworth –––, more,1saw his complexion him by daylight — & conversed with him, & perceived in by such [conversa]tion that his Teeth were [as fine] as ever. — [remark]ably fine — he co[uld not]but feel
that in any pre[sent] [compa]ri::son2 with Anne, Capt.Captain W.Wentworth musthave the advantage, that he
hadlost much leſs of Youth & bloom since former days than she had,and that consequently he might now
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a bad match for her. – On the contrarywhen he saw
more of Capt.Captain W. —Wentworth saw him by daylight & eyed him well, he was very much struck by his
perso::nal claims & felt that his Superiority of appearance might be not
unfairlybalanced against her superiority of Rank; — And all this,together with hiswell-sounding name; together, ena::bled Sir W.Walter at last to prepare his pen with a very good grace
forthe insertion of the Marriage F. W. Esqre - Post Capt. of H M's Navy in his Bar chosen volume.in the volume of Honour. –––
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