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us by our
worthy Landlady —. Her disorder turnedto a galloping Consumption & in a few Days car::ried her off. Amidst all
my Lamentations forher (& violent you
may suppose they were) Iyet received some consolation in the
reflectionof my having paid every Attention to her, thatcould be offered, in her illneſs. I had wept overher every Day – had bathed her sweetfair face withmy tears & had preſsed
her fair Hands continuallyin mine —. "My beloved Laura (said she to mea few Hours before she died) take warning
frommy unhappy End & avoid the
imprudent conductwhich has occasioned it... Beware of
fainting-fits...Though at the time they may be refreshing
& Agreableyet beleive
me they will in the end, if too often re::peated & at improper seasons, prove destructiveto
your Constitution... My fate will teach
you this..I die a Martyr to my
greif for the loſs of Augustus..One fatal swoon has cost me
my Life... Bewareof swoons Dear Laura.... A frenzy fit is
not onequarter so pernicious; it is an exercise to
the