Volume the Third: Diplomatic DisplayLondonBritish Library, Add. MS. 65381
as many Girls
of her age, might have been in her situation. She considered that
there wereMisfortunes of a much greater magnitude than
theloſs of a Ball, experienced
every day by somepartof Mortality, andthat then1 time
might come when Shewould
herself look back with Wonder and perhapswith Envy on her having known no greater vexa::tion. By such reflections as these, she [....]soon rea::soned2 herself into as much Resignation & Patience as the pain she suffered, would allow of, whichafter all was the greatest Misfortune of the
two,and told the SadStory when she entered the Break::fast room, with tolerable Composure. MrsPercivalPetersonmore greived
for her toothake than her Disappoint::ment, as she
feared that it would not be poſsible toprevent her Dancing with a Man if she went, was eager to try everything that had
already been applied to alleviate the pain, while at thesame
time She declared it was impoſsible forher to leave the House. Miſs Stanley who joinedto her concern for
her Freind, felt a mixture of
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