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mixture of circumspection & tenderneſs. Some Mo::thers would have insisted on their daughter's ac::cepting so great an offer on the first overture, but I could not answer it to myself to forceFrederica intoa marriage from which her heart revolted; & instead of adopting so harsh a mea::sure, merely propose to make it her own choice by rendering her thoroughly uncomfortable till she does accept him. But enough of this tire::some girl.

You may well wonder how I contrive topaſs my time here — & for the first week, it was most insufferably dull. Now however, we beginto mend; – our party is enlarged by Mrs . Vernon'sbrother, a handsome young Man, who promises me some amusement. There is something about him that rather interests me, a sort of sauci==neſs, of familiarity which I shall teach him to

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