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The history of Lady Julia Mandeville

  
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The HISTORY of Lady JULIA MANDEVILLE. Volume I
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
To George Mordaunt, Esq; Belmont House, July 3, 1762.
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
To George Mordaunt, Esq;
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
To George Mordaunt, Esq; Friday.
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
To George Mordaunt, Esq; Belmont.
 Col. Bellville.. 
To Col. Bellville. Tuesday, Belmont.
 Colonel Bellville.. 
To Colonel Bellville. Belmont, Thursday.
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
To George Mordaunt, Esq;
 Colonel Bellville.. 
To Colonel Bellville.
 Henry Mandeville, Esq;. 
To Henry Mandeville, Esq;
 Colonel Bellville.. 
To Colonel Bellville.
 the Earl of Belmont.. 
To the Earl of Belmont.
 James Barker, Esq;. 
To James Barker, Esq;
 Colonel Bellville.. 
To Colonel Bellville. Thursday.
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
To George Mordaunt, Esq; June 13th.
 Miss —. 
To Miss —,
 Col. Bellville.. 
To Col. Bellville. Wednesday Night.
 Henry Mandeville, Esq;. 
To Henry Mandeville, Esq; London, June 20th.
 Colonel Bellville.. 
To Colonel Bellville. Thursday.
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
To George Mordaunt, Esq;
 Henry Mandeville, Esq;. 
To Henry Mandeville, Esq; June 22d.
 Colonel Bellville.. 
To Colonel Bellville.
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
To George Mordaunt, Esq; Wednesday, Five in the Morning.
 Colonel Bellville.. 
To Colonel Bellville. Thursday Morning.
 Col. Bellville.. 
To Col. Bellville. Friday Morning.
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
To George Mordaunt, Esq;
 Colonel Bellville.. 
To Colonel Bellville. Saturday.
 George Mordaunt, Esq:. 
To George Mordaunt, Esq:
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
To George Mordaunt, Esq; August 1st.
 Henry Mandeville, Esq;. 
To Henry Mandeville, Esq; Roseberry-House. Tuesday.
 Colonel Mandeville.. 
To Colonel Mandeville.
 the Earl of Belmont.. 
To the Earl of Belmont.
 Lord Viscount Fondville.. 
To Lord Viscount Fondville.
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
To George Mordaunt, Esq;
 Colonel Bellville.. 
To Colonel Bellville. Thursday Afternoon.
 Colonel Bellville.. 
To Colonel Bellville.
 Colonel Bellville.. 
To Colonel Bellville. August 6th.
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
To George Mordaunt, Esq; Saturday Night.
 Colonel Bellville.. 
To Colonel Bellville. Sunday Evening.
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
To George Mordaunt, Esq; Monday.
 Henry Mandeville, Esq:. 
To Henry Mandeville, Esq: Aug. 6th.
 Miss Howard.. 
To Miss Howard. Wednesday Aug. 11th.
 Colonel Bellville.. 
To Colonel Bellville.
 Miss Howard.. 
To Miss Howard.
 Col. Bellville.. 
To Col. Bellville. Friday Night.
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
To George Mordaunt, Esq;
 Henry Mandeville, Esq;. 
To Henry Mandeville, Esq; Mount Melvin, Thursday.
 the Earl of Belmont.. 
To the Earl of Belmont.
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
To George Mordaunt, Esq; Friday.
 Henry Mandeville, Esq;. 
To Henry Mandeville, Esq;
 Lady Anne Wilmot.. 
To Lady Anne Wilmot.
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The HISTORY of Lady JULIA MANDEVILLE. Volume II
 Miss Howard.. 
To Miss Howard. Belmont, Tuesday.
 the Earl of Belmont.. 
To the Earl of Belmont.
 Henry Mandeville, Esq;. 
To Henry Mandeville, Esq;
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
To George Mordaunt, Esq;
 Henry Mandeville, Esq;. 
To Henry Mandeville, Esq;
 the Earl of Belmont.. 
To the Earl of Belmont. September 10.
 Lord Viscount Fondville.. 
To Lord Viscount Fondville.
 Colonel Bellville.. 
To Colonel Bellville. Thursday.
 Colonel Bellville.. 
To Colonel Bellville.
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
To George Mordaunt, Esq; Tuesday, September 14.
 Colonel Bellville.. 
To Colonel Bellville. Wednesday.
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
To George Mordaunt, Esq;
 Henry Mandeville, Esq;. 
To Henry Mandeville, Esq;
 Colonel Bellville.. 
To Colonel Bellville. Thursday.
 Colonel Bellville.. 
To Colonel Bellville. Thursday Evening.
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
To George Mordaunt, Esq;
 Colonel Bellville.. 
To Colonel Bellville. Tuesday Morning.
 Lady Anne Wilmot.. 
To Lady Anne Wilmot.
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
To George Mordaunt, Esq; Saturday Morning.
 Henry Mandeville, Esq;. 
To Henry Mandeville, Esq; Belmont, 18th September.
 Lady Anne Wilmot.. 
To Lady Anne Wilmot. Saturday, Grosvenor-street.
 Colonel Bellville.. 
To Colonel Bellville. Monday.
 Henry Mandeville, Esq;. 
To Henry Mandeville, Esq; London, September 19.
 Colonel Bellville.. 
To Colonel Bellville. Tuesday Morning.
 Colonel Mandeville.. 
To Colonel Mandeville. Belmont, August 10, 1752.
 Colonel Bellville.. 
To Colonel Bellville. Wednesday Morning.
 Colonel Bellville.. 
To Colonel Bellville. Wednesday, Three o'Clock.
 the Countess Melespini.. 
To the Countess Melespini. Paris, June 24, 1759.
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
To George Mordaunt, Esq; Wednesday Morning.
 Colonel Bellville.. 
To Colonel Bellville. Seven o'Clock.
 Henry Mandeville, Esq;. 
To Henry Mandeville, Esq; London, Tuesday Morning.
 Colonel Bellville.. 
To Colonel Bellville. Thursday Morning.
 Col. Bellville.. 
To Col. Bellville. Tuesday Morning.
 Colonel Bellville.. 
To Colonel Bellville. Sunday Morning.
 the Earl of Belmont.. 
To the Earl of Belmont. Mount Melvin, Wednesday.
 the Earl of Rochdale.. 
To the Earl of Rochdale. Belmont, Wednesday.
 Col. Bellville.. 
To Col. Bellville. Belmont, Sunday Morning.

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To Colonel Bellville.
Saturday.

MY Lord has brought us a thousand presents, a thousand books, a thousand trinkets, all in so exquisite a taste– He is the sweetest man in the world certainly –Such delight in obliging–'Tis happy for you he is not thirty years younger and disengaged; I should infallibly have a passion–He has brought Harry the divinest horse; we have been seeing him ride, "spring from the ground like feather'd Mercury"–you can have no conception how handsome he looks on horseback –poor Lady Julia's little innocent heart–I can't say I was absolutely insensible myself–you know I am infinitely fond of beauty, and vastly above dissembling it: indeed it seems immensely absurd that one is allowed to be charmed with living perfection in every species but our own, and

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that there one must admire only dead colours: one may talk in raptures of a lifeless Adonis, and not of a breathing Harry Mandeville. Is not this a despicable kind of prudery? For my part, I think nature's colouring vastly preferable to the noblest attempts of art, and am not the less sensible to the graces of a fine form because it is animated. Adieu! we are going to dine at the hermitage; Lord Belmont is to be my Cecisbeo.

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