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 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
 Col. Bellville.. 
 Colonel Bellville.. 
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
 Colonel Bellville.. 
 Henry Mandeville, Esq;. 
 Colonel Bellville.. 
 the Earl of Belmont.. 
 James Barker, Esq;. 
 Colonel Bellville.. 
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
 Miss —. 
 Col. Bellville.. 
 Henry Mandeville, Esq;. 
 Colonel Bellville.. 
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
 Henry Mandeville, Esq;. 
 Colonel Bellville.. 
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
 Colonel Bellville.. 
 Col. Bellville.. 
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
 Colonel Bellville.. 
 George Mordaunt, Esq:. 
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
 Henry Mandeville, Esq;. 
 Colonel Mandeville.. 
 the Earl of Belmont.. 
 Lord Viscount Fondville.. 
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
 Colonel Bellville.. 
 Colonel Bellville.. 
 Colonel Bellville.. 
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
To George Mordaunt, Esq; Saturday Night.
 Colonel Bellville.. 
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
 Henry Mandeville, Esq:. 
 Miss Howard.. 
 Colonel Bellville.. 
 Miss Howard.. 
 Col. Bellville.. 
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
 Henry Mandeville, Esq;. 
 the Earl of Belmont.. 
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
 Henry Mandeville, Esq;. 
 Lady Anne Wilmot.. 
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 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
 Henry Mandeville, Esq;. 
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 Lord Viscount Fondville.. 
 Colonel Bellville.. 
 Colonel Bellville.. 
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
 Colonel Bellville.. 
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
 Henry Mandeville, Esq;. 
 Colonel Bellville.. 
 Colonel Bellville.. 
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
 Colonel Bellville.. 
 Lady Anne Wilmot.. 
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
 Henry Mandeville, Esq;. 
 Lady Anne Wilmot.. 
 Colonel Bellville.. 
 Henry Mandeville, Esq;. 
 Colonel Bellville.. 
 Colonel Mandeville.. 
 Colonel Bellville.. 
 Colonel Bellville.. 
 the Countess Melespini.. 
 George Mordaunt, Esq;. 
 Colonel Bellville.. 
 Henry Mandeville, Esq;. 
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To George Mordaunt, Esq;
Saturday Night.

I AM still here; when shall I have strength of mind to go? not having heard from my father in the time I expected, I was determined to go to Lord T––'s, whose zeal for my interest, and great knowledge of mankind, makes him the properest person I can consult. My chaise was this morning at the door, when my Lord told me, Lady Julia intreated my stay a few days longer: she blushed, and with the loveliest confusion confirmed my Lord's assertion: all my resolution vanished in a moment; there is enchantment in her look, her voice–enchantment which it is not in man to resist.


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Sunday Morning.

I am every hour more unhappy: Lord Fondville's proposal gives me infinite uneasiness; not that I fear such a rival; but it has raised the idea of other pretensions, which may be accepted before it is time for me to avow my designs: I have passed this night in forming schemes to prevent so fatal a blow to all my hopes; and am determined to own my passion to the lovely object of it, and entreat her, if no other man is so happy as to possess her heart, to wait one year the result of those views which that love which has inspired may perhaps prosper.

Not certain I shall have courage to own my tenderness in her presence, I will write, and seize some favourable opportunity to give her the letter on which all my happiness depends: I will ask no answer but


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from her eyes. How shall I meet them after so daring an attempt?

We are going to the parish church; the coach is at the door: Adieu! she comes! What graces play around that form! What divinity in those eyes! Oh! Mordaunt, what task will be difficult to him who has such a reward in view!