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a line conveyed to him, that he might not think delighted<lb/> | a line conveyed to him, that he might not think delighted<lb/> | ||
him I could think of no other expedient than sending<lb/> | him I could think of no other expedient than sending<lb/> | ||
a Penny Post letter to <del>each</del> <add>every one</add> of these places. | a Penny Post letter to <del>each</del> <add>every one</add> of these places.<lb/> | ||
One of my Letters accordingly found him out<lb/> | |||
Near or very near or just by Lincoln's Inn" <del>and Miss</del> <add>I am not sure</add><lb/> | |||
which but I should have looked again before I had<lb/> | |||
done any thing! said Miss Lotty <add>in her letter to M<hi rend='superscript'>s</hi> Lind.</add> <del>supposing it only</del><lb/> | |||
<del>near, that could</del> At a Miss Ward's <add>a Milliner's</add> she says in her<lb/> | |||
letter to me. Let it be only <hi rend='underline'>near:</hi> that can hardly<lb/> | |||
mean <del>a greater distance</del> <add>further off</add> than half a mile. Well then<lb/>to find out this M<hi rend='superscript'>is</hi> Ward, what should I have done<lb/> | |||
I should have taken out my map of London, & my compass, and setting one foot in Lincoln's Inn I should<lb/> | |||
have swept a arch, with a radius answering to half a<lb/> | |||
mile -<del> W</del> Within that circle I should have - your<lb/> | |||
putting in<add> pirking in</add> my pretty face into all the Milliners<lb/> | |||
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Well there is no truth in woman say I, as a man
says of course when he fancies he has found one thats
false. one such however I have found enough.
its nothing more than fancy. Alas!Miss Lotty! Miss Lotty, what will become
of you Have you forgot already what your woman
I am sure has told you many's the good time and oft of the fate of thoselittle misseswho
play with fire! Alas how cruelly have you unclear>twisted</unclear>
with my flame!
I have proof of it in black and white
I hope I should have had more prudence and
philosophy; and yet it's ten to one but what if
Miss L.kind ingeniouslyhad not prevented me, I should have
sallied forth upon the enquiry. I'll tell you what
I should have done—I did something likethis as I was sayingI cast upon
a much less occasion and afterwards I will tell you that true.
There was a Frenchman merchant who had shewn me
some civilities abroad. He was to come to England
some time afterward. I asked him, and he promised
to come and see me. He called but as I
happened not to be at home - he left me his address
thinking it sufficient to mention such a house
in Bell Alley. As it happens, there are 6
and twenty. Bell Alleys in and about London; I
found their namesdirec in the London Directory, and to get
a line conveyed to him, that he might not think delighted
him I could think of no other expedient than sending
a Penny Post letter to each every one of these places.
One of my Letters accordingly found him out
Near or very near or just by Lincoln's Inn" and Miss I am not sure
which but I should have looked again before I had
done any thing! said Miss Lotty in her letter to Ms Lind. supposing it only
near, that could At a Miss Ward's a Milliner's she says in her
letter to me. Let it be only near: that can hardly
mean a greater distance further off than half a mile. Well then
to find out this Mis Ward, what should I have done
I should have taken out my map of London, & my compass, and setting one foot in Lincoln's Inn I should
have swept a arch, with a radius answering to half a
mile - W Within that circle I should have - your
putting in pirking in my pretty face into all the Milliners
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letter 114, vol 1 |
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