Trip 529 of 5200 collection book49
Fathom in the consciousness of his own practices immediatelybook71 comprehended the scheme of this letter and confidently assured him thatbook25 no such person resided in the prison or in any other place. Stimulated as he was by the beauty of the incomparable Monimia he foresaw that the conquest of her heart would cost him a thousand times more labour and address than all the victories he had ever achieved for besides her superior understanding her sentiments of honour virtue gratitude religion and pride of birth her heart was already engaged by the tenderest ties of love and obligation to a man whose person and acquired accomplishments at least equalled his own and whose connexion with him was of such a nature as raised an almost insurmountable bar to his design because with what face could he commence rival to the person whose family had raised him from want and servility and whose own generosity had rescued him from the miseries of a dreary gaol Notwithstanding these reflections he would not lay aside an idea which so agreeably flattered his imagination.... read all
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