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Show 6 T'he L o n d o n Merchant-7 Or, M a . H e that fhall think his T i m e or Honour Iqft j* vi you, caw fetno real Value on your Daughter? Company, whofe only Merit is, that fhe is yours.b The M a n of Quality, w h o chufes to converfe with a Genrle. m a n and Merchaat of your Worth and Character may confer Honour by.fo doing, but he lofes no e. HO .out in m y Company, 'tis very natural, for hin, ro expect more Pleafure in yours. I rem- the Time, when the Company of thegreateft a • d • ' \kn in the Kingdom would have been in lipid andi. rirefoa:e to rne, if it had deprived m e of an Qppor.unity of e your Mother's. M a . Your's no doubt, was as agreeable to hi perous M i n i knows no Pleafure in Society but wh jnutu; fjcr. T h o u know'ft I have no Heir, nor Chili thee ; the I" I of many Years ficcefs.ul Inquftry . all be thine ; now it would give m e Pleafure grc.it as Love, to fee on w h o m you would beftow n. lam daily folicited by M e n of the greateft Rank and Merit Leave to addrefs you ; but I have h'rherto declined it, s that by Observation, I fhould learn which your Inclination tends; for as I know Love to be effential to Happinefs in th irriage State, I had rather my Approbation confirm your choice, it. :an I lay ? " H o w fhall I an , as I ought •pels, fo uncommon, even in the befr c! rents; but you are without Fxample ; yet had you been it, t had.h ft wretched. That I look l the Crowd of Courtiers, that vifit here,- withe i, but equal Indifference, y >.i have obferved, nd ds confefs f yet had you .alerted your Auth j indited on a Parent's Right to be obey'd, 1 $bbn>itta wy D»ty facrificed m y . eace. From your .:t Obedience in every other mce, I fear'd as n and therefore would leave ifs in an Affair wherein yov iediately concern A* The Hifhrj of George Barnwell. 1 Man, who owns them, to my AUCW fet they mould, unlefs his Merit . A noble Birth and Fortune tho Jorthy^^tfU his Virtues in the ,t anfwer for my Inclinations ; but they .bmittedtoyoirl »nand Authority, -t compel me I i marry where 1 cam •er m.ike me a# contrary to m y Lrory. ur PermiffiQn to retire. : you to your Chamber. [hxeunr. would 1 .1 know n • •tions. Thor. I w recomm< they m; fhall e-a:; d as love, e Sir, T> L. , N E II. A Room iVMilwood's Houfe. Millwood at ker Toilet. Lucy watting. /'. Wow do I lood to-day, Lucy ? y. Qh, kilhngly Madam' - I you'll be Treitible'. than ordinary Care of your Drefs and Completion ! A little mere But why this iat new Conqueftare you aiming at ? . A Conqueit wou'd be new indeed ! Ln<y. Not to you, who make 'em every Day, ite as -lWaelml:! 'tis whatB uIt'm y noeuvre rW tiot e xapnedc tB,e au- Mill. Firft made me a Wretch, and ftill continues fo. - -Men, however generous or fmcere to one another, are all felfiih Hypocrites in their Affairs with us. W e are no otherwife tfteemed or regarded by them, but as we contribute to their Satisfaction. Lucv. You are certainly, Madam, on the wrong Side of this Argument: Is not the Expences all theirs ? A nd f^pSurV8^' °WttFault if We ha'a'C W.Sh*e of Mill. W e are but Slaves to Men.* A 4 buCy |