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Meditation as this。!`She is thoroughly mean。 I had not expected 

any thing so bad。!Mr。 P。 spoke too mildly of her。!His Judgement 

is evidently not to be trusted。!His own Goodnature misleads him。 

He   is   too   kind   hearted   to   see   clearly。   I   must   judge   for   myself。! 

And their very connection prejudices him。!He has persuaded her 

to   engage   in   the   same   Speculation!and   because   their   object   in 

that Line is the same�察�he fancies she feels like him in others。!But 

she   is   very�察  �very   mean。!I   can   see   no   Good   in   her。!Poor   Miss 

Brereton� �And          she   makes     every    body    mean    about    her。!This 

poor Sir Edward and his   Sister�察�how  far  Nature  meant  them   to 

be   respectable   I cannot  tell�察�but  they  are obliged  to   be   Mean   in 

their    Servility   to  her。!And       I  am   Mean     too�察 �in   giving   her   my 

attention�察�with the appearance of coinciding with her。!Thus it is�察�

when Rich People are Sordid。¨ 



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         he two Ladies continued walking together till rejoined by 

         the    others�察 �who    as  they  issued   from   the  Library    were 

T 

         followed by a young Whitby running off with five volumes 

under his arm to Sir Edward¨s Gig!and Sir Edward approaching 

Charlotte�察�said `You may perceive what has been our Occupation。 

My Sister wanted my Counsel in the selection of some books。!We 

have    many     leisure   hours�察  �and   read   a   great  deal。!I    am    no 

indiscriminate      Novel´Reader。     The   mere    Trash    of  the  common 

Circulating Library�察�I hold in the highest contempt。 You will never 

hear    me    advocating     those   puerile    Emanations      which    detail 

nothing but discordant  Principles   incapable   of  Amalgamation�察 �or 

those vapid tissues of ordinary Occurrences from which no useful 

Deductions      can   be  drawn。!In      vain   may   we   put   them   into   a 

literary  Alembic�察�we distil nothing   which   can   add   to   Science。! 

You understand me I am sure�拭� `I am not quite certain that I do。! 

But if you will describe the sort of Novels which you do approve�察�I 

dare    say  it  will  give  me   a  clearer   idea。¨  `Most   willingly�察 �Fair 

Questioner。!The         Novels   which    I  approve   are  such    as  display 

Human       Nature     with   Grandeur!such         as   shew    her   in   the 

Sublimities   of   intense   Feeling!such   as      exhibit   the  progress   of 

strong   Passion   from   the   first   Germ   of   incipient   Susceptibility   to 

the utmost Energies of Reason half´dethroned�察�where we see the 

strong spark of Woman¨s Captivations elicit such Fire in the Soul 

of Man as leads him!��though at the risk of some Aberration from 

the    strict  line  of  Primitive   Obligations��!hazard        all�察 �dare  all�察�



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achieve   all�察  �to   obtain   her。!Such   are   the   Works   which   I   peruse 

with delight�察�and I hope I may say�察�with Amelioration。 They hold 

forth     the   most     splendid      Portraitures      of   high    Conceptions�察�

Unbounded Views�察�illimitable Ardour�察�indomptible Decision!and 

even when the Event is mainly anti´prosperous to the high´toned 

Machinations of the prime Character�察�the potent�察�pervading Hero 

of the Story�察�it leaves us full of Generous Emotions for him�察�our 

Hearts are paralized。 T¨were Pseudo´Philosophy to assert that we 

do not feel more enwraped by the brilliancy of his Career�察�than by 

the   tranquil   and morbid   Virtues   of   any   opposing   Character。   Our 

approbation   of   the   Latter   is   but   Eleemosynary。!These   are   the 

Novels which enlarge the primitive Capabilities of the Heart�察�and 

which   it   cannot   impugn   the   Sense   or   be   any   Dereliction   of   the 

character�察�of the most anti´puerile Man�察�to be Conversant with。¨! 

`If I understand you aright¨!said   Charlotte!`our  taste   in Novels 

is not at all the same。¨ And here they were obliged to part!Miss D。 

being  too   much   tired   of   them   all�察  �to   stay   any   longer。!The   truth 

was     that  Sir   Edward      whom      circumstances       had   confined     very 

much to one spot had read more sentimental Novels than agreed 

with him。 His fancy had been early caught by all the impassioned�察�

and most exceptionable parts of Richardson�察�and such Authors as 

have since appeared to tread in Richardson¨s steps�察�so far as Man¨s 

determined   pursuit   of  Woman   in   defiance   of   every   opposition   of 

feeling    and    convenience      is  concerned�察     �had   since    occupied     the 

greater part of his literary hours�察�and formed his Character。!With 

a   perversity   of   Judgement�察  �which   must   be   attributed   to   his   not 

having  by Nature   a   very   strong   head�察  �the   Graces�察  �the   Spirit�察  �the 

Sagacity�察     �and    the   Perseverance�察      �of   the   Villain   of   the   Story 

outweighed        all  his  absurdities     and    all  his  Atrocities     with   Sir 



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Edward。 With him�察�such Conduct was Genius�察�Fire and Feeling。! 

It interested and inflamed him�察�and he was always   more   anxious 

for   its  Success    and   mourned       over   its  Discomfitures      with   more 

Tenderness        than    could    ever   have    been    contemplated        by   the 

Authors。!Though            he  owed     many     of  his  ideas    to  this   sort  of 

reading�察�it were unjust to say that he read nothing else�察�or that his 

Language        were   not   formed     on   a  more     general    Knowledge       of 

modern   Literature。!He   read   all   the   Essays�察  �Letters�察  �Tours   and 

Criticisms of the day!and with the same ill´luck which made him 

derive     only    false   Principles     from     Lessons     of   Morality�察    �and 

incentives to Vice from the History of its Overthrow�察�he gathered 

only hard words and involved sentences from the style of our most 

approved Writers。 

    Sir   Edward¨s   great   object   in   life   was    to   be   seductive。!With 

such personal advantages as he knew himself to possess�察�and such 

Talents as he did also give himself credit for�察�he regarded it as his 

Duty。!He felt that he was formed to be a dangerous Man!quite 

in   the   line   of   the   Lovelaces。!The   very   name   of   Sir   Edward   he 

thought�察     �carried    some     degree     of  fascination     with    it。!To     be 

generally      gallant    and   assiduous      about    the   fair�察 �to  make     fine 

speeches      to   every   pretty   Girl�察 �was   but   the   inferior   part   of  the 

Character   he   had   to   play。!Miss   Heywood�察  �or   any   other   young 

Woman        with     any    pretensions      to   Beauty�察     �he   was     entitled 

��according   to   his    own    views    of   Society��   to   approach   with   high 

Compliments and Rhapsody on   the   slightest  acquaintance�察  �but  it 

was   Clara   alone   on   whom   he   had   serious   designs�察  �it   was   Clara 

whom he meant to seduce。!Her seduction was quite determined 

on。   Her  Situation   in   every  way  called  for  it。   She   was   his   rival   in 

Lady D。¨s favour�察�she was young�察�lovely and dependant。!He had 



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very early seen the necessity of the case�察�and had now been long 

trying with cautious assiduity to make an impression on her heart�察�

and   to   undermine   her   Principles。!Clara   saw   through   him�察  �and 

had   not   the   least   intention   of   being   seduced!but   she   bore   with 

him patiently enough to confirm the sort of attachment which her 

personal Charms had raised。!A greater degree of discouragement 

indeed would not have affected Sir Edward。 He was armed against 

the highest pitch of Disdain or Aversion。!If she could not be won 

by    affection�察  �he   must    carry   her   off。  He   knew     his  Business。! 

Already   had   he   had   many   Musings         on   the  Subject。    If  he  were 

constrained       so   to  act�察  �he  must     naturally    wish    to   strike   out 

something new�察�to exceed those who had gone before him!and he 

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