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haughty and supercilious peer is absorbed in the
contemplation of his illustrious ancestry, while the
worshipful alderman, regardless of the past, and
considering the present as merely preparatory for
the future, calculates what provision there will
. be for a young family. Engrossed by dicir fa-
vourite reflections, neither of these sagacious
personages regard the want of attachment in those
who are to be united, as worthy a moment's
consideration. To do the viscount justice, he
seems equally indifferent; for though evidently
in love,—it is with himself:* gazing in the
mirror with delight, and in an affected style
displaying his gold snuff-box and glittering ring,
lie is quite a husband d-la-made. The lady very
well disposed to retaliate, plays with her wed-
ding-ring, and repays this chilling coldness with
.sullen contempt; her heart is not worth the
viscount's attention, and siie determines to be-
stow it on the first suitor. An insidious lawyer,
like an evil spirit, ever ready to move or second a
temptation, appears at her right band. That he
• From some late examples in our courts of justice, I have
thought it barely possible that this dignified descendant of
crowned heads, ai [he same time that he is admiring his own
person, may be obsa-ving the counsellor's attention to his
lady, and hoping thai he shall find some future opportunity
of dcteclirtg her infidelity, and obtaining a divorce. But
ttiis is merely conjecture. I wish, for the honour of human
nature, that there had been no example lo justify such a
suspicion.
contemplation of his illustrious ancestry, while the
worshipful alderman, regardless of the past, and
considering the present as merely preparatory for
the future, calculates what provision there will
. be for a young family. Engrossed by dicir fa-
vourite reflections, neither of these sagacious
personages regard the want of attachment in those
who are to be united, as worthy a moment's
consideration. To do the viscount justice, he
seems equally indifferent; for though evidently
in love,—it is with himself:* gazing in the
mirror with delight, and in an affected style
displaying his gold snuff-box and glittering ring,
lie is quite a husband d-la-made. The lady very
well disposed to retaliate, plays with her wed-
ding-ring, and repays this chilling coldness with
.sullen contempt; her heart is not worth the
viscount's attention, and siie determines to be-
stow it on the first suitor. An insidious lawyer,
like an evil spirit, ever ready to move or second a
temptation, appears at her right band. That he
• From some late examples in our courts of justice, I have
thought it barely possible that this dignified descendant of
crowned heads, ai [he same time that he is admiring his own
person, may be obsa-ving the counsellor's attention to his
lady, and hoping thai he shall find some future opportunity
of dcteclirtg her infidelity, and obtaining a divorce. But
ttiis is merely conjecture. I wish, for the honour of human
nature, that there had been no example lo justify such a
suspicion.