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Curious Account Of A Dumb Philosopher.
F _ y temper . This he soon found in the acquaintance of Levisa , the daug hter of a country-gentleman , whose estate was contiguous to a house he had in a neig hbouring villa . She was not indeed to compare with Torva , either for youth , wit , or beauty ; however , by her sprightly behaviour , she soon got the ascendant so far over him , that lie could not be out of her company .
easy ' His good sense made him sometimes refledt , that this course of life must , at length , end in his utter shame and ruin ; and he several times resolved to break with Levisa , and be reconciled to his wife buthe no sooner approached her , than the fire of love , which her beauty kindledj was extinguished ; and converted to ice , by her sullen hatisrhtvasDed ..
< Lupinus , a distant relation of Amiander ' s , had long been enamoured with Torva ; but could never flatter himself with the least hopes of a return from her ; until , on this occasion , he - stole , into her affection , by feigning a compassion for her sufferings ; and she , under Ihe pretext of unbosoming her affliction , opened the way to such an intimacy between themasbfrequent conversation with himin
, , y , her husband ' s absence , awakened a jealousy in hircij and an evil opinion of her conduct in the eye of the world . ' This encreased Amiander ' s inclination for Levisa , and he was so liberal in his presents to her , that he impaired his estate ; and , in the
end , reduced himself almost to a want of necessaries . To drive away , as he thought , in some measure , this double care , he took to drinking , and thereby brought his health and his estate into one and the same ruinous condition . ' Levisa , in the mean time , found the fruits of her unlawful conversation with Amiander began to appear in too evident a manner to be long a secret . Shethereforeresolved to conceal the scandal
, , she had brought upon her family at the'expence of her own child ' s life . Accordingly , without consulting even Amiander , it no sooner came into the world , than she imbrued her hands in the blood of the innocent babe , and threw it into a moat , which environed her father ' s house ; but the body being taken up , and all circumstances considered , the suspicion soon fell on Levisaand she was accordingly taken up
, for the murder , which she instantly confessed . ' Amiander was no sooner informed of this disaster , in which he had , at least indiredtly , so great a share , than he resolved upon tnaking his escape . To this end , he hastened to his house in town , and , filling his pockets with what gold and jewels were at hand , ordered his horse to be saddledand loaded a pair of pistols for his
, journey . In his way down stairs , passing by his lady ' s chamber , curiosity led him to take a last farewell of her , with his eyes at least , through the key-hole ; when , to compleat his distradtion , he beheld her in close embraces with his kinsman Lupinus . Rage added strength
to his arms , to force open the door , and , with one of the pistols he had ' . '' n his hand , he shot the lover dead on the spot , in the arms of his wife . He left him , reeking in his _ blood , at the aduitress ' s feet , and immediately mounted his horse to ride off : but the noise oW ^^ o ^ j ^ the voi , xi , a / C- ^" ~ " ^ <\ / V GRAND Vy \ / fc / - \ r - \ LODGE
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Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Curious Account Of A Dumb Philosopher.
F _ y temper . This he soon found in the acquaintance of Levisa , the daug hter of a country-gentleman , whose estate was contiguous to a house he had in a neig hbouring villa . She was not indeed to compare with Torva , either for youth , wit , or beauty ; however , by her sprightly behaviour , she soon got the ascendant so far over him , that lie could not be out of her company .
easy ' His good sense made him sometimes refledt , that this course of life must , at length , end in his utter shame and ruin ; and he several times resolved to break with Levisa , and be reconciled to his wife buthe no sooner approached her , than the fire of love , which her beauty kindledj was extinguished ; and converted to ice , by her sullen hatisrhtvasDed ..
< Lupinus , a distant relation of Amiander ' s , had long been enamoured with Torva ; but could never flatter himself with the least hopes of a return from her ; until , on this occasion , he - stole , into her affection , by feigning a compassion for her sufferings ; and she , under Ihe pretext of unbosoming her affliction , opened the way to such an intimacy between themasbfrequent conversation with himin
, , y , her husband ' s absence , awakened a jealousy in hircij and an evil opinion of her conduct in the eye of the world . ' This encreased Amiander ' s inclination for Levisa , and he was so liberal in his presents to her , that he impaired his estate ; and , in the
end , reduced himself almost to a want of necessaries . To drive away , as he thought , in some measure , this double care , he took to drinking , and thereby brought his health and his estate into one and the same ruinous condition . ' Levisa , in the mean time , found the fruits of her unlawful conversation with Amiander began to appear in too evident a manner to be long a secret . Shethereforeresolved to conceal the scandal
, , she had brought upon her family at the'expence of her own child ' s life . Accordingly , without consulting even Amiander , it no sooner came into the world , than she imbrued her hands in the blood of the innocent babe , and threw it into a moat , which environed her father ' s house ; but the body being taken up , and all circumstances considered , the suspicion soon fell on Levisaand she was accordingly taken up
, for the murder , which she instantly confessed . ' Amiander was no sooner informed of this disaster , in which he had , at least indiredtly , so great a share , than he resolved upon tnaking his escape . To this end , he hastened to his house in town , and , filling his pockets with what gold and jewels were at hand , ordered his horse to be saddledand loaded a pair of pistols for his
, journey . In his way down stairs , passing by his lady ' s chamber , curiosity led him to take a last farewell of her , with his eyes at least , through the key-hole ; when , to compleat his distradtion , he beheld her in close embraces with his kinsman Lupinus . Rage added strength
to his arms , to force open the door , and , with one of the pistols he had ' . '' n his hand , he shot the lover dead on the spot , in the arms of his wife . He left him , reeking in his _ blood , at the aduitress ' s feet , and immediately mounted his horse to ride off : but the noise oW ^^ o ^ j ^ the voi , xi , a / C- ^" ~ " ^ <\ / V GRAND Vy \ / fc / - \ r - \ LODGE
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