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To The Editor Of The Freemasons' Magazine.
heyday of the passions which hurries men into inconstancy ; though he is not so desperately fond , I think I may depend on having him all to myself . Well ! all is for the best . I once never thought I could like any man but Edward ; but time changes one strangely . Nevertheless , the same sensations do not recur with the same force as for him , that can but happen once , " and perhaps this man ' s mind may be better adapted to my contracted powers of susceptibility ,
than one of a warmer and a finer texture would be . Thus you see , Sir , I settled this second affair quite to my mind , and seemed willing to accommodate myself to such a mixed kind of enjoyment as fate appeared to design for me . I now enquired after houses to let at moderate rents , became acquainted with the secrets of marketing at low prices , and interested myself greatly in the
reported addition of taxes . But while I was thus laudably endeavouring to fit nryself for a good housewife , lo ! my man of moderation flies off , and leaves me for the roses and lilies of sixteen ! However , his deserts overtook him time enough . The g irlish ¦ p layfulness that had bewitched him from me , presently showed itself in a multitude of unpleasant forms when kept up by the wife . He
soon had to contend with obstinacy , ill-nature , and contradiction , ¦ which extreme youth and beauty in madam made her think she had a right to display . " She would weep when he was disposed to be merry , and laugh like a hyena when he was inclined to sleep ; " admit gentlemen to her toilette , buy her millinery in Bond-street , and rattle home at four in a morning from a card-party . In shortshe led him
, a most delectable life , and , if I could have enjoyed revenge , his predicament would have furnished me with a treat . But I am not made up of such ungentle elements ; I sometimes , even now , heave a sigh for his fate ; and though he has lost my esteem for ever , I feel quite as much sorrow for his wretchedness as resentment at his conduct .
Don't you think , good Mr . Editor , that it , is pity such a liberalhearted creature as myself should be thus excluded from some of the most endearing connections in nature ? With the first man who won my heart I would have braved every danger , and struggled with eveiy difficult } ' '; and for the second , although , perhaps , 1 might not ' have been quite so active , I certainly would have done my best to brihten his autumnal days , and to jog with him dowm October-hill
g with as equal a pace as might be . . Except that my own caprices have not occasioned my misfortunes , 1 think my case much h . rder than that of Mr . Sorrowful ; and if you , Mr . Editor , deem the prayers of vestals efficacious , you may secure mine at the trifling expence of inserting this , that the world may see our sisterhood is not composed merely of decayed beauties or unsocial
spirits , but sometimes the unwelcome retreat into which those of elegant desires and wounded sensibility are too often plunged , by tlieversatility of the other sex . I am , Sir , Your humble servant , . " ' SOPHIA MYRTLE .
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To The Editor Of The Freemasons' Magazine.
heyday of the passions which hurries men into inconstancy ; though he is not so desperately fond , I think I may depend on having him all to myself . Well ! all is for the best . I once never thought I could like any man but Edward ; but time changes one strangely . Nevertheless , the same sensations do not recur with the same force as for him , that can but happen once , " and perhaps this man ' s mind may be better adapted to my contracted powers of susceptibility ,
than one of a warmer and a finer texture would be . Thus you see , Sir , I settled this second affair quite to my mind , and seemed willing to accommodate myself to such a mixed kind of enjoyment as fate appeared to design for me . I now enquired after houses to let at moderate rents , became acquainted with the secrets of marketing at low prices , and interested myself greatly in the
reported addition of taxes . But while I was thus laudably endeavouring to fit nryself for a good housewife , lo ! my man of moderation flies off , and leaves me for the roses and lilies of sixteen ! However , his deserts overtook him time enough . The g irlish ¦ p layfulness that had bewitched him from me , presently showed itself in a multitude of unpleasant forms when kept up by the wife . He
soon had to contend with obstinacy , ill-nature , and contradiction , ¦ which extreme youth and beauty in madam made her think she had a right to display . " She would weep when he was disposed to be merry , and laugh like a hyena when he was inclined to sleep ; " admit gentlemen to her toilette , buy her millinery in Bond-street , and rattle home at four in a morning from a card-party . In shortshe led him
, a most delectable life , and , if I could have enjoyed revenge , his predicament would have furnished me with a treat . But I am not made up of such ungentle elements ; I sometimes , even now , heave a sigh for his fate ; and though he has lost my esteem for ever , I feel quite as much sorrow for his wretchedness as resentment at his conduct .
Don't you think , good Mr . Editor , that it , is pity such a liberalhearted creature as myself should be thus excluded from some of the most endearing connections in nature ? With the first man who won my heart I would have braved every danger , and struggled with eveiy difficult } ' '; and for the second , although , perhaps , 1 might not ' have been quite so active , I certainly would have done my best to brihten his autumnal days , and to jog with him dowm October-hill
g with as equal a pace as might be . . Except that my own caprices have not occasioned my misfortunes , 1 think my case much h . rder than that of Mr . Sorrowful ; and if you , Mr . Editor , deem the prayers of vestals efficacious , you may secure mine at the trifling expence of inserting this , that the world may see our sisterhood is not composed merely of decayed beauties or unsocial
spirits , but sometimes the unwelcome retreat into which those of elegant desires and wounded sensibility are too often plunged , by tlieversatility of the other sex . I am , Sir , Your humble servant , . " ' SOPHIA MYRTLE .