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Thurlogh, The Milesian.
THURLOGH , THE MILESIAN .
Continued from page 481 . CHAPTER VIII . NIGHT had passed away in the alternation of these perplexities , and it was not until dawn of the next morning that he could finally resolve upon any decided course of conduct . He at length determined upon a manly declaration , which , after vainly essaying for some regular channel whereby to usher it into light , he thus addressed formally the young lady's father .
" Hotel , Antzeerp , May 12 , 17—" Sm—Though this letter will probably be received with some surprise , yet I trust its contents and the earnestness of its purport , will meet at your hands an indulgent consideration . I shall not , therefore any longer detain you in suspense , but enter at once upon my subject . " To be candid , then , I must apprise you of the interest which I feel for your daughter . I love her , in the strictest and purest souse of the term ; and however incredible it may sound , in as much as I have never had the
honour of being presented to her acquaintance , or even of beholding her but once , yet can I not avoid thinking that my happiness depends upon , and is inseparable from , the possession of her . " AVith these sentiments , then , which , you will admit , are as upright as they are freely offered , I trust you will have no objection to allow me the opportunity of cultivating her good opinion , and thereby giving her and yourself to see whether I be worthy of aspiring to the honour of her hand . " AshoweverI am a stranger to otherwiseand as all men are
, , you , very properly looked suspiciously upon from home who do not come duly introduced , may I beg , in the absence of any such good fortune , to enclose for your perusal , and in honourable trust , the accompanying notes , which I select from my desk as the most applicable to the occasion , as containing in them nothing of a private stamp . " These documents will show you my intimacy with the writers , and they being all persons of the very highest consideration , you will not refuse at least , being satisfied as to the question of respectability .
" For other matters I beg leave to remind you , that all I require is the privilege of visiting at your house . This will enable you to judg . as to my further eligibility ; and I humbly flatter myself , that in every progressing stage you will find my conduct disinterested " and honourable . " I shall therefore most anxiously wait your reply , and in the interim have the honour to subscribe myself , " AVith very great respect , Sir , " Your verv obedient humble servant , " AVILLIAM O'NETL . "
It would be difficult to picture the astonishment of the " A ged of days , " at receiving an application so unprecedented as the above . " I have attended , " he would exclaim , "in courts , and I have served in camps ; I have seen the simple wooing of the hamlet and the artificial mancEUvring of the palace ; I have observed the ceremony of polished states and the blunt nationality of uncivilized societies , but " never , in the whole compass of my diversified experience , have I encountered any one thing so queer , so outre , so romantic , so irregular , as the character of the paper ivhich 1 now survey' " " And yet offensive , " he would add , " I cannot call it . Let me read it again . " And so having perused it once more , and finding every expression to be fraught with feeling , and every sentiment breathing at once delicacy VOL . II . N
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Thurlogh, The Milesian.
THURLOGH , THE MILESIAN .
Continued from page 481 . CHAPTER VIII . NIGHT had passed away in the alternation of these perplexities , and it was not until dawn of the next morning that he could finally resolve upon any decided course of conduct . He at length determined upon a manly declaration , which , after vainly essaying for some regular channel whereby to usher it into light , he thus addressed formally the young lady's father .
" Hotel , Antzeerp , May 12 , 17—" Sm—Though this letter will probably be received with some surprise , yet I trust its contents and the earnestness of its purport , will meet at your hands an indulgent consideration . I shall not , therefore any longer detain you in suspense , but enter at once upon my subject . " To be candid , then , I must apprise you of the interest which I feel for your daughter . I love her , in the strictest and purest souse of the term ; and however incredible it may sound , in as much as I have never had the
honour of being presented to her acquaintance , or even of beholding her but once , yet can I not avoid thinking that my happiness depends upon , and is inseparable from , the possession of her . " AVith these sentiments , then , which , you will admit , are as upright as they are freely offered , I trust you will have no objection to allow me the opportunity of cultivating her good opinion , and thereby giving her and yourself to see whether I be worthy of aspiring to the honour of her hand . " AshoweverI am a stranger to otherwiseand as all men are
, , you , very properly looked suspiciously upon from home who do not come duly introduced , may I beg , in the absence of any such good fortune , to enclose for your perusal , and in honourable trust , the accompanying notes , which I select from my desk as the most applicable to the occasion , as containing in them nothing of a private stamp . " These documents will show you my intimacy with the writers , and they being all persons of the very highest consideration , you will not refuse at least , being satisfied as to the question of respectability .
" For other matters I beg leave to remind you , that all I require is the privilege of visiting at your house . This will enable you to judg . as to my further eligibility ; and I humbly flatter myself , that in every progressing stage you will find my conduct disinterested " and honourable . " I shall therefore most anxiously wait your reply , and in the interim have the honour to subscribe myself , " AVith very great respect , Sir , " Your verv obedient humble servant , " AVILLIAM O'NETL . "
It would be difficult to picture the astonishment of the " A ged of days , " at receiving an application so unprecedented as the above . " I have attended , " he would exclaim , "in courts , and I have served in camps ; I have seen the simple wooing of the hamlet and the artificial mancEUvring of the palace ; I have observed the ceremony of polished states and the blunt nationality of uncivilized societies , but " never , in the whole compass of my diversified experience , have I encountered any one thing so queer , so outre , so romantic , so irregular , as the character of the paper ivhich 1 now survey' " " And yet offensive , " he would add , " I cannot call it . Let me read it again . " And so having perused it once more , and finding every expression to be fraught with feeling , and every sentiment breathing at once delicacy VOL . II . N