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THE MAN OF FEELING. 107
been fatal, I durft not now diftruft. At
lift, taking my hand and killing it, “ It
is thus, faid he, that love will laft, while
freedom is preferved ; thus let us ever be
bleft, without the galling thought that
we are tied to a condition where we may
ceafe to be fo.” I anfwered, “ That the
World thought other wife; that it had cer¬
tain ideas of good fame, which it was
impoflible not to wifh to maintain.”
“ The world, faid he, is a tyrant ; they
are flaves who obey it: let us be happy
without the pale of the world. To-mor¬
row I ftiall leave this quarter of it, for
one, where the talkers of the world (ball
be foiled, and lofe us. Could not my
Emily accompany me ? my friend, my
companion, the mifttefs of my foul !
Nay, do not look fo, Emily ! your fa¬
ther may grieve for a while, but your
father fhall be taken care of j this bank-
bill I intend as the comfort for his
daughter.”
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