Languages & literature > Aurus clavus, or, The adventures of a gold trinket, supposed to have been written by itself

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others by sacrificing the dearest daughter of
heaven, Truth, at the tainted, the blackened
shrine of falsehood—one of those would- be gentle¬
men, who endeavour to insinuate themselves into
the good opinion and favour of others, by re¬
citing and recapitulating- their deeds, and
doings, and feelings, and qualifications, with
such a torrent of talkativeness as if they were de¬
termined that it should not be for want of
telling, if they failed to be believed persons of
no small consequence. With this person my
master’s employer was pestered, and it was not
for want of many broad hints that this hourly
frequenter declined giving over his visits. Mr.
K , had an only daughter, on whom he doated
with all the ardourof paternal affection, and it gave
him more chagrin to think that she met the fop-
pling’svisits with such kindness. There was a sly
ogle in his eye, which she thought was the
effect of a softer passion towards her; but her-
father interpreted it as a mark of deep cunning.
One morning the female servant went, as usual,
to intimate to Julia that breakfast was pre¬
pared. After having waited for a considerable
time, astonished that she had not made her ap¬
pearance, her father ordered the servant to re-.