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 dancing among the inferior ort of people, in contriving which the Doctor had herelf the principal hare. At that meeting the two lovers had an occaion of dancing all night together; and the Doctor lot no opportunity of hewing his fondnes, as well by his tongue as by his hands, whipering many oft things in her ears, and queezing as many oft things into her hands, which, together with a good number of kies, &c. o pleaed and warmed this poor girl, who never before had felt any of thoe tender enations which we call love, that he retired from the dancing in a flutter of pirits, which her youth and ignorance could not well account for; but which did not uffer her to cloe her eyes, either that morning or the next night.

The Day after that the Doctor ent her the following letter.

"“My Dearet Molly,

Xcue the fondnes of that expreion; for I aure you, my angel, all I write to you proceeds only from my heart, which you have o entirely conquered, and made your own, that nothing ele has any hare in it; and, my angel, could you know what I feel when I am writing to you, nay even at every thought of my Molly, I know I hould gain your pity if not your love; if I am o happy to have already ucceeded in raiing the former, do let me have once more an opportunity of eeing you, and that oon, that I may breathe forth my oul at thoe dear feet, where I would willingly die, if I am not uffer’d to lie there and live. My weetet creature, give me leave to ubcribe myelf"

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