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 The Letter-Writer. he too great freedom that you take with Mr. Trip- pit. You have been ſeen with him (if fame Mies not in the fide boxes of both theatres, at the blue-coat hoſpital on a Sunday night, kad after- wards at a cer ain tavern, not a mile from thence, avhich is a houſe (as I have been credibly informed) of no good repute. You have both, moreover, been ſeen at Runla h afl. nbly, Vauxliall gardens. sind what is ſtill more flagrant, at Cupar s fire works. Don't imagine, n.ece, that I am in the leaſt preju- diced, or speak out of any private picque; but let me tell you, your familiarity with him give me no mall concern, as his character is none of the beſt, and as he has acted in the most ungenerous manner pý two or three very virtuous young ladies of my acquaintance, who entertained a too favourable 'pinion of hs honour. Tis poſſible, as you have 70 great exp Etation from your relations, and he as an annuity, as 'uis reported, of 200l. a year et him by his uncle, that you may be tempted to main his ad.r ffs an offer to your advantage. - tis much to be queſtioned, however, whethe: his intentions are fincere; for notwithitanding all the Eair promises he may poſii viy make you, I have heard it whiſperet, that he is privatriy engaged to a rich, old, doating lady, not far fron Hackney. - Beſides, admitring it to be true, that he is really en- tit.d to the annuity above mentioned, yet it is too well knoon that he is deeply in debt; that he lives beyond his income, and has very little, if any regard for his reputation In short, not to mince the mat- ter, he is a perfect libertine, and is ever boaſting Hof favours from our weak fex, whoſe fondneſs, and fraily are the conſtant topics of his raillery, and ridicule All thin is, therefore, duly condered, let me iprevail on you, dear Niece, to avoid his company as you