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; and a woman who knows the world, and yet prefers retirement in the country, and his honour's amiable conversation to every thing in it. May I beif ever I require more of any woman than to be well dress'd and look pretty as long as I live.

Do you tolerate oaths in your presence?

I don't at least encourage them by my example.

How should you, my good sir? you bury yourself so much in the country you scarcely know what oaths are in use.

That is not my reason for abstaining from them, however: if ever I should betake myself to swearing, I shall give myself very little concern about the fashion of the oath; ods bodikins will do well enough for me, and lack-a-daysy for my wife, if I should ever be happy enough, following Lady Goodbody's advice, to have one. But Mr. Amaryllis are you silent all this while? it is surely your turn next to tell us what kind of a woman you prefer: some very refined being undoubtedly.

Beauty, wit, fashion, and economy are prized by