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 merly dropt from her, may conceive that he herelf had a very particular Affection for Mr. Jones; but, in reality, it was no uch thing. Tom was a handome young Fellow; and for that Species of Men Mrs. Honour had ome Regard; but this was perfectly indicriminate: For having been croed in the Love which he bore a certain Nobleman’s Footman, who had baely deerted her after a Promie of Marriage, he had o ecurely kept together the broken Remains of her Heart, that no Man had ever ince been able to poes himelf of any ingle Fragment. She viewed all handome Men with that equal Regard and Benevolence, which a sober and virtuous Mind bear sto all the Good.—She might, indeed, be called a Lover of Men, as Socrates was a Lover of Mankind, preferring one to another for corporeal, as he for mental Qualifications; but never carrying this Preference o far as to caue any Perturbation in the philoophical Serenity of her Temper.

The Day after Mr. Jones had had that Conflict with himelf, which we have een in the preceding Chapter, Mrs. Honour came into his Room, and finding him alone, began in the following Manner. ‘La, Sir, where do you think I have been? I warrants