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 pleaſure his buſineſs. but the latter made buſineſs his pleaſure, and was rewarded accordingly. The Alderman, who by his own application, and Mr Thoroughgood's aſſiduity, was grown very rich, had no child now living, but one daughter, of whom both he and his Lady were extremely fond; they had nothing ſo much at heart, as to ſee her well ſettled in the world. She was the youngeſt, and juſt now turned of twenty. She had many ſuitors, but reſolved to encourage none without the conſent of her parents, who would often, when by themſelves, tell her, that it was their joint opinion, the could not diſpoſe of herſelf better than to Mr Thomas, and would frequently aſk how ſhe liked him? For they would be unwilling to marry her againſt her own inclination. Her uſual anſwer was, "Your choice ſhall be mine; my duty ſhall never be made ſubſervient to any ſenſual paſſion. This reply was not ſo full and expreſſive as they expected; and as mothers