which he has greatly offended me, and which as I have nothing



more entertaining to send you I will gave you the particulars of.

You must know that I have for these 4 or 5 Days past strongly



suspected William of entertaining a partiality to my eldest

Daughter. I own indeed that had I been inclined to fall in love



with any woman, I should not have made choice of Matilda Lesley

for the object of my passion; for there is nothing I hate so much



as a tall Woman: but however there is no accounting for some

men's taste and as William is himself nearly six feet high, it is



not wonderful that he should be partial to that height. Now as I

have a very great affection for my Brother and should be



extremely sorry to see him unhappy, which I suppose he means to

be if he cannot marry Matilda, as moreover I know that his



circumstances will not allow him to marry any one without a

fortune, and that Matilda's is entirely dependant on her Father,



who will neither have his own inclination nor my permission to

give her anything at present, I thought it would be doing a good-



natured action by my Brother to let him know as much, in order

that he might choose for himself, whether to conquer his passion,



or Love and Despair. Accordingly finding myself this Morning

alone with him in one of the horrid old rooms of this Castle, I



opened the cause to him in the following Manner.

"Well my dear William what do you think of these girls? for my



part, I do not find them so plain as I expected: but perhaps you

may think me partial to the Daughters of my Husband and perhaps



you are right-- They are indeed so very like Sir George that it

is natural to think"--



"My Dear Susan (cried he in a tone of the greatest amazement) You

do not really think they bear the least resemblance to their



Father! He is so very plain!--but I beg your pardon--I had

entirely forgotten to whom I was speaking--"



"Oh! pray dont mind me; (replied I) every one knows Sir George

is horribly ugly, and I assure you I always thought him a



fright."

"You surprise me extremely (answered William) by what you say



both with respect to Sir George and his Daughters. You cannot

think your Husband so deficient in personal Charms as you speak



of, nor can you surely see any resemblance between him and the

Miss Lesleys who are in my opinion perfectlyunlike him and



perfectly Handsome."

"If that is your opinion with regard to the girls it certainly is



no proof of their Fathers beauty, for if they are perfectly

unlike him and very handsome at the same time, it is natural to



suppose that he is very plain."

"By no means, (said he) for what may be pretty in a Woman, may be



very unpleasing in a Man."

"But you yourself (replied I) but a few minutes ago allowed him



to be very plain."

"Men are no Judges of Beauty in their own Sex." (said he).



"Neither Men nor Women can think Sir George tolerable."

"Well, well, (said he) we will not dispute about HIS Beauty, but



your opinion of his DAUGHTERS is surely very singular, for if I

understood you right, you said you did not find them so plain as



you expected to do!"

"Why, do YOU find them plainer then?" (said I).



"I can scarcely beleive you to be serious (returned he) when you

speak of their persons in so extroidinary a Manner. Do not you



think the Miss Lesleys are two very handsome young Women?"

"Lord! No! (cried I) I think them terribly plain!"



"Plain! (replied He) My dear Susan, you cannot really think so!

Why what single Feature in the face of either of them, can you



possibly find fault with?"

"Oh! trust me for that; (replied I). Come I will begin with the



eldest--with Matilda. Shall I, William?" (I looked as cunning as

I could when I said it, in order to shame him).



"They are so much alike (said he) that I should suppose the

faults of one, would be the faults of both."



"Well, then, in the first place; they are both so horribly tall!"

"They are TALLER than you are indeed." (said he with a saucy



smile.)

"Nay, (said I), I know nothing of that."



"Well, but (he continued) tho' they may be above the common size,

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• frequent [´fri:kwənt] a.常见的，频繁的 (初中英语单词)


• sincere [sin´siə] a.真挚的；直率的 (初中英语单词)


• curiosity [,kjuəri´ɔsiti] n.好奇；奇事；珍品 (初中英语单词)


• amusement [ə´mju:zmənt] n.娱乐；文娱设施 (初中英语单词)


• undertake [,ʌndə´teik] vt.从事；承担；担保 (初中英语单词)


• consequence [´kɔnsikwəns] n.结果；后果；推断 (初中英语单词)


• endeavour [in´devə] n.&v.努力，试图，尽力 (初中英语单词)


• therefore [´ðeəfɔ:] ad.&conj.因此；所以 (初中英语单词)


• extremely [ik´stri:mli] ad.极端地；非常地 (初中英语单词)


• actually [´æktʃuəli] ad.事实上；实际上 (初中英语单词)


• arrival [ə´raivəl] n.到达；到达的人(物) (初中英语单词)


• yesterday [´jestədi] n.&ad.昨天；前不久 (初中英语单词)


• estate [i´steit] n.财产；庄园；等级 (初中英语单词)


• principal [´prinsəpəl] a.主要的 n.负责人 (初中英语单词)


• acquaintance [ə´kweintəns] n.相识；熟人，相识的人 (初中英语单词)


• blessing [´blesiŋ] n.祝福 (初中英语单词)


• comparison [kəm´pærisən] n.比较；对照；比喻 (初中英语单词)


• height [hait] n.高度；顶点；卓越 (初中英语单词)


• beheld [bi´held] behold的过去式(分词) (初中英语单词)


• charming [´tʃɑ:miŋ] a.可爱的；极好的 (初中英语单词)


• sufficiently [sə´fiʃəntli] ad.充分地，足够地 (初中英语单词)


• safely [´seifli] ad.安全地；平安地 (初中英语单词)


• disappointment [,disə´pɔintmənt] n.失望；挫折 (初中英语单词)


• frighten [´fraitn] vt.吓唬，使惊惧 (初中英语单词)


• parcel [´pɑ:sl] n.包裹；一批 vt.区分 (初中英语单词)


• stupid [´stju:pid] a.愚蠢的；糊涂的 (初中英语单词)


• passion [´pæʃən] n.激情；激怒；恋爱 (初中英语单词)


• affection [ə´fekʃən] n.友爱；慈爱 (初中英语单词)


• unhappy [ʌn´hæpi] a.不幸的；不快乐的 (初中英语单词)


• moreover [mɔ:´rəuvə] ad.再者，此外，而且 (初中英语单词)


• permission [pə´miʃən] n.允许；同意；许可 (初中英语单词)


• conquer [´kɔŋkə] v.征服；克服；抑制 (初中英语单词)


• despair [di´speə] vi.&n.绝望 (初中英语单词)


• accordingly [ə´kɔ:diŋli] ad.因此；从而；依照 (初中英语单词)


• unlike [,ʌn´laik] a.不同的 prep.不象… (初中英语单词)


• dispute [di´spju:t] v.&n.争论，辩论；争吵 (初中英语单词)


• terribly [´terəbli] ad.可怕地 (初中英语单词)


• cunning [´kʌniŋ] a.&n.狡猾(诡诈)的 (初中英语单词)


• correspondence [,kɔri´spɔndəns] n.通信；符合；相当 (高中英语单词)


• affectionate [ə´fekʃənit] a.亲爱的 (高中英语单词)


• melancholy [´melənkəli] n.忧郁 a.忧郁的 (高中英语单词)


• inhabit [in´hæbit] vt.居住；栖息；住宅 (高中英语单词)


• preference [´prefərəns] n.优先选择；偏爱(物) (高中英语单词)


• necessarily [´nesisərili] ad.必定，必然地 (高中英语单词)


• converse [´kɔnvə:s] n.交谈 a.相反的 (高中英语单词)


• relish [´reliʃ] n.滋味；风味 v.品尝 (高中英语单词)


• considerably [kən´sidərəbli] ad.显著地；十分 (高中英语单词)


• expectation [,ekspek´teiʃən] n.期待(望)；预期 (高中英语单词)


• contented [kən´tentid] a.满足的；心满意足的 (高中英语单词)


• perfectly [´pə:fiktli] ad.理想地；完美地 (高中英语单词)


• fortnight [´fɔ:tnait] n.两星期 (高中英语单词)


• heartily [´hɑ:tili] ad.衷心地；亲切地 (高中英语单词)


• repent [ri´pent] v.后悔；悔改；悔悟 (高中英语单词)


• dismal [´dizməl] a.灰暗的；阴郁的 (高中英语单词)


• hideous [´hidiəs] a.丑陋的，可怕的 (高中英语单词)


• sincerely [sin´siəli] ad.真诚地；诚恳地 (高中英语单词)


• ridiculous [ri´dikjuləs] a.荒谬的；可笑的 (高中英语单词)


• scotch [skɔtʃ] vt.&n.刻痕(于)；划伤 (高中英语单词)


• scandal [´skændl] n.丑闻；耻辱；流言蜚语 (高中英语单词)


• inclination [,inkli´neiʃən] n.倾斜；爱好；天资 (高中英语单词)


• finding [´faindiŋ] n.发现物；判断；结果 (高中英语单词)


• horrid [´hɔrid] a.令人讨厌的；极糟的 (高中英语单词)


• resemblance [ri´zembləns] n.类似；肖像；外表 (高中英语单词)


• singular [´siŋgjulə] a.单一的；非凡的 (高中英语单词)


• attachment [ə´tætʃmənt] n.附着；附件；爱慕 (英语四级单词)


• beneficial [,beni´fiʃəl] a.有利的，有益的 (英语四级单词)


• extravagance [iks´trævigəns] n.奢侈；极端 (英语四级单词)


• intimacy [´intiməsi] n.亲密；熟悉；秘密 (英语四级单词)


• edinburgh [´edinbərə] n.爱丁堡 (英语四级单词)


• delighted [di´laitid] a.高兴的；喜欢的 (英语四级单词)


• insignificant [,insig´nifikənt] a.无意义的；无价值的 (英语四级单词)


• partial [´pɑ:ʃəl] a.部分的；偏袒的 (英语四级单词)


• prevailing [pri´veiliŋ] a.占优势的；主要的 (英语六级单词)


• genteel [dʒen´ti:l] a.有教养的；文雅的 (英语六级单词)


• good-looking [] a.漂亮的，美貌的 (英语六级单词)


• charlotte [´ʃɑ:lət] n.水果奶油布丁 (英语六级单词)


• expressive [ik´spresiv] a.有表现力的 (英语六级单词)


• inaccessible [,inæk´sesəbəl] a.达不到的，难接近的 (英语六级单词)


• dependant [di´pendənt] n.被赡养者；依赖别人 (英语六级单词)


• horribly [´hɔrəbli] ad.恐怖地 (英语六级单词)