desponding replied I, but I my dear Tom will give you even



greater hopes of conquering this fair one's heart, than I have

yet given you, by assuring you that I watched her with the



strictest attention during the whole day, and could plainly

discover that she cherishes in her bosom though unknown to



herself, a most tender affection for you."

"Dear Lady Scudamore cried I, This is more than I ever knew!"



"Did not I say that it was unknown to yourself? I did not,

continued I to him, encourage you by saying this at first, that



surprise might render the pleasure still Greater." "No Cousin

replied he in a languid voice, nothing will convince me that I



can have touched the heart of Henrietta Halton, and if you are

deceived yourself, do not attempt deceiving me." "In short my



Love it was the work of some hours for me to Persuade the poor

despairing Youth that you had really a preference for him; but



when at last he could no longer deny the force of my arguments,

or discredit what I told him, his transports, his Raptures, his



Extacies are beyond my power to describe."

"Oh! the dear Creature, cried I, how passionately he loves me!



But dear Lady Scudamore did you tell him that I was totally

dependant on my Uncle and Aunt?"



"Yes, I told him every thing."

"And what did he say."



"He exclaimed with virulence against Uncles and Aunts; Accused

the laws of England for allowing them to Possess their Estates



when wanted by their Nephews or Neices, and wished HE were in the

House of Commons, that he might reform the Legislature, and



rectify all its abuses."

"Oh! the sweet Man! What a spirit he has!" said I.



"He could not flatter himself he added, that the adorable

Henrietta would condescend for his sake to resign those Luxuries



and that splendor to which she had been used, and accept only in

exchange the Comforts and Elegancies which his limited Income



could afford her, even supposing that his house were in Readiness

to receive her. I told him that it could not be expected that



she would; it would be doing her an injustice to suppose her

capable of giving up the power she now possesses and so nobly



uses of doing such extensive Good to the poorer part of her

fellow Creatures, merely for the gratification of you and



herself."

"To be sure said I, I AM very Charitable every now and then. And



what did Mr Musgrove say to this?"

"He replied that he was under a melancholy necessity of owning



the truth of what I said, and that therefore if he should be the

happy Creature destined to be the Husband of the Beautiful



Henrietta he must bring himself to wait, however impatiently, for

the fortunate day, when she might be freed from the power of



worthless Relations and able to bestow herself on him."

What a noble Creature he is! Oh! Matilda what a fortunate one I



am, who am to be his Wife! My Aunt is calling me to come and

make the pies, so adeiu my dear freind, and beleive me yours etc--



H. Halton.

Finis.



*

SCRAPS



To Miss FANNY CATHERINE AUSTEN

MY Dear Neice



As I am prevented by the great distance between Rowling and

Steventon from superintending your Education myself, the care of



which will probably on that account devolve on your Father and

Mother, I think it is my particular Duty to Prevent your feeling



as much as possible the want of my personal instructions, by

addressing to you on paper my Opinions and Admonitions on the



conduct of Young Women, which you will find expressed in the

following pages.--



I am my dear Neice

Your affectionate Aunt



The Author.

THE FEMALE PHILOSOPHER



A LETTER

My Dear Louisa



Your friend Mr Millar called upon us yesterday in his way to

Bath, whither he is going for his health; two of his daughters



were with him, but the eldest and the three Boys are with their

Mother in Sussex. Though you have often told me that Miss Millar

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


• conquest [´kɔŋkwest] n.赢得；获得；占领地 (初中英语单词)


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


• encourage [in´kʌridʒ] vt.鼓励；怂勇；促进 (初中英语单词)


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


• improvement [im´pru:vmənt] n.改进，改善，进步 (初中英语单词)


• obligation [,ɔbli´geiʃən] n.义务；职责；合约 (初中英语单词)


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


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


• confirm [kən´fə:m] vt.证实；认可；加强 (初中英语单词)


• ashamed [ə´ʃeimd] a.惭愧；不好意思 (初中英语单词)


• disgrace [dis´greis] n.耻辱 vt.玷辱；贬黜 (初中英语单词)


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


• impression [im´preʃən] n.印刷；印象；效果 (初中英语单词)


• delicate [´delikət] a.精美的；微妙的 (初中英语单词)


• invisible [in´vizəbəl] a.看不见的；无形的 (初中英语单词)


• capable [´keipəbəl] a.有能力；能干的 (初中英语单词)


• thoroughly [´θʌrəli] ad.完全地，彻底地 (初中英语单词)


• victim [´viktim] n.牺牲者；受害者 (初中英语单词)


• divine [di´vain] a.神圣的 v.预言 (初中英语单词)


• convince [kən´vins] vt.使确信；使认识错误 (初中英语单词)


• persuade [pə´sweid] v.(被)说服；使相信 (初中英语单词)


• reform [ri´fɔ:m] v.&n.改革；改良；革除 (初中英语单词)


• flatter [´flætə] vt.阿谀，奉承；胜过 (初中英语单词)


• resign [ri´zain] v.辞职；放弃；委托 (初中英语单词)


• splendor [´splendə] n.壮丽 =splendour (初中英语单词)


• extensive [ik´stensiv] a.广阔的；大量的 (初中英语单词)


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


• fortunate [´fɔ:tʃənət] a.幸运的，侥幸的 (初中英语单词)


• bestow [bi´stəu] vt.(把…)赠给；使用 (初中英语单词)


• account [ə´kaunt] vi.说明 vt.认为 n.帐目 (初中英语单词)


• female [´fi:meil] a.女(性)的 n.女人 (初中英语单词)


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


• dictate [dik´teit] v.口授；指示，命令 (高中英语单词)


• mistaken [mis´teikən] mistake的过去分词 (高中英语单词)


• confide [kən´faid] v.委托；吐露；信任 (高中英语单词)


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


• coincide [,kəuin´said] vi.一致；重合 (高中英语单词)


• indifferent [in´difrənt] a.不关心的；中立的 (高中英语单词)


• thoughtful [´θɔ:tfəl] a.深思的；体贴的 (高中英语单词)


• saying [´seiŋ, ´sei-iŋ] n.言语；言论；格言 (高中英语单词)


• colonel [´kə:nəl] n.海(陆)军上校 (高中英语单词)


• disdain [dis´dein] vt.&n.藐视，轻视 (高中英语单词)


• tenderly [´tendəli] ad.娇嫩地；柔和地 (高中英语单词)


• flattering [´flætəriŋ] a.谄媚的；奉承的 (高中英语单词)


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


• limited [´limitid] a.有限(制)的 (高中英语单词)


• injustice [in´dʒʌstis] n.不公正，不公平 (高中英语单词)


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


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


• eldest [´eldist] a.最年长的 (高中英语单词)


• unworthy [ʌn´wə:ði] a.不值得的；不足道的 (英语四级单词)


• vastly [´vɑ:stli, ´væstli] ad.巨大地；广阔地 (英语四级单词)


• theatrical [θi´ætrikəl] a.戏院的；戏剧(性)的 (英语四级单词)


• aspire [ə´spaiə] vi.立志要；升高；热望 (英语四级单词)


• winning [´winiŋ] n.&a.胜利(的) (英语四级单词)


• trickle [´trikəl] v.滴下 n.点滴；细流 (英语四级单词)


• pathetic [pə´θetik] a.可怜的；悲哀的 (英语四级单词)


• passionately [´pæʃənitli] ad.多情地；热烈地 (英语四级单词)


• legislature [´ledʒisleitʃə] n.立法机关 (英语四级单词)


• charitable [´tʃæritəbəl] a.仁爱的；慈善的 (英语四级单词)


• impatiently [im´peiʃəntli] ad.不耐烦地，急躁地 (英语四级单词)


• farthing [´fɑ:ðiŋ] n.法新 (英语六级单词)


• contemptible [kən´temptəbəl] a.可鄙的；可轻视的 (英语六级单词)


• taking [´teikiŋ] a.迷人的 n.捕获物 (英语六级单词)


• undone [,ʌn´dʌn] a.未完成的，没有做的 (英语六级单词)


• gratification [,grætifi´keiʃən] n.满意；喜悦 (英语六级单词)


• hapless [´hæpləs] a.不幸的；倒楣的 (英语六级单词)


• languid [´læŋgwid] a.精神不振的 (英语六级单词)


• discredit [dis´kredit] n.&vt.不信任；丢(脸) (英语六级单词)


• condescend [,kɔndi´send] vi.屈尊；堕落 (英语六级单词)


• calling [´kɔ:liŋ] n.点名；职业；欲望 (英语六级单词)