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If the affair of your brother and
Harriot be &longs;erious, and matrimony is really
on the tapis, do not fail to make me previously
acquainted with it—I very much
doubt the evidence of the ver&longs;es—they
weigh in my mind—and he is ea&longs;ily
excu&longs;ed for &longs;ending them to &longs;o fine a girl as
Harriot.

YOUR ob&longs;ervations on her dependence on
Mrs. Francis do honour to your heart—virtue
does not con&longs;i&longs;t in affluence and independence—
nor can it be reflected on us by
the glory of our connexions—tho&longs;e who

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pride them&longs;elves on it, make but an indifferent
figure; for in the e&longs;timation of all
&longs;en&longs;ible people—true merit is per&longs;onal.

HOWEVER, my dear friend, as one who
wi&longs;hes for your welfare and the happine&longs;s of
your family, I advi&longs;e you to di&longs;courage the
propo&longs;ed connexion—and if you cannot
undertake this di&longs;agreeable ta&longs;k with a certainty
of &longs;ucce&longs;s, do not fail to acquaint me of
it &longs;peedily.

Adieu!

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