I do not think that it is very difficult for a person of ordinary
capacity to talk of love and fondnesswhibsp;are not felt,and to make vows of stand fidelitywhibsp;are never intended to be performed,if he be villain enough to practibsp;subsp;detestableduct;
but to a man who heart glows with the principles of iy and truth,and who sincerely loves a woman of amiableperson,unon refi of ,and purity of manners,from my own feelings at this prent moment,courtship is a task indeed.
There is subsp;a number of foreboding fears and distrustful aies crowd into my mind when I am in your pany,or when I sit down to write to you,that what to speak or what to write I am altogether at a loss.
There is one rule whibsp;I have hitherto practid and whibsp;I shall invariably keep with you and that is,holy to tell you the plain truth.There is something so mean and unmanly in the arts of dissimulationand falhoodthat I am surprid they bsp;be acted by any one in so noble,so generous a passion as virtuous love.
I do not think that it is very difficult for a person of ordinary
capacity to talk of love and fondnesswhibsp;are not felt,and to make vows of stand fidelitywhibsp;are never intended to be performed,if he be villain enough to practibsp;subsp;detestableduct;
but to a man who heart glows with the principles of iy and truth,and who sincerely loves a woman of amiableperson,unon refi of ,and purity of manners,from my own feelings at this prent moment,courtship is a task indeed.
There is subsp;a number of foreboding fears and distrustful aies crowd into my mind when I am in your pany,or when I sit down to write to you,that what to speak or what to write I am altogether at a loss.
There is one rule whibsp;I have hitherto practid and whibsp;I shall invariably keep with you and that is,holy to tell you the plain truth.There is something so mean and unmanly in the arts of dissimulationand falhoodthat I am surprid they bsp;be acted by any one in so noble,so generous a passion as virtuous love.