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Letter CXXXII

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 June 2022

Samuel Richardson
Edited by
Alexander Pettit
Alexander Pettit
Affiliation:
University of North Texas
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From a Gentleman to his Mistress, who seeing no Hopes of Success, respectfully withdraws his Suit.

MADAM,

Imake no doubt but this will be the welcomest Letter that you ever received from me; for it comes to assure you, that it is the last Trouble you will ever have from me. Nor should I have so long with-held from you this Satisfaction, had not the Hope your Brother gave me, that in time I might meet with a happier Fate, made me willing to try every way to obtain your Favour. But I see, all the Hopes given me by his kind Consideration for me, and those that my own Presumption had made me entertain, are all in vain: And I will therefore rid you of so troublesome an Importuner, having nothing to offer now but my ardent Wishes for your Happiness; and these, Madam, I will pursue you with to my Life's latest Date.

May you, whenever you shall change your Condition, meet with a Heart as passionately, and as sincerely devoted to you as mine! And may you be happy for many, very many Years, in the Man you can honour with your Love! For, give me leave to say, Madam, that in this, my End will be in part answer’d, because it was most sincerely your Happiness I had in View, as well as my own, when I presumptuously hoped, by contributing to the one, to secure the other. I am, Madam, with the highest Veneration,

Your most obedient humble Servant.

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'Aesop's Fables', 'Letters Written to and for Particular Friends' and Other Works
 , pp. 458
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2011

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