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- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Introduction
- Works Cited
- Note on the Text
- VOLUME FIRST THE CITIZEN, PRICE SIX SHILLINGS
- Dedication
- SUBSCRIBERS' NAMES
- LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS
- LETTER I Charles Montgomery, Esq. to Sir Edward Melworth
- LETTER II The same to the same
- LETTER III Miss Bertills, to Miss Melworth
- LETTER IV Sir Edward Melworth, to Charles Montgomery, Esq
- LETTER V Miss Bertills, to Miss Melworth
- LETTER VI Charles Montgomery, Esq. to Sir Edward Melworth
- LETTER VII Miss Melworth, to Miss Bertills
- LETTER VIII Sir Edward Melworth, to Frederick Montgomery, Esq
- LETTER IX Miss Bertills, to Miss Melworth
- LETTER X Frederick Montgomery, Esq. to Sir Edward Melworth
- LETTER XI The Honorable Augustus Fitzmaurice, to Sir Edward Melworth
- LETTER XII The same, to the same
- LETTER XIII The same, to the same
- LETTER IV Sir Edward Melworth, to the Honorable Augustus Fitzmaurice
- LETTER XV The Honorable Augustus Fitzmaurice, to Sir Edward Melworth
- LETTER XVI Charles Montgomery, Esq. to Sir Edward Melworth
- LETTER XVII Mr. Philip Bertills, Merchant, to Charles Montgomery, Esq
- LETTER XVIII Sir Edward Melworth, to Charles Montgomery, Esq
- LETTER XIX The Hon. Augustus Fitzmaurice, to Sir Edward Melworth
- LETTER XX Charles Montgomery, Esq. to Sir Edward Melworth
- LETTER XXI Mr. Philip Bertills, Merchant, to Charles Montgomery, Esq
- LETTER XXII Charles Montgomery, Esq. to Mr. Philip Bertills, Merchant
- LETTER XIII Mr. Philip Bertills, Merchant, to Charles Montgomery, Esq
- LETTER XXIV Charles Montgomery, Esq. to Mr. Philip Bertills, Merchant
- LETTER XXV Mr. Philip Bertills, Merchant, to Charles Montgomery. Esq
- LETTER XXVI Charles Montgomery, Esq. to Mr. Philip Bertills, Merchant
- LETTER XXVII The Hon. Augustus Fitzmaurice, to Charles Montgomery, Esq
- LETTER XXVIII Charles Montgomery Esq. to the Hon. Augustus Fitzmaurice
- LETTER XXIX The Hon. Augustus Fitzmaurice, to Charles Montgomery, Esq
- LETTER XXX The same, to the same
- LETTER XXXI Charles Montgomery, Esq. to the Hon. Augustus Fitzmaurice
- VOLUME SECOND THE CITIZEN, PRICE SIX SHILLINGS
- Lately was published, in two vols. price six shillings, ELEONORA, A NOVEL, IN A SERIES OF LETTERS, by the author of THE CITIZEN
- Editorial notes
LETTER IV - Sir Edward Melworth, to the Honorable Augustus Fitzmaurice
from VOLUME FIRST - THE CITIZEN, PRICE SIX SHILLINGS
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Introduction
- Works Cited
- Note on the Text
- VOLUME FIRST THE CITIZEN, PRICE SIX SHILLINGS
- Dedication
- SUBSCRIBERS' NAMES
- LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS
- LETTER I Charles Montgomery, Esq. to Sir Edward Melworth
- LETTER II The same to the same
- LETTER III Miss Bertills, to Miss Melworth
- LETTER IV Sir Edward Melworth, to Charles Montgomery, Esq
- LETTER V Miss Bertills, to Miss Melworth
- LETTER VI Charles Montgomery, Esq. to Sir Edward Melworth
- LETTER VII Miss Melworth, to Miss Bertills
- LETTER VIII Sir Edward Melworth, to Frederick Montgomery, Esq
- LETTER IX Miss Bertills, to Miss Melworth
- LETTER X Frederick Montgomery, Esq. to Sir Edward Melworth
- LETTER XI The Honorable Augustus Fitzmaurice, to Sir Edward Melworth
- LETTER XII The same, to the same
- LETTER XIII The same, to the same
- LETTER IV Sir Edward Melworth, to the Honorable Augustus Fitzmaurice
- LETTER XV The Honorable Augustus Fitzmaurice, to Sir Edward Melworth
- LETTER XVI Charles Montgomery, Esq. to Sir Edward Melworth
- LETTER XVII Mr. Philip Bertills, Merchant, to Charles Montgomery, Esq
- LETTER XVIII Sir Edward Melworth, to Charles Montgomery, Esq
- LETTER XIX The Hon. Augustus Fitzmaurice, to Sir Edward Melworth
- LETTER XX Charles Montgomery, Esq. to Sir Edward Melworth
- LETTER XXI Mr. Philip Bertills, Merchant, to Charles Montgomery, Esq
- LETTER XXII Charles Montgomery, Esq. to Mr. Philip Bertills, Merchant
- LETTER XIII Mr. Philip Bertills, Merchant, to Charles Montgomery, Esq
- LETTER XXIV Charles Montgomery, Esq. to Mr. Philip Bertills, Merchant
- LETTER XXV Mr. Philip Bertills, Merchant, to Charles Montgomery. Esq
- LETTER XXVI Charles Montgomery, Esq. to Mr. Philip Bertills, Merchant
- LETTER XXVII The Hon. Augustus Fitzmaurice, to Charles Montgomery, Esq
- LETTER XXVIII Charles Montgomery Esq. to the Hon. Augustus Fitzmaurice
- LETTER XXIX The Hon. Augustus Fitzmaurice, to Charles Montgomery, Esq
- LETTER XXX The same, to the same
- LETTER XXXI Charles Montgomery, Esq. to the Hon. Augustus Fitzmaurice
- VOLUME SECOND THE CITIZEN, PRICE SIX SHILLINGS
- Lately was published, in two vols. price six shillings, ELEONORA, A NOVEL, IN A SERIES OF LETTERS, by the author of THE CITIZEN
- Editorial notes
Summary
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The intelligence in your last has given a severe shock to my feelings; – indeed, Augustus, Mr. Montgomery was dear to me as a friend – as a father. – His character was such/ as commanded at once the veneration, esteem, and love of every person capable of those sensations: his converse, – instructive, yet entertaining; fraught with genuine piety, and untinctured with a single gloomy idea, – seemed often to raise his mind, and carry him, if I may use the expression, out of himself, into the blissful regions of immortality. He is now completely happy; and we, who mourn his departure from the world, demonstrate not so much disinterested affection for him as regard for ourselves. Alas! my friend, self-love is too often the reigning principle within us: it is that, alone, which excites our sorrow for the loss of a pious and amiable friend. We recall to our ideas how greatly his virtues assisted to sweeten our own enjoyments; and, in our grief for the loss of such assistance, we renounce that consolation which the certainty of his everlasting felicity ought to afford us. I speak from experience: in Mr. Montgomery's death, I have lost one of the most useful and pleasing friends; tho' I desire to be submissive to the will of him who does all things well. Happy, thrice happy spirit! I would/ congratulate thee on thy accession to everlasting joy. Oh how do I aspire to join thee! to join my Matilda too, whose gentle spirit fancy represents as hovering over her Edward, guarding him from evil, and directing him into the paths of peace and pleasantness. Fitzmaurice, there are few things that afford more delight than the supposition that the spirits of our departed friends are permitted to become our guardian angels: it may be deemed an enthusiastic notion, but it affords a pleasure which I could not resign without infinite reluctance.
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- The Citizenby Ann Gomersall, pp. 52 - 53Publisher: Pickering & ChattoFirst published in: 2014