Family Pictures, A Novel: Containing Curious And Interesting Memoirs Of Several Persons Of Fashion In W---re

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Original title: Family Pictures, A Novel: Containing Curious And Interesting Memoirs Of Several Persons Of Fashion In W---re
Original publication date: 1764
First words: Not many miles from the city of Worcester lived a gentleman of ancient descent, his name Mr Anthony Bentley, a man uncommonly agreeable in his person, but singular in his manners, dispositions, and judgement; in a word, the v... (show all)ery reverse of what is considered in these modern days, as the fine gentleman, and the man of honour.
Last words: (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Mrs Banston was the only person who remained unchanged, uninterested, and consequently unaffected by these happy revolutions, though I really do her injustice when I say, she did not partake in some measure of the general satisfaction; for her house was clear of every incumbrance for a long season, and she at liberty to pursue her particular inclinations without interruption, which self-enjoyment was derived from an insensibility of mind, neither to be envyed not coveted, as, surely, to a rational being it must be highly satisfactory to possess a heart capable of generous sympathy, and every humane and tender disposition; for whatever exemption from the participation of others calamities this selfish narrow principle may confer upon its possessor, it can be by no means adequate to the reflected joys of friendship and benelvolence.

Genre: Fiction and Literature
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