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NHG-P.765.009
8 Mar 1765:21,22 (439)
To the Printer of the St. James's Chronicle. Sir,
The following story is taken from Madam d'Auney's Letters,
the authority of which was so much regarded by Mr. Addison,
that he adopted from them the Story of Madam de Maintenon's
Fortune having been foretold her by a bricklayer; and odd as
it is, it is believed universally to have been its
Foundation in truth.
A lawyer's clerk was in love with an extreme pretty girl,
courted her, and agreed to marry her. The wedding
entertainment was provided, and amongst others the clerk's
master was invited. In the heat of dancing, a sigh, caused
by indigestion, or windy food, escaped the bride the
contrary way, and loud enough to be heard by all the
company, who burst into laughter: She blushed, and the
bridegroom was so confounded and enraged, that he instantly
broke off the match, to which no remonstrances or entreaties
could reconcile him. . . [26 more lines]
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