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NYEP(D.749.017
29 May 1749:11,12,21 (210)
Of Education. By a late Ingenious Author. [2 1/8 columns,
essay on the English gentleman and his behaviour.]
. . . M. le P -- is one of this tribe, and by no means one
of the least considerable. . . [5 lines] His particular
vanity, however, consisted in valuing himself on his great
good fortune with the fair. He had a fine young lady for
his wife, whom he believed to be fond of him to a degree of
distraction, and this, notwithstanding, he kept one of the
most celebrated actresses at the opera publickly, and with a
profusion suitable to his character and hers; from whence he
flattered himself that she too was a perfect Penelope, and
that never any man was so happy in the sex as himself. . .
[1 column, wife suspects him, leaves.] The laughers here,
indeed, have thought of a project that would set all to
rights; in short they propose to bring his wife into the
opera, where from his natural tendresse for actresses, she
may have a good chance for captivating his heart, and of
enjoying more of his time and money as his mistress, than
she was favoured while honoured with a superior title. My
story has taken up all my paper, and left me room only to
tell you that, I am, with perfect respect, &c.
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