But I'll not defcribe it. I felt fomething at firft within me which was not in ftrict unifon with the lef fon of virtue I had given her; the night before I fought five minutes for a card I knew I had not I took up a per I laid it down again

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my hand trembled the devil was in me.

I know as well as any one, he is an adverfary 6), whom if we refift, he will fly from us but 1-feldom refift him at all; from a terror, that though I may conquer I ftill get a hurt in the combat fo I give up the triumph for fecurity; and inftead of thinking to make him fly, I generally fly myself.

The fair fille de chambre came close up to the bureau where I was looking for a card took up first the pen I caft down, then offered to hold me the ink: fhe offer'd it fo fweetly, I was going to ac I have nothing, my dear, Write it, faid fhe fimply,

cept it but I durft not faid I, to write upon.

upon any thing 7).

I was juft going to cry out, Then I will write it, fair girl! upon thy lips.

If I do, faid I, I shall perifh so I took her by the hand, and led her to the door, and begg'd she

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would not forget the leffon I had given her

She faid,

indeed she would not and as fhe utter'd it with fo

me earnestness, fhe turn'd about, and gave me both her hands, clofed together, into mine it was impoffible not to compress them in that fituation I wifh'd to let them go; and all the time I held them, I kept ar guing within myfelf againft it and ftill I held them on. In two minutes I found I had all the battle to fight over again and I felt my legs and every limb

about me tremble at the idea.

The foot of the bed was within a yard and a half of the place where we were ftanding I had ftill hold of her hands and how it happened I can give no account, but I neither afk'd her nor drew her nor did I think of the bed but so it did happen, we both fat down.

I'll juft fhew you, faid the fair fille de chambre, the little purfe I have been making to day to hold your crown *). So fhe put her hand into her right pocket, which was next me, and felt for it for fome ti

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never bore expectation more quietly") it was in her right pocket at faft- fhe pull'd it out; it was of green taffeta, lined with a little bit of white quilted fattin, and just big enough to hold the crown fhe put into my hand it was pretty; and I held it ten mis nutes with the back of my hand refting upon her laplooking

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looking fometimes at the purfe, fometimes on one fide of it.

A ftitch or two had broke out in the gathers of my stock the fair fille de chambre, without faying a word, took out her little house wife, threaded a fmall needle, and few'd it up I forefaw it would hazard the glory of the day; and as fhe pafs'd her hand in filence acrofs and acrofs my neck in the manoeuvre, I felt the laurels shake 10) which fancy had wreath'd about my head.

A ftrap had given way in her walk, and the buck le of her fhoe was juft falling off See, faid the fille the chambre, holding up her foot - I could not for my foul but fasten te buckle in return, and putting in the ftrap and lifting up the other foot with it, when I had done, to fee both were right")in doing it too fuddenly it unavoidably threw the fair fille de chambre of her center and then

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Yes and then

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and luke warm hearts can argue down or mask paffions, tell me, what trefpafs is it that man fhould have them)? or how his fpirit ftands anfwerable to the Father of fpirits but for his conduct under them?

10) I felt the laurels shake, Ich fühlte dafs der Lorbeerkranz, den die Phantafie zu voreilig als Belohnung des Sieges um meine Schläfe gewunden hatte, wieder her unter zu fallen im Begriffe wäre.

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fr) to fee both were right. Um zu fehen ob die eine Schnalle wie die andere fäfse."

1) what trefpafs is it. that man fhould have chem. Dass der Mensch der

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If nature has fo wove her web of kindness, that fome threads of love and defire are entangled with the piece muft the whole web be rent in drawing them out 2)? Whip me fuch ftoics, great governor of nature! faid I to myfelf Wherever thy providence. fhall place me for the trials of my virtue

whatever is my fituation

whatever

is my danger let me feel the movements which rife out of it, and which be long to me as a man and if I govern them as a good one, I will trust the iffues to thy justice 3); for thou haft made us, and not we ourselves.

As I finish'd my addrefs, I raised the fair fille de chambre up by the hand, and led her out of the room fhe ftood by me till I lock'd the door and put the key in my pocket the victory and then being quite decifive and not till then, I prefs'd my lips to her cheek, and taking her by the hand again, led her fafe to the gate of the hotel

If a man knows the heart, he will know it was ima poffible to go back inftantly to my chamber

gleichen Triebe in fich fühlt, ift keine Sünde, die er zu verantworten hat. Sie find eine Gabe der Natur. Nur für die Beherrschung derfelben, welche in feiner Macht steht', ist er verantwortlich. Man braucht fie nicht gänzlich zu unterdrücken, fondern nur gehörig zu leiten.

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2) muft the whole web be rent in drawing them out. Er braucht ja diefe Leidenfchaften nur zu beherrschen, ohne fie ausrotten zu wollen und dadurch feine Menfchheit zu vernichten.

3) I will trüft the iffues to thy juftice. Der Sinn ift;,, Und deine Gerech tigkeit

touching a cold key) with a flat third to it, upon the clofe of a piece of mufic, which had call'd forth my affections therefore, when I let go the hand of the fille de chambre, I remain'd at the gate of the hotel for fome time, looking at every one who pafs'd by, and forming conjectures upon them, till my attention got fix'd upon a fingle object which confounded all kind of reasoning upon him 2).

It was a tall figure of a philofophic ferious, aduft look, which pafs'd and repafs'd fedately along the street, making a turn3) of about fixty paces on each fide of the gate of the hotel the man was about fifty-two →→→

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had a small cane under his arm was drefs'd in a dark

drab colour'd) coat, waistcoat, and breeches, which

feem'd to have feen fome years fervice they were ftill clean, and there was a little air of frugal propreté ") throughout him. By his pulling off his hat, and his attitude of accofting a good many in his way, I faw he was afking charity; fo I got a fous ot two out of my pocket ready to give him, as he took me in his turnhe pass'd by me without afking any thing - and yet