though mistress of all the riches in the city of Glasgow. I hope, therefore, you will have compassion upon your sincere lover, who thinks of nothing but your charms. My lawyer will meet with yours whenever you may please to appoint.—I propose a jointure, which, if you should survive me, will give you ten per cent. for your money; the said money thereupon to become my property.—With the most disinterested love, I am, madam, your adoring swain,
"Duncan Hamilton."
Though this letter, in many cases, answered
pretty well, yet, in some, it did
not altogether suit. Among the various
objects of his passion was a Creole, to
whom the praise of whiteness of skin did
not entirely apply; a lady who squinted,
that could not so properly be praised for
her eyes. To a third, the fall of the
shoulders had been as well left out, as
