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Frederic & in a manner truly heroick, spluttered out to him her intention of being married the next Day.
To one in his predicament who poſseſs:
:ed
leſs personal Courage than Frederic was
master of, such a speech would have been
Death; but he not being the least terrified
boldly replied,
"Dammé Elfrida you may be married to:
:morrow
but I wont."
This answer distreſsed her too
much for her delicate Constitution. She ac:
:cordingly
fainted & was in such a hurry
to have a succeſsion of fainting fits,
that she had scarcely patience enough to
recover from one before she fell into another.
