And all abhor his principles and prate;
Nor love nor care for him will mortal show,
Save a frail sister in the female row.
LETTER XV.
INHABITANTS OF THE ALMS-HOUSE.
CLELIA.
She early found herself mistress of herself. All she did was right: all she said was admired. Early, very early, did she dismiss blushes from her cheek: she could not blush, because she could not doubt; and silence, whatever was the subject, was as much a stranger to her as diffidence.
Richardson.
Quo fugit Venus? heu! Quove color? decens
Quo motus? Quid habes illius, illius,