The History of Clarissa Harlowe Author:Samuel Richardson Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: as I raised her, I went down stairs highly dissatisfied with myself for going ; yet unable to stay ; my eyes fixed the contrary way to my feet, as long as I coul... more »d behold the skirts of her raiment. I went into the lack-shop, continued the worthy man, and recommended the angelic lady to the beet care of Mrs. Smith ; and, when I was in the street, cast my eye up at her window: there, for the last time, I doubt, said he, that I shall ever behold her, I saw her ; and she waved her charming hand to me, and with such a look of smiling goodness, and mingled concern, as I cannot describe. Pr'ythee tell me, thou vile Lovelace, if thou hast not a notion, even from these jejune descriptions of mine, that there must be a more exalted pleasure in intellectual friendship, than ever thou couldst taste in the gross fumes of sensuality ? And whether it may not be possible for thee, in time, to give that preference to the infinitely preferable, which I hope, now, that 1 shall always give ? I will leave thee to make the most of this reflection, from Thy true friend, J. BELFORD. LETTER VI. MISS HOWE, TO MISS CLARISSA HARLOWE. Thursday, July 35. 1 ouu two affecting letters werejjrought to me (as I had directed any letter/rom you should be) to the Colonel's, about an hour before we broke up. I could not forbear dipping into them there; and shedding more tears over them than 1 will tell you of; although I dried my eyes as well as I could, that the company I was obliged to return to, and my mother, should see as little of my concern as possible. I am yet (and was then still more) excessively fluttered. The occasion I will communicate to you by.and.by : for nothing but the flutters given by the stroke of death could divert my first attention from the sad and solemn contents...« less