Letters of Wit Politicks and Morality Author:Guido Bentivoglio General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1701 Original Publisher: Printed for J. Hartley Subjects: Letters Literary Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Literary Collections / Letters Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the or... more »iginal. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: EPIST. XXVII. Lib. I. Clearchus to Amynandrus. TH / S comes to give you an accmnt of A pleafant Dialogue, with which I was entertained loft Night. As 1 was walking in the Piazza, obferving Vatt Ladtes, that flood before their Door, there bap fend to come by a taring Beau, humming a Song as be went along: My Dear, fays one of the Ladies to the other, pulling her by the Sleeve, my Life on't, that fine Gentleman Sings upon your Account: For obferve how languilhingly he looks on you! Blefc me ! how Handfbm, how Tall! how well Shap'd he is! how Iweetly he Quavers, how nicely his Hair is Curl'd, For 'tis the Property of Love, to render tbofe very People curious in their Drefl, tvba otherwife would be meer Slovens- Well, rt- fly'd the other, you may fjy what you pleale of nim, but for my Parr, I vow by all that's Good, I deteit theFop, let him be never lo Handfom; for he is fo conceited of himfelf, that he fancies all Women mufr. neceffmly be in Love with him, and Court him on account of his Beauty. See how proudly he toffes up his Note ; and with a Supercilious Frown, and afFefted Gravity ieems to command the Admiration ot all that look upon him. , For my part, I hate a Lover that thinks himfelf in any thing more de- ierving than his Miftrifs. But prethee, my dear, mind how I will make fport with him - There's a certain proud, conceited Fop, Continued (he, that Loves me paflionately, and wh...« less