The recorder, or, Lady's and gentleman's miscellany. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1801-1802, 1802-03-20
CALEB WILLIAMS.
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WHAT is In the wind now Do
y9b E1inks you naf3y Trumpet, that YOU
ihali ger the better of nc BY n1cer i'm
Fl@nce Sit down! rcit you iatistiedt
you wdat oknow by whar right veaI
- here 40 you : BY the right of pot
ifHon, This houie is mines and you
ere In my power. There Is no MRS.
Jakeman now to iIsirir yous away no,
ioF no Mr.. Falkland TO bully for YOU,
i}amn me, | have counterInined You.
AID blown up ali your (chemes. Do
Yoa think want any other right, to pu-
rsih an audacious rebel like you? DO
yoI think ] will be contradiGeed and on
Foted Tor nothingf when did YOU ever
nov any body refif my will without
3elng made TO repent I? And fhall | now
&c nlyieit brow beaten by chitty- faced
Sltl ; am nor come to that neither |
lave rot given youa fortune? Damn
7o,I, who broughr you up will make
iou bill for clothing aud lodging. Do
not yea know that every creditor has a
right 70 flop his runaway debror /? You
may think IS you pIeafe; bat here you
are til you marry Crimes. Heaven
and earth thall not prevent but |. will
get the bcrcer of your obitinacy vet.
Ongenercus, unmcrcifui man and
e 1t IS enough for you that have no
body TO defend me But am not 10
helpless as You may imagine. You
nay imprifon my body, b,ic you Cannot
conquer my mind, Mary M. Grimes 4.
And is this the way TO bring r2e. 70 voQr
pnrpofe !? Every hardilip I flfer puts
fill farther di6anc the end for wDich I
an thus unjuitIy treated. You arc not
ufed to have your viii contradiEtcd !
When did I ever contradict ir2 And in
an affair that Is 70 completely my own
concern ihall my viii 90 Tor nothing ?
Are you not Alarmed Of LAYING down
this rule for yourfalf, and Iulfering no
other creature 20 take the beneht of icf
I want nothing Of you: how dare you
-clalt me the privilege Of a Reasonable
being, and deny me TO live unmolef}ed
in poverty and innocence f? What fort
OF man do you ihow yourfelf in this
cafe, you who lay claim to the reipett
md aPplauIe OF every one that knows
you
I he fpiri1ed reproaches Of Emily had
at ficf The effect to FIJI MIR. Tyrrci with
a1tonfhment, and make hinl feel a}5afhed
and overawed in the preience of this
unprotected innocent. But his confu-
fIon was the reiuit Of furprife. When
the Hrft emotion wore off, his habittIa
patton returned He curled himfelf
Tor an as In beng moved by her expoF-
tul7fions, and was ten times more exaf-
Perated againf Emily for daring to talk
TO him in this provoking language, at a
ume when ihe had every thing to fear
rom his power. Fills defpotic and TN
forgiving propenfties were ftimuIated
TO q degree hlcle fhort Of nadnefs. At
the fame ume his manners, which were
gloomy and thouglsfUI, led him TO me-
ditate variety of lchcmes for the pu-
Of her obitiDacy. He began
70 iIiPe6t that there was litrie hope Of
iacceedlng by open force he therefore
determinedto have recourfe TO treachery.
He found In Crimes an lnftrtumeDt
adapted 90 his purpole. This
fellow, Who would not perhaps inrentio-
nally have hurt d worm, was fitted by the
mere coartnefs ofhis perceptions for The
Of the greatef injuries.
He regarded both injury md advantage
merely as they related 20 the gradfca-
lions Of appetite and conGdeced itas an
eiie1tial part Of true will0m % treas