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Evelina

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VOLUME I

VOLUME II

  1. Evelina to the Rev. Mr. Villars
  2. Evelina in Continuation
  3. Evelina in Continuation
  4. Sir John Belmont to Lady Howard
  5. Evelina to the Rev. Mr. Villars
  6. Mr. Villars to Evelina
  7. Mr. Villars to Lady Howard
  8. Mr. Villars to Evelina
  9. Evelina to the Rev. Mr. Villars
  10. Evelina to Miss Mirvan
  11. Evelina to the Rev. Mr. Villars
  12. Evelina in Continuation
  13. Evelina in Continuation
  14. Evelina in Continuation
  15. Evelina in Continuation
  16. Evelina in Continuation
  17. Evelina in Continuation
  18. Mr. Villars to Evelina
  19. Evelina to the Rev. Mr. Villars
  20. Evelina in Continuation
  21. Evelina in Continuation
  22. Evelina to the Rev. Mr. Villars
  23. Evelina in Continuation
  24. Evelina in Continuation
  25. Mr. Villars to Evelina
  26. Evelina to Miss Mirvan
  27. Evelina to Miss Mirvan
  28. Evelina in Continuation
  29. Evelina in Continuation
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VOLUME III

LETTER IV Sir John Belmont to Lady Howard Paris, May 11.
Madam,

I HAVE this moment the honour of your Ladyship's Letter, and I will not wait another, before I return an answer.
It seldom happens that a man, though extolled as a saint, is really without blemish; or that another, though reviled as a devil, is really without humanity. Perhaps the time is not very distant, when I may have the honour to convince your Ladyship of this truth, in regard to Mr. Villars and myself.

As to the young lady, whom Mr. Villars so obligingly proposes presenting to me, I wish her all the happiness to which, by your ladyship's account, she seems entitled; and, if she has a third part of the merit of her to whom you compare her, I doubt not but Mr. Villars will be more successful in every other application he may make for her advantage, that he can ever be in any with which he may be pleased to favour me. I have the honour to be Madam, Your Ladyship's most humble, and most obedient servant, JOHN BELMONT.

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