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the ministry of homage ; and , amid these gaudy weeds , the wild violet , love , which chance had thrown into his path , breathed
. From this time the commencement , of Miss Mount well ' s machinations might be dated . She saw that . Lord Lentall whs destined to become a favourite in that sphere of life in which , as in the atmosphere of mountains , the qualities of coldness and lightness g"ivc some clnini to the appellation of high ; she
saw how excessively he was flattered bv liis nresent distinction . saw how excessively he was flattered by his present distinction , she saw that he was piqued with Clara — Clara hurt regarding him ; that they mutually misunderstood each other , yet each had too much pride , or something like it , to seek or offer
explanation . How easy is the work of mischief to the intrigunnte ; how she can entrap and then betrny , intertissue truth and falsehood , prevaricate and exaggerate , till she creates the confusion in which , like the thievish incendiary , she effects her purpose .
But here let me observe that the female intriguante is ever open to ridicule and contempt , while male intriguantes are , in a great measure , sheltered from such shafts . Why is this' ? simply because they occupy a different arena , and act upon a different scale , —the paltry principle is the same in both .
The jealousies and rivalries of Burke and Sheridan , of Pitt and Thurlow , were made up of the same elements that antagonize beauties and leaders of fashion . When George III . took the great seal from Thurlow , notwithstanding as some one has observed , all tlie hypocritical cant of attachment made by the
legal mastiff to his master , he t ? , ro \ vlin <; ly exclaimed— " No man has a right to use another as the kin ^ lias used me : we cannot meet again in the same room . " Let u- ; convert the chancellor ' s mace into a fan , the subtle and sii \ at >; e statesman into an equally subtle , though , perhaps , less savage woman of fashion ; conceive * her disappointed of a favour or annoved In a neglect from some woman a few grades higher in conventional rank
than herself , and parodying Thurlow s words ; where is the essential difference bet ween the principle or practice of the lawyer and the lady ? Louis XIV ., whom Mr . Imlwer deems a man of genius (!) " were it only for the / t / wncs . s of his compliments" what , was he
but an intriguant £ Alas for human nature ! II with power and opportunity for the exercise of all that i * ^ reat and glorious , men fall into so much that is infamous and contemptible , how shall human nature escape where the path ol pettiness and folly is prescribed { Miss Mount-welTs first scene of action was a niorninir
concert . She succeeded in milking ( Mara and Lord L entail lmauhcrs of the party , though both had been disinclined to go . To Clmu she pleaded a special reason for desiring her
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1836, page 19, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2653/page/19/
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