![]() My circumstances, also, you are intimately acquainted with it will, therefore, be needless for me to enter upon them. You have known me a sufficient time to be a judge of my merits (if I possess any) I shall therefore content myself with making you an offer of my hand and heart, which I trust you will accept. I will not condescend to employ flattery, for your own excellent understanding would condemn it neither will I attempt to draw any romantic pictures of conjugal happiness you are aware of what may be expected from the marriage state, from a man, I trust, of liberal ideas, and who is tenderly devoted to you. Madam-Since our first introduction, I have no longer been master of my own heart your wit, beauty, and numerous good qualities, have enslaved it, and thus I offer it to your acceptance. At the Mirror by Georg Friedrich Kersting Begging you to receive my best acknowledgments for the honour conferred, I remain, sir, with sincere regard, Your affectionate friend. Sir-In answer to your flattering letter, I must beg leave to remind you, that in giving you the permission of addressing my beloved parents upon the subject of your attachment to me, such permission must be understood as implying a reciprocity of feeling which indeed, in a point involving all the consequences of my future happiness, is no ordinary speculation however, that I may not incur the charge of cruelty from one whom, I must acknowledge, I at present value with no ordinary esteem, I shall, with the permission of my parents, feel much pleasure in a continuation of your society but with regard to the success of your present enterprise, time and circumstances alone must determine. Anxiously expecting a favourable reply, I am, dearest Harriet, yours sincerely. No, my dear Harriet, you will never overwhelm me with such a fatal reply, and thus annihilate all those endearing prospects of future felicity, which I have so ardently cherished as an alleviation, then, to those fond feelings, which are at present severely agitated by suspense, permit me, my dear girl, to address your respected parents, for a formal recognition of my visits and attentions to a concession from my Harriet, will relieve me from a state of inexpressible anxiety, and in part secure to me a glowing tranquility, which is only in the power of you, my love, to bestow. My dearest Harriet-Ever since the fatal or auspicious evening that I was introduced to your endearing presence, my heart has been riveted to the lovely image of her, who must become the arbitress of my future happiness or misery that the latter will be the case, will not endure a moment’s reflection, for independent of my own feelings, it would be cruel to suppose that a bosom formed of virtues most sensitive and tender, could ever consign a heart touched with those very virtues to become the victim of aspiring delusion. Paisaje con mujer by José Villegas Cordero I am, gentle reader, Yours most sincerely. I have excerpted a few letters for your reading pleasure. This volume is overflowing with sappy expressions of adoration that are perfect for almost any Victorian romantic relationship. ![]() My Dearest Reader-Do you sit glumly at your writing desk, your quill poised as you stare at your blank Valentine’s Day card? Do you not possess the flowery prose to express your ardent, undying, and very proper love for another? Never fear! The Parlour Letter-writer And Secretary’s Assistant, published in 1845, can help. ![]()
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