This is the anniversary, that used to give joy to as many as had the pleasure and honour of knowing you. May the Almighty blefs you, and grant, that it may be the only unhappy one that may be ever known by you, my dearest young Lady; and by
trial of skill now, he fays. A converfation between the vile
Dorcas and her Lady: In which the engages her Lady's pity. The
bonds of wickedness stronger than the ties of virtue. Obfervations
III. IV. V. From the fame. A new contrivance to take advantage of
the Lady's intended escape.-—A Letter from Tomlinson. Intent of
it. He goes out to give opportunity for the Lady to attempt an
efcape. His design frustrated.
VI. From the fame. An interesting converfation between the Lady and
him. No conceffion in his favour. By bis Soul, he fwears, this
dear girl gives the lye to all their Rakish maxims. He has laid all
the Sex under obligation to him: And why.
VII. From the fame. Lord M. in extreme danger. The family defire
his prefence. He intercepts a fevere Letter from Mifs Howe to her
friend. Copy of it.
VIII. From the fame. The Lady, fufpecting Dorcas, tries to prevail
upon him to give her her liberty. She difclaims vengeance, and
affectingly tells him all her future views. Denied, the once more
attempts an escape. Prevented, and terrified with apprehenfions of
inftant dishonour, the is obliged to make fome conceffion.
IX. From the fame. Accufes her of explaining away her conceffion.
Made defperate, he feeks occafion to quarrel with her. She exerts a
fpirit which overawes him. He is ridiculed by the infamous copart-
nerfhip. Calls to Belford to help a gay heart to a little of his difmal,
on the expected death of Lord M.
X. From the fame. Another meffage from M. Hall, to engage him to
go down next morning. No conceffion yet from the Lady.
XI. XII. From the fame.
schemes against the Lady.
church-rite will not at any
The womens inftigations. His further
What, he asks, is the injury, which a
time repair?
XIII. From the fame. Himself, the Mother, her Nymphs, all affembled
with intent to execute his deteftable purposes. Her glorious he-
haviour on the occafion. He execrates, detefts, defpifes himself;
and admires her more than ever. Obliged to fet out early that morn-
ing for M. Hall, he will prefs her with Letters to meet him next
Thursday, her Uncle's birth-day, at the Altar.
XIV. XV. XVI. Lovelace, To Clariffa. Frem M. Hall. Urging her
accordingly the Licence in her hands) by the moft engaging pleas
and arguments.
XVII. Lovelace, To Belford. Begs he will wait on the Lady, and in-
duce her to write but four words to him, fignifying the church and
the day. Is now refolved on Wedlock. Curfes his plots and con-
trivances; which all end, he says, in one grand plot upon himself.
XVIII. Belford, To Lovelace. In Anfwer. Refufes to undertake for
him, unless he can be fure of his honour. Why he doubts it.
XIX. Lovelace, in Reply Curfes him for his fcrupuloufnefs. Is in
earnest to marry. After one more Letter of entreaty to her, if the
keep fullen filence, the must take the confequence.
XX. Lovelace, To Clarifa. Once more earnestly intreats her to meet
him at the Altar. Not to be forbidden coming, he will take for
leave to come.
XXI. Lovelace, To Patrick McDonald. Ordering him to vifit the Lady,
and inftructing him what to fay, and how to behave to her.
XXII. To the fame, as Captain Tomlinfen. Calculated to be fhewn to
the Lady, as in confidence.
XXIII. McDonald. To Lovelace. Goes to attend the Lady according to
direction. Finds the houfe in an uproar; and the Lady escaped.
XXIV. Mowbray, To Lovelace. With the fame news.
XXV. Belford, To Lovelace. Ample particulars of the Lady's efcape.
Makes ferious reflections on the diftrefs fhe must be in; and on his
(Lovelace's) ungrateful ufage of her. What he takes to be the Sum
of Religion.
XXVI. Lovelace, To Belford. Runs into affected levity and ridicule,
yet at last owns all his gaiety but counterfeit. Regrets his baseness
to the Lady. Inveighs against the women for their inftigations.
Will still marry her, if she can be found out. One misfortune feldom
comes alone; Lord M. is recovering. He had bespoken mourning
for him.
XXVII. Clariffa, To Mifs Howe. Writes with incoherence, to en-
quire after her health. Lets her know whither to direct to her.
But forgets in her rambling, her private addrefs. By which means
her Letter falls into the hands of Mifs Howe's Mother.
XXVII. Mistress Howe, To Clariffa. Reproaches her for making
all her friends unhappy. Forbids her to write any more to her
Daughter.
XXIX. Clarissa's meek Reply.
XXX. Clariffa, To Hannah Burton.
XXXI. Hannah Burton. In Answer.
XXXII. Clariffa, To Mrs. Norton. Excufes her long filence. Alks
her a question, with a view to detect Lovelace. Hints at his un-
grateful villainy. Self-recriminations.
XXXIII. Mrs. Norton, To Clariffa Anfwers her question. Inveighs
against Lovelace. Hopes fhe has efcaped with her honour. Confoles
her by a brief relation of her own cafe, and from motives truly picus.
XXXIV. Clariffa, To Lady Betty Lawrance, Requests an answer to
three queftions, with a view further to detect Lovelace.
XXXV. Lady Betty, To Clariffa. Anfwers her questions. In the,
kindest manner offers to mediate between her Nephew and her.
XXXVI. XXXVII. Clariffa, To Mrs. Hodges, her Uncle Harlowe's
Houfekeeper; with a view of ftill further detecting Lovelace,
Mrs. Hodges's Aufwer.
XXXVIII. Clariffa, To Lady Betty Lawrance. Acquaints her with
her Nephew's bafenefs. Charitably wishes his reformation; but ut-
terly, and from principle, rejects him.
XXXIX. Clariffa, To Mrs Norton. Is comforted by her kind footh-
ings. Wishes she had been her child. Will not allow her to come
up to her. Why. Some account of the people fhe is with; and of
a worthy woman, Mrs. Lovick, who lodges in the houfe. Briefly hints
to her the vile usage she has received from Lovelace.
XL. Mrs. Norton, To Clariffa. Inveighs against Lovelace. Wishes
Mifs Howe might be induced to refrain from freedoms that do hurt,
and can do no good. Further piously confoles her.
XLI. Clarifa, To Mrs. Norton. A new Trouble. An angry Letter
from Mifs Howe. The occafion. Her heart is broken. Shall be
uneafy, till he can get her Father's Curse revoked. Cafts about to
whom the can apply for this purpose. At laft refolves to write to her
Sifter to beg her mediation.
XLII. Mijs Howe, To Clariffa. Her angry and reproachful Letter
above-mentioned; demands from her the clearing up of her conduct.
XLIII. Clarifa, To Mifs Horve. Gently remonftrates upon her feve-
rity. To this hour knows not all the Methods taken to deceive and
ruin her. But will briefly, yet circumftantially, enter into the darker
part of her fad ftory, though her heart finks under the thoughts of a
recollection fo painful.
XLIV. XLV. XLVI. XLVII. She gives the promifed particulars
of her ftory. Begs that the blackest parts of it may be kept fecret.
And why. Defires one friendly tear, and no more, may be dropt
from her gentle eye, on the happy day that shall shut up all her for-
XLVIII. XLIX. Mifs Howe, To Clariffa. Execrates the abandoned
profligate. She muft, fhe tells her, look to a world beyond this for ber
eward. Unravels fome of Lovelace's plots; and detects his forgeries.
Is apprehensive for her own, as well as Clarifia's fafety. Advises her
to puriue a legal vengeance. Laudable cuftom in the Ifle of Man.
Offers perfonally to attend her in a Court of Justice.
Cannot confent to a profecution. Dif-
covers who it was that perfonated her at Hamstead. She is quite fick
of life, and of an earth in which innocent and benevolent fpirits are
fure to be confidered as aliens.
LI. Mifi Howe, To Clariffa. Befeeches her to take comfort, and not
defpair. Is dreadfully apprehensive of ber own fafety from Mr. Love-
lace. An inftruction to Mothers.
LII. Clariffa, To Mifs Horve Averfe as he is to appear in a Court
of Justice against Lovelace, the will confent to profecute him, rather
than Mifs Howe fhail live in terror. Hopes the fhall not defpair;
but doubts not, frem fo many concurrent circumstances, that the Blow
is given.
LIII. LIV. Lovelace, To Belford. Has no fubject worth writing
upon, now he has loft his Clariffa. Half in jeft, half in earnest
[as ufual with him when vexed or disappointed] he deplores the loss
of her.--Humourous account of Lord M. of himfelf, and of his two
Coufins Montague. His Clariffa has made him eyelefs and fenfelefs to
every other Beauty.
LV. LVI. LVII. LVIII. From the fame. Lady Sarah Sadleir and
Lady Betty Lawrance arrive, and engage Lord M. and his two Coufins
Montague against him, on account of his treatment of the Lady.
His Trial, as he calls it.-After many altercations, they obtain his
confert, that his two Coufins fhould endeavour to engage Mifs Howe
to prevail upon Clarifia to accept of him, on his unfeigned repentance.
It is fome pleafure to him, he however rakifbly reflects, to obferve
Lovy p'acable the Ladies of his family would have been, bad they met
with a Lovelace MARRIAGE, fays he, with thefe women, is an
atonement for the worst we can do to them: A true Dramatic recom-
pence-He makes feveral other whimsical, but characteristic ob-
fervations, fome of which may ferve as cautions and warnings to the
Sex.
LIX. Mife Horve. To Clariffa.
Montague's. Their errand.
fons for her advice.
LX. From the fame.
Has had a vifit from the two Mifs
Advises her to marry Lovelace. Rea-
Chides her with friendly impatience for not an-
Avering her Letter. Re-urges her to marry Lovelace, and instantly
to put herself under Lady Betty's protection.
LXI. Mifs Howe, To Mifs Montague. In the phrenfy of her foul,
writes to her to demand news of her beloved friend, fpirited away, as
fhe apprehends, by the bafe arts of the blackeft of men.
LXII. Lovelace, To Belford. The fuffering Innocent arrefted and
confined, by the execrable woman, in: a fham action. He curfes
himself, and all his plots and contrivances. Conjures him to fly to
her, and clear him of this low, this dirty villainy; to fet her free
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