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Jervois, Mrs Helen, wife of Mr Jervois, her abandoned character, 3, 247. Wants to have her daughter in her power, ib.

Jervois, Mifs Emily, a young lady of fourteen, ward to Sir Charles Grandifon, 2. Her character from him, 3. Her perfon described by Mifs Byron, 5. Sir Charles's kindness to, and regard for her, 109.

Her character further

given by Mifs Byron, 204. Her great fortune, 247.

Immodeft men may be made decent, at least by modeft and difcreet women, 16.

Impartiality, 197, 216.

Innocence gives dignity to an injured perfon, 69. Equally attracts the attempts of wicked men and devils, 94.

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Infects, the ftudy of them how far useful, 8. Jordan, John, Éfq; a friend of Sir Hargrave Pollexfen, prefent at the conference between Sir Charles Grandifon and Sir Hargrave, on occafion of the challenge given by the latter 35, & feq. Advises Sir Hargrave, before Sir Charles enters, to hear what fo gallant a man can say for himfelf, 36. Propofes to Sir Charles to afk pardon of Sir Hargrave 38. Afcribes to him airs of fuperiority 40. Captivated by his magnanimity, advises Sir Hargrave to make it up with him ib. 43, 46. Begs the honour of his acquaintance; acknowledges duelling to be crimi-nal; but alledges that few have the courage to break through a bad cuftom, 49. Enquires of Sir Charles by what means he got above this barbarous practice, ib. Admires him for his fortitude with regard to the Pandours, 51, 52.-and for his chastifing, without drawing his fword, the young Venetian nobleman, who gave him the highest provocation, 53, 54. Makes a motion to Sir Hargrave to offer his hand in friendfhip to Sir Charles, 55. Owns that he never

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faw an hero till he faw Sir Charles 62. Af cribes Mr Bagenhall's turning Papist to the dif penfations allowed by the church of Rome, 64. Tells Sir Hargrave that he has but ill-profited by Sir Charles's noble fentiments, if he thinks his yielding to him dishonourable 66. Rejoices at the amicable ending of the challenge ib. Pays a respectful vifit to Mifs Byron out of curiofity,79. Juftice, 266, 267, 270.

Keepers, kept women, 202, 206.

L. Earl of, his character from Sir Charles Grandifon, 2. Defends Sir Charles from the charge of refervedness, 101, 102. His character from Mifs Grandifon, 116. Narrative of his loveaffair with Mifs Caroline Grandifon; of his application to her father; and of Sir Thomas's treatment of him upon it, 152, & feq. His character given by young Mr Grandifon to his father, 197. After Sir Thomas's death, he receives Mifs Caroline from the hands of her brother, with a fortune beyond his expectation, 241, 242. Pities Mifs Grandifon on her trial with relation to Captain Anderfon, 262.

L. Countefs of, her indulgence of her fifter Charlotte's vivacities, 20. Sounds Mifs Byron on the addrefs of Lord D.; and gives an advantageous character of the Countefs his mother, 76. Gives an account of her father's unhappy duel, which coft the life of her excellent mother; and demonftrates the domeftic ufefulness of women, 100. Hints at feveral ladies who are in love with Sir Charles, 102. Called by her fifter Charlotte a morning killer 104. Enters with her fifter into the detail of their family history, to oblige Mifs Byron, 132.-[For the particulars of this--for thofe of the love-affair with Lord Lof her father's fevere treatment of her on that account-of Lord L.'s laudable conduct both to her and her father-of her father's death

death of her brother's arrival-of the behaviour of both fifters to Mrs Oldham-of their brother's humanity to the penitent woman; and generous kindness to them-and other matter's relating to her and her Lord-See the articles Mifs Charlotte Grandifon, Sir Charles Grandifon, Lord L.]--The part fhe took in the trial of her fifter on the affair of Captain Anderson, 262, 263, 280, 285, 286, 287, 288. Her pleafant reason why women, who make foldiers their choice, deserve a rank with heroes, 292.

Lane, Mr, a gentlewoman with whom Mifs Jervois fome time boarded, 241.

Laft wills, 223, 226, 242.

Law, not made for man of a conscience, 226. Lewis XIV. what the greatest glory of his reign, 65. See Duelling.

Libertines, 116, 181, 182, 190, 202.

Liberty, a word falfely applied by the keepers of women, 206.

Love not laudable, 69, 99, 200, 252.

Love may be felfifh, but friendship cannot, 167.
Love, a felfish deity, 249.

Lover, one who has generofity will not put a young woman upon doing a wrong thing, whether respecting her duty or her intereft, 168.

Luxury of the age, and women's undomefticating themselves, increase the number of bachelors, II. See Modern taste, Public places.

Magnanimity, 163, 232.

Man of honour, 48 to 51. See Sir Charles Grandifon.

Managing women, not always the beft to live with,

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Marriages, clandeftine, 277, 293.

Mafters and Servants, 7.

Matrimony and Liberty, a girlish connexion of two

contrary ideas, 279.

Meannefjes, 240.

Melancholy,

Melancholy, 270.

Men and women, fentiments relating to them, 3, 102, 103, 187, 190, 289, 292.

Merceda, Solomon, a Portuguese Jew, prefent at the conference held in Sir Hargrave's houfe with Sir Charles Grandifon upon the challenge, 35. His opinion of Sir Charles, 38. Overcome by his magnanimity, avers that he had rather have Sir Charles for his friend, than the greatest prince on earth, 43. He and Mr Bagenhall reproach each other, as not knowing what honour was till now, ib. Will become a Christian when he finds another like Sir Charles Grandifon, 46. More of him, 38, & feq. Mercy and Juftice, fifter-graces, in a virtuous bofom will never be feparated, 215.

Metellus and Sertorius: See Duelling.

Military men, 59, 276, 293, 294. See Captain Anderfon.

Modern tafte, 9, II. ~

N. Lady Frances, daughter of the Earl of N. falls in love with young Mr Grandifon, 193. His father earnest to bring about the match ib. The treaty fufpended at his fon's request, 197. Broken off after Sir Thomas's death, 235, 236. The Earl's and his fon's high opinion of Sir Charles, ib. His faying of him, ib.

Obrien, Mifs, a beautiful young creature brought over from Ireland, with a view to captivate Sir Thomas Grandifon, by one of his falfe stew. ards, who was difappointed by Sir Thomas's untimely death, 199, 200. The hopes of her vile mother, aunt, and the fteward, to fascinate Sir Charles by her beauty, 233, 234. He coun terplots them, faves his father's name from obloquy in this particular, and the young woman from ruin; and gives a fortune with her to an honeft tradefinan, to whom (her beauty lost in the small-pox) fhe makes a good wife, ib. 235. Obstinacy,

Obftinacy, 225, 273.

Qeconomy, 81, 238.

O'Hara, Mrs: See Mrs Jervois.

Old bachelors, their increase of late years account ed for, II.

Oldham, Mrs, a kept mistress of Sir Thomas Grandifon, her history, 146, 147. Defigns from compunction to leave him, 200, 201. Compaffionately treated by Sir Charles; not fo by his fifters, 213, & feq.

Old maids, 255.

Old maids, Mifs Byron thinks that the women who ridicule them ought not to be forgiven, 11. Pandours, marauding favage foldiers, made, by Sir Charles Grandifon's prefence of mind and addrefs, his guards through the wood, in which they seemed refolved to murder him, 51, 52. Parents and children, fentiments relating to them, 13, 20, 133, 136, 138, 139, 149, 150, 196, 217 275, 276, 280, 284, 290..

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Patience, 216.

Penitence, 200, 244.

Philanthropist, the extenfive meaning of that word, when applied to Sir Charles Grandifon, 253. Pity, 170, 273.

Poets, their imaginations often run away with their judgments, 133.

Pollexfen, Sir Hargrave, fends Mr Bagenhall with a meffage to Sir Charles, 4. Accepts of Sir Charles's intrepid offer to breakfast with him at his own house, 28. His behaviour in the conference that followed there, in which he was sub-. dued by Sir Charles's magnanimity, 36, & feq.. Vifits Mifs Byron, and implores her pardon,. 68 to 72. Vifits her again, with his friends Bagenhall and Jordan, 95 to 98. Dines at Sir Charles's, 100. Intends to go abroad; is induced by Sir Charles to act generously by MrBagenhall, and justly by Mr Wilson, 108. 256. Braife, 79.

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