Gentleman in his Print of a Winter’s Morning, of which ſhe was no improper Emblem, and may be ſeen walking (for walk ſhe doth in the Print) to Covent-Garden Church, with a ſtarved Foot-boy behind carrying her Prayer-book.
The Captain likewiſe very wiſely preferred the more ſolid Enjoyments he expected with this Lady, to the fleeting Charms of Perſon. He was one of thoſe wiſe Men, who regard Beauty in the other Sex as a very worthleſs and ſuperficial Qualification; or, to ſpeak more truly, who rather chuſe to poſſeſs every Convenience of Life with an ugly Woman, than a handſome one without any of thoſe Conveniencies. And having a very good Appetite, and but little Nicety, he fancied he ſhould play his Part very well at the matrimonial Banquet, without the Sauce of Beauty.
To deal plainly with the Reader, the Captain, ever ſince his Arrival, at leaſt from the Moment his Brother had propoſed the Match to him, long before he had diſcovered any flattering Symptoms in Miſs Bridget, had been greatly enamoured; that is to ſay, of Mr. Allworthy’s Houſe and Gardens, and of his Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments;of
