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LOVE, COURTSHIP, and MARRIAGE.
LETTER I.
From a Young Man juſt done with his
Apprenticeship, so his Sweetheart.
Dear Sally,
I have been long in love with you, but was afraid to tell you. When I go with you to Bagnigge, or Sadlers-Wells, I am almoſt like a fool, and altogether unfit for company; I think of you all day, and at night I dream of my dear Sally. I am well ſettled in work, and my wages are Eighteen Shillings per week. You and I can live on that, and I ſhall bring it home untouched on Saturday evening. I will not go to any alehouſe, but as ſoon as my work is done, return home to my dearly beloved Sally. I hope, my dear, you will not be angry, for I am really in love I cannot ⟨be⟩ happy unleſs you are mine. I was afraid to mention this to you, but if you will leave an anſwer at my lodgings. I will meet you next Sunday, after dinner, at the Shepherd and Shepherdeſs, when we will take
