Epitome of his and the lady's story after ten years' cohabitation.
"Clarissa, Volume 5 (of 9)"
Samuel Richardson
Thy habitual aversion to wedlock too well I knew; and indeed thou avowest thy hope to bring her to cohabitation, in that very letter in which thou pretendest trial to be thy principal view.
"Clarissa, Volume 5 (of 9)"
Samuel Richardson
And pr'ythee tell me, Jack, what but this that follows would have been the epitome of mine and my beloved's story, after ten years' cohabitation, had I never written to thee upon the subject, and had I not been my own accuser?
"Clarissa, Volume 5 (of 9)"
Samuel Richardson