As for plenty, we had not only for necessity, conveniency and decency, but for delight and pleasure to superfluity.

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For I, hearing my Lord's estate amongst many more estates was to be sold, and...

For I, hearing my Lord's estate amongst many more estates was to be sold, and...

Not that I am ashamed of my mind or body, my birth or breeding, my...

Not that I am ashamed of my mind or body, my birth or breeding, my...

For Pleasure, Delight, Peace and Felicity live in method and temperance.

For Pleasure, Delight, Peace and Felicity live in method and temperance.

Indeed, I was so afraid to dishonour my friends and family by my indiscreet actions,...

Indeed, I was so afraid to dishonour my friends and family by my indiscreet actions,...

Indeed I did not stand as a beggar at the Parliament door, for I never...

Indeed I did not stand as a beggar at the Parliament door, for I never...

And though I might have learnt more wit and advanced my understanding by living in...

And though I might have learnt more wit and advanced my understanding by living in...

Not because they were servants were we so reserved, for many noble persons are forced...

Not because they were servants were we so reserved, for many noble persons are forced...

And not only my own brothers and sisters agreed so but my brothers and sisters...

And not only my own brothers and sisters agreed so but my brothers and sisters...

My mother was a good mistress to her servants, taking care of them in their...

My mother was a good mistress to her servants, taking care of them in their...

As for my brothers, of whom I had three, I know not how they were...

As for my brothers, of whom I had three, I know not how they were...

A rude nature is worse than a brute nature by so much more as man...

A rude nature is worse than a brute nature by so much more as man...

Indeed I had not much wit, yet I was not an idiot - my wit...

Indeed I had not much wit, yet I was not an idiot - my wit...

First, they were bred when I was not capable to observe or before I was...

First, they were bred when I was not capable to observe or before I was...

In such misfortunes my Mother was of an heroic spirit, in suffering patiently when there...

In such misfortunes my Mother was of an heroic spirit, in suffering patiently when there...

For disorder obstructs: besides, it doth disgust life, distract the appetities, and yield no true...

For disorder obstructs: besides, it doth disgust life, distract the appetities, and yield no true...

And though my Lord hath lost his estate and been banished out of his country,...

And though my Lord hath lost his estate and been banished out of his country,...

Marriage is the grave or tomb of wit.

Marriage is the grave or tomb of wit.

But if our sex would but well consider and rationally ponder, they will perceive and...

But if our sex would but well consider and rationally ponder, they will perceive and...

As for our garments, my Mother did not only delight to see us neat and...

As for our garments, my Mother did not only delight to see us neat and...

My other brother, the Lord Lucas, who was heir to my father's estate, and as...

My other brother, the Lord Lucas, who was heir to my father's estate, and as...