For I, hearing my Lord's estate amongst many more estates was to be sold, and that the wives of the owners should have an allowance therefrom, it gave me hopes I should receive a benefit thereby.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Marriage is the grave or tomb of wit.

Marriage is the grave or tomb of wit.

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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 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,...

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

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

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 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...

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...