ABSTRACT
LadyArabellawas with her dear Harriet when Mr. Fitzosborne unexpectedly arrived. He had narrowly escaped the guillotine, had passed the sea in a fishing-boat, 233 and had encountered so many perils, that his admiration of that meretricious liberty whose distinguishing code is equality of wretchedness, was rather abated. ‘Hair-breadth ’scapes’ are very interesting to most ladies, and Mr. Fitzosborne’s powers of recitation were unrivalled. His person / had every charm, his manner every advantage. Lady Arabella looked, listened, admired, and went home vastly rejoiced, that such a delightful young man had escaped the odious democrats.
