The Life and Adventures of Jonathan Jefferson Whitlaw Volume 2

Download or read book The Life and Adventures of Jonathan Jefferson Whitlaw Volume 2 written by Frances Milton Trollope and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1836 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XVII. We will not follow our presumptuous hero through the various blunders and vanities which in the course of a few days induced him to ask the hand of Miss Croft in marriage; it will be sufficient to transcribe the letter by which the offer was made, in order to show the grounds on which he founded his hopes of success. The epistle ran thus: "TO MR. CROFT, "Merchant Of Liverpool. "Mr. Croft, "Sir, --I guess that by this, your dreadful beautiful daughter as well as yourself must be come to a pretty considerable good notion of what I am after. The estate at Nixton is all very well, and I wouldn't have any objection to buy it; and as to the price, I find there'd be no manner of difficulty about finding the needful. Mount Etna is a profitable bit too. But after all, Mr. Croft, what is either estate in consequence compared to the real business in hand between us? I expect I must explain myself, because 'tis in rule so to do; though I don't doubt in the least that the beautiful eyes as have made such work with my heart have been clear-sighted enough to spy out what they have done. The short and the long of it is then, that I'm in love with your daughter, Mr. Croft, and that I hereby make a proposal to marry her. One good reason why this match is likely enough to be agreeable to all parties is, that we are both of us only children; which makes the business, as you will allow, a deal more plainsailing. For, who could Mr. Whitlaw of Mount Etna be after leaving all his property to?--and he has not that little to make it a flea-bite. And who could you, Mr. Croft, devise yours to--which I don't question is pretty considerable also--except to us two? So that's plain enough. As to the article of residence, Ima right-down good American, ...