Aubin, Penelope (1679?-1731?)

The Strange Adventures of the Count de Vinevil, and His Family

London

Printed for E. Bell, J. Darby, A. Bettesworth, F. Fayram, J. Pemberton, J. Hooke, C. Rivington, F. Clay, J. Batley, and E. Symon

1721

"Her Mind well suited the fair Cabinet that contained it; she was humble, generous, unaffected, yet learned, wise, modest, and prudent above her Years or Sex; gay in Conversation, but by Nature thoughtful; had all the Softness of a Woman, with the Constancy and Courage of a Hero: In fine, her Soul was capable of every thing that was noble"

Having thus ordered his Affairs, he purchased a Ship called the Bon-Avanturer, and having loaded it with Goods proper for the Levant, he went aboard with the fair Ardelisa, and a youth, who being an Orphan, and Heir to a considerable Estate in Picardy, was left to his Care. This Youth was Count of Longueville, then about seventeen Years of age; a young Gentleman of extraordinary Parts and Beauty: He was tall, delicately shaped, his Eyes black and sparkling, and every Feature of his Face was sweet, yet majestick; he was learned beyond his Years, and his Soul was full of Truth and Ingenuity; he had received from the best Education the best Principles, was brave, generous, affable, constant, and incapable of any thing that was base or mean. These Qualities rendered him dear to the Count de Vinevil, who looked on him as his own son, and was pleased to find that Ardelisa and he grew together in Affection as they grew in Age. She was then fourteen, and the most charming Maid Nature ever formed; she was tall and slender, fair as Venus, her Eyes blue and shining, her Face oval, with Features and an Air so sweet and lovely, that Imagination can form nothing more completely handsome or engaging. Her Mind well suited the fair Cabinet that contained it; she was humble, generous, unaffected, yet learned, wise, modest, and prudent above her Years or Sex; gay in Conversation, but by Nature thoughtful; had all the Softness of a Woman, with the Constancy and Courage of a Hero: In fine, her Soul was capable of every thing that was noble. There needed nothing more than this Sympathy of Souls, to create the strongest and most lasting Affection betwixt this young Nobleman [Page 3] man and Lady; they loved so tenderly, and agreed so well, that they seemed only born for one another.

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Text from A Collection Of Entertaining Histories and Novels, Designed To promote the Cause of Virtue and Honour. Principally founded on Facts, and interspersed with a Variety of Beautiful and Instructive Incidents, 3 vols. (London: Printed for D. Midwinter, A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, 1739). <Link to ECCO>

See also The Strange Adventures of the Count De Vinevil and His Family. Being an Account of What Happen'd to Them Whilst They Resided at Constantinople. And of Madamoiselle Ardelisa, His Daughter's Being Shipwreck'd on the Uninhabited Island Delos, in Her Return to France, With Violetta a Venetian Lady, the Captain of the Ship, a Priest, and Five Sailors. The Manner of Their Living There, and Strange Deliverance by the Arrival of a Ship Commanded by Violetta's Father. Ardelisa's Entertainment at Venice, and Safe Return to France. By Mrs. Aubin. (London: Printed for E. Bell, J. Darby, A. Bettesworth, F. Fayram, J. Pemberton, J. Hooke, C. Rivington, F. Clay, J. Batley, and E. Symon, 1721). <Link to ECCO>

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