Date: 1748
"I now began to look upon myself as a gentleman in reality; learned to dance of a Frenchman whom I had cured of a fashionable distemper; frequented plays during the holidays; became the oracle of an ale-house, where every dispute was referred to my decision; and at length contracted an acquaintan...
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Date: 1748
"I had made a conquest of her heart, and concluded myself the happiest man alive"
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