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Every Man possess'd of the least sensibility of mind must accutely feel the mortifying refusal coolly uttered from those lips which he was wont to praise, while with anxious look and throbing heart, he awaits the doom that is to pronounce him the highly favour'd & accepted Lover or that which in a moment hurls him from comparative happiness to a state of misery bordering on frenzy itself.

How little must a man know the heart of her to whom he offers his addresses how short sighted & inconsiderate must he be, who lays himself open to so mortifying a repulse. With all the little arts & cunning a female can practise is it possible she can hide from her lover the true opinion she forms of him. Surely a man must know if he is acceptable to the Lady to whom he pays his addresses. how is it then to be accounted for that so many mortifying refusals occur on the part of the females, which lead them to commit the most dreadful crimes even self destruction I think, the origin of the cause may be fairly divided between the two sex's for there are many females who take a pride in making conquests & so leading their admirers on from hope to hope till worn out by incessant importunities they sink under the weight of fatal disappointments that surround them, & at last fall a victim to cruel & disappointed love. Is this a triumph ye fair Daughters of Britain is it, thus ye seek to trample on the fond hopes of the ardent lover let it not be said your tender sympathising hearts can wound the honourable feelings of him who seeks to offer you the highest tribute of respect & honour a Man has in his power to bestow by the consummation of those rites sanctioned by the highest authorities human & Divine.