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VGW(HU.773.103
15 Jul 1773:21 (1146)
London, May 8. A gentleman of an enterprising genius in the
fortune- hunting way, well known at all publick places, is
at last, through mistake, married, we hear, to a lady as
enterprising as himself. This fair one appeared frequently
this winter at the Opera and Playhouses, dressed extremely
brilliant, . . . [6 lines] During the courtship, to the
connubial moment, he never once inquired into her fortune;
her connexions put her above inquiry. But in less than a
fortnight he found his way to her casket; and privately
taking away some of the diamonds, went to a jeweller to
dispose of them, when to his horrified confusion, he was
informed they were false stones; . . .
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