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When he comes to that part of his narrative, where he mentions of the proposing of the Lady's maid Hannah, or one of the young Sorlings, to attend her, thus he writes: Now, Belford, canst thou imagine what I meant by proposing Hannah, or one of the girls here, for her attendant? I'll give thee a month to guess. Thou wilt not pretend to guess, thou say'st. Well, then I'll tell thee.
So pleased was I with the young Sorlings, for the elegance of her works, that I kissed her, and she made me a courtesy for my condescension; and blushed, and seemed sensible all over: encouraging, yet innocently, she adjusted her handkerchief, and looked towards the door, as much as to say, she would not tell, were I to kiss her again. Her eldest sister popt upon her.
Soon after entering the Bay of Fundy the French vessels sighted their antagonists and an engagement ensued in the course of which d'Iberville in the Envieux dismasted the smaller English vessel, the Newport, and obliged her to surrender. Favored by night and fog the Sorlings managed to escape after a combat with the Profond lasting three hours. The next day, July 15, 1696, the vessels put into St.
The people of the house here are very honest-looking industrious folks: Mrs. Sorlings is the gentlewoman's name. The farm seems well stocked, and thriving.
And yet I cannot make this, till I am settled somewhere, and at a distance from him. Mrs. Sorlings shewed me a letter this morning, which she had received from her sister Greme last night; in which Mrs.
This was the reflection, that, with mingled compassion, and augmented love, arose to my mind, when I beheld the charmer reposing her lovely face upon the bosom of the widow Sorlings, from a recovered fit, as I entered soon after she had received her execrable sister's letter. How lovely in her tears! And as I entered, her uplifted face significantly bespeaking my protection, as I thought.
Here are two young likely girls, daughters of the widow Sorlings; that's the name of our landlady. I have only, at present, admired them in their dairy-works. How greedily do the sex swallow praise!
They were welcomed into the great South Sea by a terrible storm, and were fearful of being cast away on certain islands a little without the straits, which, from their likeness to the islands of Scilly, they named the Sorlings. On the 21st they had sight of the coast of Chili and the isle of Mocha. This island is low and broad on the north, and is full of rocks on the south.
The fourth of Iuly, we saw behind vs two sailes, one before the other, which were the first that we had seene for a long time. The sixt of Iuly our Admirall had both his foremast and mainemast blowne ouer boord. The eleuenth, we passed the Sorlings, the thirteenth, Falmouth, Plimmouth and the Quasquets. The seauenteenth, we came before Dover.
Greme's report, of what passed between the Lady and her, as in Letter VI. and makes such declarations to Mrs. Greme of his honour and affection to the Lady, as put her upon writing the letter to her sister Sorlings, the contents of which are in Letter XXVIII.
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