"I have none of the usual
inducements of women to marry.
Wickham's object was unquestionably my sister's fortune, which is thirty thousand pounds; but I cannot help supposing that the hope of revenging himself on me was a strong
inducement. His revenge would have been complete indeed.
It is sufficient to know that vanity, interest, poverty, and every spendthrift consideration urged him to look upon the proposal with favour, and that where all other
inducements were wanting, the habitual carelessness of his disposition stepped in and still weighed down the scale on the same side.
These discoveries immediately determined us to abandon a place which had presented no
inducement for us to remain, except the promise of security; and as we looked about us for the means of ascending again into the upper regions, we at last found a practicable part of the rock, and half an hour's toil carried us to the summit of the same cliff from which the preceding evening we had descended.
This idea will add the inducements of philanthropy to those of patriotism, to heighten the solicitude which all considerate and good men must feel for the event.
Were there not even these inducements to moderation, nothing could be more ill-judged than that intolerant spirit which has, at all times, characterized political parties.
Delightful
inducements to embark, fine chance for promotion, it seems -- aye, a stove boat will make me an immortal by brevet.
But still, I must stay out that day and the following one, as I had promised to do so: though, resisting all entreaties and
inducements to prolong my visit further, I insisted upon departing the next morning; affirming that my mother would be lonely without me, and that she impatiently expected my return.
Whatever may be the arguments or
inducements which have wrought this change in the sentiments and declarations of these gentlemen, it certainly would not be wise in the people at large to adopt these new political tenets without being fully convinced that they are founded in truth and sound policy.
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