![]() ![]() But a reverse of fortune which they did not at all expect, came to trouble their felicity. ![]() Their vanity was flattered by the attentions of the handsomest young gentlemen. None of them were settled in life: the boys were too young to think of it the girls, too proud of their fortunes, upon which they had every reason to count, could not easily determine upon the choice they should make. But if he had immense wealth, he had also a great many children, his family consisting of six boys and six girls. It numbered amongst its citizens a merchant, who succeeded in all his speculations, and upon whom Fortune, responding to his wishes, had always showered her fairest favours. IN A country very far from this is to be seen a great city wherein trade flourishes abundantly. ![]()
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