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CHAPTER XVII. MATRIMONIAL ADVERTISEMENTS AND AGENCIES.

Ladies.
4th Class.I am twenty years of age; mild disposition and manners; allowed to be personable.
5th Class.I am sixty years of age; income limited; active, and rather agreeable.
Gentlemen.
1st Class.A young gentleman with dark eyes and hair; stout made; well educated; have an estate of 500 l. per annum in the county of Kent; besides 10,000 l. in three per cent. consolidated annuities; am of an affable disposition, and very affectionate.
2nd Class.I am forty years of age, tall and slender, fair complexion and hair, well tempered and of sober habits, have a situation in the Excise, of 300 l. per annum, and a small estate in Wales of the annual value of 150 l.
3rd Class.A tradesman in the city of Bristol, in a ready-money business, turning 150 l. per week at a profit of 10 per cent., pretty well tempered, lively, and fond of home.
4th Class.I am fifty-eight years of age; a widower, without encumbrance; retired from business upon a small income; healthy constitution; and of domestic habits.
5th Class.I am twenty-five years of age; a mechanic of sober habits; industrious, and of respectable connections.
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