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We know not the blessing of security till danger has menaced us too nearly. I have again heard a voice that has not one [[underline]] discordant [[/underline]] intonation.-- You know not yet what trifles can spin out raillery, between [[underline]] fine men & fine women [[/underline]] to the end of time, what with enquiry & denial, [[deletion]] [[unclear]] [[/deletion]] Intreaty, & promise, [[underline]] &c &c-- [[/underline]] Such a scene, struck me with a still & stupid consternation, --I sat