You are entitled to candour. 1811ff ... If it be a proper one you are ... her voice tremulous, her eyes still cast down.) My parents have informed me that it is improper to receive the particular addresses of more than one. 1870 her voice trembles 1811 the particular address But-- (she hesitated.) 1870 But (she blushed.) [QUOTATION] Darted her silvery intercepted ray 1811 Darted his silvery ... nor had they attempted to influence or forestal her choice 1811ff ... to influence or direct her choice We must pour a liberal libation upon the mystic altar 1870 We must pour out a liberal libation to the mystic altar And why have I ever doubted this event" said Alonzo. "What infatuation hath thus led me on the pursuit of fantastic and unreal bliss? 1870 And why have I doubted ... led me on to the pursuit ... and will convince both Melissa and Beauman 1811ff and I will convince Melissa and Beauman she has treated me as a friend to her brother. She was the unsuspecting object of my passion. She was unconscious of the flame 1811/51/70 ... as a friend to her brother. She was unconscious ... said that business had prevented him; he esteemed him as his most valued friend 1851/70 said that business prevented him ... most valuable to which you attended me when you was last here 1870 ... when you last was here The solemn herds lowed in monotonous symphony. The autumnal insects in sympathetic wailings 1870 in solemn symphony 1811 waftings 1851/70 wafting the rude despoiling hand of winter 1870 the despoiling hand of winter She was still silent 1851/70 She was silent. The "stilly sound" of the low murmuring brook 1851 slitty sound 1870 distant sound the frequent lights darted their paly lustre thro' the gloom 1811/51 palely lustre 1870 pale lustre but other subjects engaged the mental attention of Alonzo. 1811ff but the other subject ... Alonzo and Beauman pledged their honour to abide explicitly by these injunctions 1851 ... abide implicitly by ... 1870 ... abide implicitly to ... That time has now arrived 1851/70 That time has arrived the deep and solemn silence of night 1870 the deep and sullen silence of night bowed to the minutia of female volatility 1870 minutiae [[Note that "minutiae" is the correct form. All earlier editions, including the 1804 original, have the incorrect word "minutia".]] finally appointed a day to give both him and Alonzo a determinate answer 1811ff ... to give him and Alonzo a determinate answer to make a journey into a different part of the country 1811ff to make a journey to a distant part ... thither he hasted to gain shelter from the approaching storm. 1811ff thither he hastened ... In a moment he discovered that it was Melissa. 1870 In a moment, however, he discovered that it was Melissa. Alonzo felt all the force of the remark