Lord Merton is Mr. Lovel’s friend and Lady Louisa Larpent’s fiancé. He’s an arrogant nobleman who openly and rudely flirts with Evelina in front of Louisa. His manners are so bad that Evelina is amazed when she finds out he is a gentleman. Evelina later encounters Lord Merton while she stays in Bristol with Mrs. Beaumont, who is related to Louisa. Lord Merton is extremely vulgar and bad-mannered. He drinks and gambles all day, tries to seduce Evelina repeatedly, and joins in a cruel bet with Mr. Lovel during which he hurts an old woman.
Lord Merton Quotes in Evelina: or, The History of a Young Lady’s Entrance into the World
The Evelina: or, The History of a Young Lady’s Entrance into the World quotes below are all either spoken by Lord Merton or refer to Lord Merton. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Volume 1, Letter 23
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Lordship!—how extraordinary! that a nobleman, accustomed, in all probability, to the first rank of company in the kingdom, from his earliest infancy, can possibly be deficient in good manners, however faulty in morals and principles!
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Lord Merton Quotes in Evelina: or, The History of a Young Lady’s Entrance into the World
The Evelina: or, The History of a Young Lady’s Entrance into the World quotes below are all either spoken by Lord Merton or refer to Lord Merton. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Volume 1, Letter 23
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Lordship!—how extraordinary! that a nobleman, accustomed, in all probability, to the first rank of company in the kingdom, from his earliest infancy, can possibly be deficient in good manners, however faulty in morals and principles!
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