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British Library, Add MS 47890. Not previously published.
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You would have heard sooner from me, if my writer of franks had called
sooner. I have bought the tickets, & will send them down by Estlin.
We are on the point – indeed in the very act of removal to No
35. Strand. a place not noisier than our
present abode, & of more convenience in apartments & situation. we are
glad too to leave a house connected with unpleasant recollections. Miss Barker is going to lodge in the
same house – a pleasant circumstance at any time – & the more so in the
deplorable state of Ediths spirits.
she is exceedingly ill, far worse than I have ever known her, & an total depression of spirits is a part of her
disease. I know not what to do – the state of her stomach is so bad that it
turns at any prescribed diet or medicine – & she can digest nothing without
aperients.does not chuse
will not continue to perform. the worst part of the story is to come – I want to
be abroad again from a lamentable conviction that it impossible <for me>
to enjoy life in England. By day the healthy state of the mind keeps the body in
order, but the brother brute as St Francis
One of my remedies is change of circumstances – & I shall go
for a week to Norwich. Of late I have been much out, uncomfortably &
unavoidably. I met Estlin at
Barbaulds.x stands still – wherefore I shrewdly suspect
that what is done is not very good.
All Beddoes’s
friends are exceedingly mortified & surprized at his astonishing folly in
that sneering dedication, & his mad attack upon Hannah More.
I have something to tell you of Cottle – the Methodist.
I see a second volume of Collinss Botany Bayprivate success of Thalaba equals
From Belsham I heard an odd rumour. that the real cause of the
frequent adjournments of Parliament was, on a wish in the King to retire
altogether from public business – which of course his
friends will not readily agree to. it explains Addingtons
language.
Corry & I continue in the same easy intercourse. I shall ask his assistance in getting a situation abroad. the Secretaries of Legation receive 300£ a year. a small income – but I can make it do – & shall accept one – like a reprieve.
It is doubted whether Governor Wall will be hung.
your numbers are
15.177. the quarter
588.
14.008.
8th These I bought of Mr Bish
In hopes that you might have your wish.
2.772. the quarter
52.910
25.075
eights.
These of Mr Maddison
That his good news might glad ye soon.
The offices are at Charing Cross, next door to each other. the tickets are
registered in your name. the whole cost £17 – 6 – 0. the secret hath been duly
kept – & so good luck to t’ye.
Our love to Mrs Danvers. her cushion shall come down with us. remember me to King.