Original Letters between Dr. Young and Mr. Richardson. [Aug. I, 



INIy love, service, and best wislies, to 

 all under your wing, and may your 

 wing be lonK extended over tliem ; late, 

 very late, may yoii take your fliolit. A 

 late illness lias put sucii tliougbts in my 

 bead : but 1 bless God 1 am now very 

 well. But you may make me better 

 •whenever you please. I am^ dear sir. 

 Your most obliged, 



and truly alTectionatc, 



bumble sen ant, 

 I must add, and admirer, tor Sir diaries 

 Grandison is on my table, 



most cordially join prayers and wishes 

 for your health, and in respects to Mrs. 

 ilailows, with, sir, 



Your aftectionate and 



faithtul servant, 

 S. Richardson. 



LETTER XCVII. 



Wellicyn, July 11, 1756. 

 Being blooded in my right arm last 

 night, I am obliged, dear sir, to l)orrow 

 Mrs. Hallows' hand to let you know, 

 that my friend Coll>orn is not yet with 

 me ; as soon as he is you shall know it ; 

 and my hopes of your good company is 

 a cordial (o me under my present small 

 indisposition. That all indis|)ositioiis 

 may keep at a distance from your door, 

 is the cordial wish of. 



Your truly affectionate debtor, , 

 and humble servant, 

 E. Young. 

 Mrs. Hallows begs her best compli- 

 ments may be acceptable to Mr. Ri- 

 chardson, Mrs. Richardson, and the 

 joimg ladies. 



LETTER XCVIII. 



My dear Sir, Jwty 0,1756. 



Pardon my ambition, fain would I see 

 under my roof together, two persons 

 whose virtues I honour. A man of high 

 moral merit no pen can better draw 

 than your's, and such, periiaps, you have 

 rarely seen. If I mistake not, I can 

 shew you one in my friend Coll)orn. 

 Such a sight, in such a world, how much 

 to be desired! Especially by one who 

 is supposed to have drawn human excel- 

 lence beyond the life. Come and soe 

 Lj hun a justification of your pen. 



Mr. Sliotbolt told me you had some 

 such thoughts ; dear sir, do not drop 

 them, but continue that indulgence to 

 one who, under the due sense of your 

 many, many indulgencies, is. 

 Your truly affectionate, 



and very much obliged, 

 humble servant, 



E. Young. 



If you brought good Mrs. Richardson 

 with you, how truly welcome to Mrs. 

 Hallows and to me. 



LETTER XCIX. 



Sept. 12, 1756. 

 I cauMot, my dear sir, invite you to 

 see my dear friend Colborn, for I grieve 

 to say that sickness detains him from 

 me : but can invite you to see one who 

 longs to see you as much as Greenland 

 longs to see the sun. It has been abyve 

 a. b»U' yeaic's uight witii me. 



E. Young. 

 Mrs. Hallows is most your's. 



LETTER C. 



November 4, 1756. 

 Rev. and dear Sir, 

 I deferred rendering you my sincere 

 thanks and those of my w ifc, as I now 

 do, for your kind entertainment of us 

 last week, till I could acquaint you witJj 

 my having ordered to the carrier the 

 books of which I desired your's and Mrs. 

 Hallows' accej)tance. \ oil w ill be so 

 good as to allow the larger set a place ia 

 some obscure corner of your library. 

 The pocket volumes, perhaps, will be 

 more acceptable to the lady. 



I send also, as I promised, Mr. She- 

 ridan's Treatise on Education (of which, 

 wiicn perused, I desire the return), and 

 with it a copy of the translation of the 

 German verses you wished to have. 



I am, sir, with equal gratitude and re- 

 spect, and kuulest coinpliments to Mrs. 

 Hallows, my w ife's to both included. 

 Your most faithful and aflcctionate 

 humble servant, 

 S. Richardson. 



LETTER CI. 



Aovc7}7ber 9, 17.5(>. 

 I could not be at peace, dearest sir, 

 till I had .sit down to tliank you for your 

 monstrous present. Is it not enough to 

 oblige us with your goodness, but must 

 you fright us too? I love, honor, and 

 envy you, and would do more if I could; 

 and, perhaps, I do more, to your satis- 

 faction, by assuring you, that I shall 

 ever greatly enjoy what you have sent 

 me. I borrow another hand for this, 

 my own being out of order; but it is 

 written with my own heart, whicii is, as 

 it ought to be, dear sir. 



Truly your's, 



E. Young. 



Good Sir, 



I am vastly surprized, and infinitely 



thankful. Mary Hallows. . 



Our love and best service to Mrs. 



1 EichardiiOD, 



