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LETTBBS TO GILBERT WHITE 



i^aa Vnn will sive me a Second. There are some 



? 1 Sn Surnr^e in Lord Cobham's Seat of Contemplation, 

 delightfull burprize m ^o expected. It is Music 



but IS ^°^^^^°f ^^^^ ,\f :^^^^^ there is a bad Figure 



ofKn holing his worCopen it that Part of.ye II Penseroso 

 Se He desirfs music to be sent by ye Genius of ye wood. 

 Thfscene is pretty, but it wants ye Force of Surprize. 



You use ye Bilhop ill in your Compliment to Heck. I shall 

 .end Him word of ye Eefusal, & make Him take off your Boots 

 ^ft«rH« comes to ve See of Winchester. For if that good 

 '4me hfuld evThappIn. I hope I should be as uneasy at your 

 ^fng out of^y^^ County'as I am now desirous of seeing You 



''''\°hive iust receiv'd a Letter from Town wherein I hear that 

 Harma^s Mss Wright is dead. She has been dying a long 

 Harman 8 miss Y s ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^liit 



he^Fith^ left & In old^aid sLant of Hers, & to will them to 

 Harman so that He will be a 2 or 3 thousand Pounder ; and 

 fshTs Friends think, not much ye unhappier for this Loss, 

 KL«,i«ft it was very much suspected that frequent Complaints 

 arher Stomach hS occasioned her to fall into Drinking, or as 



. "Tat'^'re'of"^^^^ Begard to Hervey. But my 



UncleTs Tgreat Idmire?; He is a candid Critic, & can forgive 

 anv Fault in writing for ye Sake of the Heart; and had rather 

 see^ ye most adulterated well-meant Prose, than the most 



nt^p^ottrrw^E^^^^^^^ Chancellor of Cambridge 



which I hear are put in Force, will beget Some of ye like Sort 

 It Oxford: I hope they will, because the University may lose 

 by ye Opinion of better (Economy & Regularity & Disciplme at 



^"■"l^iSd to take your advice wth Regard to a Prebend or 

 LivLg whenever I can meet with any Thing of that Sort to 

 mv mind For I begin to think, as Numps Gubbins says of hia 

 Sw that I have given Fortune her Head too long. Write to 

 ^e as o ten as You^can spare Time from John Beckhurst. Give 

 my CoSps: to Mr White & ye Family, not forgettmg my kmd 



^"^"^^^'^'"^^'y- 1 am, dear Gil, Affectionately Your's 



