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you so much need : and never fear but I shall have it in 

 my power some time or other. My prospects wear a 

 flattering appearance. I shall be almost sure of a fellow- 

 ship somewhere or other, and then, if I get a curacy in 

 Cambridge, I shall have a clear income of £170 per 

 annum, besides my board and lodging, perhaps more. 

 If I do not reside in Cambridge, I shall have some quiet 

 parsonage, where you may come and spend the summer 

 months. Maria and Kate will then be older, and you 

 will be less missed. On all accounts you have much 

 reason to indulge happier dreams. My health is con- 

 siderably better. Only do you take as much care of 

 yours as I do of mine, and all will be well. I exhort, 

 and intreat, and beseech you, as you love me, and all 

 your children, that you will take your bitters ivithout 

 ceasing. As you wish me to pay regard to your exhor- 

 tations, attend to this. 



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TO HIS MOTHER. 



St John's, April 1S06. 

 Dear Mother, 



I am a good deal surprised at not having heard from 

 you in answer to my last. You will be surprised to hear 

 the purport of my present letter ; which is no less than 

 that I shall spend the ensuing Easter vacation in ]Xot- 

 tingham. The reasons which have induced me to make 

 this so wide an alteration in my plan, are these : I have 

 had some symptoms of the return of my old complaint, 

 and both my doctor and tutor think I had tetter take a 

 fortnight's relaxation at home. I hope you will not 

 think I have neglected exercise, since I have taken more 

 this term than I ever did before ; but I shall enlarge my 

 hours of recreation still more, since I find it necessary, 

 for my health's sake, so to do. 



You need not give yourself any uneasiness as to my 

 health, for I am quite recovered. I was chietly afflicted 



