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visit to the Duke of Grafton, but I like everything here so 

 much, that I have no inclination to leave the place. I 

 wish you were here. It is just the house you would wish 

 to be in. There is an excellent library ; a good parson ; 

 the best English and French cookery you ever tasted; 

 strong coffee, and half-a-crown whist. The mo^e I see of 

 the mistress of the house, the more I admire her, and our 

 landlord improves very much upon acquaintance.^ They 

 are really the happiest people I think I ever saw in the 

 marriage system. Enfin c'est le meilleur manage possible. I 

 wish every hour of the day that you was with us. They 

 would like you, and I am sure you would like them. 



We are now all going on the ice, which is quite like a 

 fair. There is a tent, Avith strong beer, cold meat, etc., 

 where Lady Spencer and our ladies go an airing. Lord 

 Villiers left us this morning. Adieu, my dear George ! 

 I am in haste to go to the great rendezvous upon the 

 coral. — Yours very sincerely and affectionately, 



March and E. 



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Wednesday Morning, 1768. 



My dear George, — I had your letter yesterday. I 

 wish you had come, because I think you would have liked 

 it. The little king^ is, I believe, perfectly satisfied with 



^ Lord March does not say who this hajipy pair were : probably 

 Lord and Lady Spencer. — J. R. R. 

 ^ Christian, King of Denmark. 



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