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but only attend well to what you read ; and your own good 

 sense and ear will tell you at the time how to modulate your 

 voice, and lay your accents justly according as you are 

 affected by what is before you. 



Mr. and Mrs. W. Y. who are just gone, and Mr. and Mrs. 

 Clements in the room, join with Mrs. J. Wh. in respects. 

 Remember me to Whites 3 tius , 4 tus , and 5 tus . I am, dear 

 White 2 ndus , 



Your loving friend, 



WHITE 1—. 



LETTER XXXIX. 



FROM SAMUEL BARKER. 



Lyndon, Oct. 8, 1783. 



Dear Sir, 

 You received, I imagine, some days ago a letter from my 

 father informing you of our return to Rutland and expressing 

 our acknowledgements for the very agreeable entertainment 

 we received at Selborne. The time I spent there I remember 

 with extreme pleasure, and have been told several times since 

 my return that I am grown much fatter in my excursion. 

 Great indeed must be the efficacy of the three things that 

 could produce a visible effect on a person who has in that 

 respect been hitherto quite incorrigible. 



At leaving Fyfield I went to London by the Bath coach ; 

 and as you know my propensity for seeing, you will not 

 wonder that I prefered a seat on the box to one within the 

 carriage on a fine day : the road from Andover as far as 

 Hampshire reaches I think very pleasant; and in crossing 

 the dreary heath near Blackwater, a distant view of Hind- 

 head, Crooksbury Hill, Guildford Downs, &c. excited very 

 agreeable associations. Mr. and Mrs. Brown are expected in 

 Rutland this week ; and I have the satisfaction of informing 

 you that, when my sister wrote last, she thought herself 



