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patrons " the serious principles and various 

 excellences" of her famous friend. The year 

 before, when Boswell visited her at Windsor, he 

 had in vain pressed her to contribute " personal 

 details " to his work. " You must give me some 

 of your choice little notes of the Doctor's ; we 

 have seen him long enough upon stilts ; I want 

 to show him in a new light. Grave Sam, and 

 great Sam, and solemn Sam, and learned Sam 

 all these he has appeared over and over. Now I 

 want to entwine a wreath of the graces across 

 his brow ; I want to show him as gay Sam, 

 agreeable Sam, pleasant Sam : so you must help 

 me with some of his beautiful billets to yourself." 

 The last day of Miss Burney's five years' 

 slavery dawned at Kew, from which she attended 

 Her Majesty to St. James's, and there took leave 

 of her with deep emotion. Freedom, congenial 

 society, and country air soon restored the lady's 

 health ; and the faithless Colonel Digby's place 

 in her heart became more than filled by General 

 D'Arblay, one of a colony of French emigres 

 settled at Juniper Hill above Mickleham, near 

 her sister's house, and her friends, the Lockes of 

 Norbury. Lessons in one another's language 

 gave excuse for meetings, at which Cupid was 



