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“ Wymondham, Dec. y* 2* d 
“ Sir, 
My Thanks wait upon you for your Care in procuring 
the money which I received with your Letter : Miss Randall and 
your Hum. Servant was obliged by your generous offer, but I assure 
you it was for neither of ns ; Therefore desire you to acquaint us 
with the price the first Opportunity. 
“ I am glad Mr. Desagiler’s Lectures afford you so much pleasure ; 
You were very kind to wish me to share in it, but it requires a 
genius superior to mine to understand Philosophical Discourses. 
“ Certainly your candour (1 kindness) bribed your Judgment when 
you thought mo capable of receiving satisfaction therefrom : you 
are very happy in enjoying such exquisite Delight every Day, and 
I must Congratulate you upon it. But, Mr. Arderon, could you 
have the Happiness of conversing with y« incomparable Miss 
Turner, you’d be convinced that Justness of Thought and elegant 
expressions are accomplishments not confined alone to Man ! 
There’s such delicacy in all her sentiments, something so very 
engaging in her Behaviour, as necessitates one to admire. Mr. 
Talbot no longer calls me a Mass of Indifference, but tells me the 
pleasure I take in visiting that young Lady is not consistent with 
insensibility. 
“ The enclosed was recommended to her by your Bishop, and a 
Lady of first Rank desired I should write her a Copy of it. After 
the Approbation of such judges, I thought I might venture to send 
it to you, and as I always pay a deference to your Opinion, I hope 
you’ll not deny that Favour to 
Sir, 
Your obliget Friend, 
W. ? 
My Service to Mrs. Arderon.” 
On the back of this letter Mr. Arderon has written the follow- 
ing opinion of this piece of poetry praised by a “ Bishop and a 
Lady of first Rank.” 
“In the 7th Stanza & the 6th line there’s a foot too much. In 
the 6th line of the 8th stanza there’s an s too much in forbids, 
which is never used in the plural number of verbs, with some 
other inaccuracies which are not worth mentioning ; however, I 
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