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ever see, her wedoes habbitt becoms her very much, and her hous is suitable to her buity, for its ver}' charming. I see over Lady Blunt's wall, your little hous, and the garden is as much altred as this is, and a wilderness at the eend of it. Sure Secretary Johnson must have a great estate, for he has a vast deel of company comse to him dayly from London, coachis and six horsis sum timse thre of a day. Next doar hear is INIrs. Campyons her basterd by the Duke of Devon- shire is kept, indeed its the very picture of the Duke ; she was a true penetent when she dyed and said her mother parswaded her. It seems she sold her for a thoussand pd wanting mony exstreemly — a prety ackt for a mother, sure she had better have beged her bred.
[>//.?] 1709. ^_^ My dearist and best of children, I hope I have layd a good
foundaytion for you with your ingenyous headpeec to finish. It w-ould be to tedyous to trouble you with all my inventions to bring this to pas, but in short I found none seemed soe secure as this. Hall whoe is ver\- dexterus at all thinsrs he writt a letter whearin he aquanted Lady Brownloe that he was sent by a parson of quallety about a buisnes that might be a great sattisfaction to each famely, and beged the favour he might speake a word in prj-vitt with her ladyship. Soe he stayd tell she was up, and she came to him, but brought her steward whoe stood at a distanc while he told her that he was sent by a parson of qallety which had seen her youngist daughter and was very much in lov with her, which if she pleesed to giv leev she should have a parteculor of his estate, and then know his name. Soe she said she could say nothing without knowing the name. Soe he told her it was you. She said she had hard a ver>' good carrector of you, but she was not willing to marry the youngist before the elder; She smiled when he said you was in lov with her. She said she would conseder of it ; he askt her if she would giv him leeve to wait of her again, She said by noe means — or if she would give me leev to wait upon her, she sayd noe, she would not have me giv my self that trouble, but she pre-
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