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She is lively, sensible, good natured, & has every accomplishment
but beauty, in which however she is not remarkably deficient.
Miss Fox is a sprightly good natured little girl not 14, but
forward of her age: she too plays on the harpsichord.

Monday 1/2 after 10 at night

By tomorrow a whole posse of people will be gone: some of them
to my very great regret: among them Mrs Dunning & Miss Pratt.
Mr & Mrs Dunning went off in a violent hurry this morning,
under the apprehension of Mrs D.'s being brought to bed: if it had
not been for this accident, they would have staid some time. I
had not an opportunity of exchanging ten words with him: so
that I had not time to make an acquaintance with him, which
was what for Mrs D's sake much more than for his, & greatly
coveted: Miss Pratt while she was here drew Miss Fox's picture,
and has just been making me a present of it. Before
Coffee was over, they made me leave the company and come with
them into Lady S.'s dressing room, where we very frankly avow'd
to one another our regrets at parting. There we had been about
an hour, when Lady S. stole away from the company & staid
with us almost another hour, leaving the Sturts to take care of themselves.
She took the precaution however to put them out employment
either some at cards some at chess, that they might not come and interrupt
us. They are but odd sort of people. Miss Sturt has been sufferd
to



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1781-09-30

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Jeremy Bentham

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