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My very dear Sir<lb/> I crossed myself a thousand times when I saw the Breastplate. Had you never told me whence it came, I should have known that it belonged once to the Angel Gabriel. I am happy that it fell to Earth & happier still that it found the way to Pewsey. I never saw anything half so resplendent. With it there came a Magnetic <sic>Cristal</sic> of Iron of a most peculiar form, a non descript, which I value highly. Most of the specimens are numbered & refer to some catalogue. I wish you had copied out the Inventory; as many of the substances are new to me.< | <p>My very dear Sir<lb/> I crossed myself a thousand times when I saw the<lb/> Breastplate. Had you never told me whence it came, I should<lb/> | ||
have known that it belonged once to the Angel Gabriel. I am<lb/> | |||
happy that it fell to Earth & happier still that it found the<lb/> | |||
way to Pewsey. I never saw anything half so resplendent. With it<lb/> | |||
there came a Magnetic <sic>Cristal</sic> of Iron of a most peculiar form,<lb/> | |||
a non descript, which I value highly. Most of the specimens<lb/> | |||
are numbered & refer to some catalogue. I wish you had copied out<lb/> | |||
the Inventory; as many of the substances are new to me.</p> | |||
<p>I was much disappointed, in not finding here my amiable<lb/> | |||
Guest & fear, by the shortness of her <add>stay</add>, that her abode was not<lb/> | |||
<lb/>agreeable. I hope solitude was her only objection to this<lb/> | |||
mansion & wish to persuade myself that my Housekeeper<lb/> | |||
was not defective in attentions.</p> | |||
<p>Have you seen a book lately published & now on sale at<lb/> | |||
Rivingtons St Pauls Churchyard & at Taylors 56 Holborn called<lb/> | |||
Dairying Exemplified by J Warnley? This book professes<lb/> | |||
to teach the art of cheese making peculiar to every county.<lb/> | |||
I shall depend upon hearing from you before you quit the<lb/> | |||
Kingdom.<lb/> Ever most sincerely yours<lb/> Joseph Townsend</p> | |||
<p>Pewsey 25 June 1785</p> | |||
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1785.6.25
My very dear Sir
I crossed myself a thousand times when I saw the
Breastplate. Had you never told me whence it came, I should
have known that it belonged once to the Angel Gabriel. I am
happy that it fell to Earth & happier still that it found the
way to Pewsey. I never saw anything half so resplendent. With it
there came a Magnetic Cristal of Iron of a most peculiar form,
a non descript, which I value highly. Most of the specimens
are numbered & refer to some catalogue. I wish you had copied out
the Inventory; as many of the substances are new to me.
I was much disappointed, in not finding here my amiable
Guest & fear, by the shortness of her stay, that her abode was not
agreeable. I hope solitude was her only objection to this
mansion & wish to persuade myself that my Housekeeper
was not defective in attentions.
Have you seen a book lately published & now on sale at
Rivingtons St Pauls Churchyard & at Taylors 56 Holborn called
Dairying Exemplified by J Warnley? This book professes
to teach the art of cheese making peculiar to every county.
I shall depend upon hearing from you before you quit the
Kingdom.
Ever most sincerely yours
Joseph Townsend
Pewsey 25 June 1785
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letter 534, vol. 3; also partly printed in bowring, x, 139-40 |
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