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<p> an inclination of doing. I must confess that might have <lb/> made me happier whatever might have been the case, as <lb/> to himself.</p> <p> | <p> an inclination of doing. I must confess that might have <lb/> made me happier whatever might have been the case, as <lb/> to himself.</p> <p> A few days before I was honoured with your Letter I had an <lb/> opportunity of knowing your Lordship was at Weymouth<lb/> by means of my Son in Law Mr Abbot (the Elder Brother<lb/> of the Student of Christchurch of the same name that has the <lb/> honour of being well acquainted with Lord Wycombe) who <lb/> having been very lately married to a young Lady of <lb/> large fortune had been making an excursion with her <lb/> among other places, through Weymouth, to meet his <lb/>Mother and me at <unclear>his</unclear>. I understood from him that <lb/> Weymouth at that time was not very full of Company, <lb/> at Cheltenham not a Lodging is to be had at present, <lb/> and several are actually pre-engaged three or four deep, <lb/> C.J., with his friend Hare, and his still nearer friend <lb/> M<hi rend="superscript">rs</hi> <gap/> make part of the Company here, also Lord <lb/> and Lady Dartmouth, and all their Sons except the Eldest, <lb/> one of them indeed came to them hither within these few <lb/> days from America, after an absence of five or six years, and <lb/> as his arrival was not expected so soon, he was so much altered<lb/> by his growth, that upon his presenting himself to his Family<lb/> neither his Father, Mother, nor any of his Brothers had the <lb/> least knowledge of his Person, a circumstance not a little <lb/>affecting to them all, and may truly be said to be "The agreeable<lb/> surprise."</p> <p> Had I known where your Lordship was, my Pens should</p> | ||
an inclination of doing. I must confess that might have
made me happier whatever might have been the case, as
to himself.
A few days before I was honoured with your Letter I had an
opportunity of knowing your Lordship was at Weymouth
by means of my Son in Law Mr Abbot (the Elder Brother
of the Student of Christchurch of the same name that has the
honour of being well acquainted with Lord Wycombe) who
having been very lately married to a young Lady of
large fortune had been making an excursion with her
among other places, through Weymouth, to meet his
Mother and me at his. I understood from him that
Weymouth at that time was not very full of Company,
at Cheltenham not a Lodging is to be had at present,
and several are actually pre-engaged three or four deep,
C.J., with his friend Hare, and his still nearer friend
Mrs make part of the Company here, also Lord
and Lady Dartmouth, and all their Sons except the Eldest,
one of them indeed came to them hither within these few
days from America, after an absence of five or six years, and
as his arrival was not expected so soon, he was so much altered
by his growth, that upon his presenting himself to his Family
neither his Father, Mother, nor any of his Brothers had the
least knowledge of his Person, a circumstance not a little
affecting to them all, and may truly be said to be "The agreeable
surprise."
Had I known where your Lordship was, my Pens should
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