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<p>gave such a relish to a dinner good in itself, that I scarce remember<lb/>to have dined with more pleasure even with you in a small company <lb/>at <del> <gap/> <gap/> </del> or <foreign>crue tete a tete</foreign> at <del><gap/></del> <add> <gap/> <gap/> <gap/> </add>.</p> <p>This M<hi rend="superscript">rs</hi> Hamilton although I had never seen her but the <lb/>day before was one of those characters with whom I found myself<lb/>quite at my ease after the first five minutes and was now <lb/>no more reserved before her than I should be after a long <lb/>acquaintance! From her intimacy with the princess & her daughter <lb/>I know she <del>want</del> was already or soon would be acquainted <lb/>with all my concerns as much <add>of them</add< as it would be proper that <lb/>any body should be trusted with, and therefore I enjoyed M<hi rend="superscript">rs</hi><lb/>H:'s company almost as much as if we had been quite alone.<lb/>After dinner we retired to drink coffee in a very comfortable<lb/>divan where the fashion is rather to lie than sit. The manner <lb/>of this country and of England were by turns the chief subjects of <lb/>our conversation when we formed a trio and <del>it</del> the time M<hi rend="superscript">rs</hi> H; and <lb/>I were engaged with our respective private affairs, of which mine <lb/>being the more immediate were treated of most. In the evening<lb/>they brought me as far as Sir James's from whence after spending<lb/>half an hour with the rest of the company at his house, I walked<lb/>to town. I was then as well disposed to sleep as I had been <lb/>at dinner time to eat. I found myself in <lb/>better health and therefore <add>in </add> in better spirits than I had been for some<lb/>weeks. I have walked a great deal this summer and by that <lb/>means have kept under my melancholy and at the same time <lb/>have visited my friends without <sic>expence</sic>. Walking however is </p> | |||
gave such a relish to a dinner good in itself, that I scarce remember
to have dined with more pleasure even with you in a small company
at or crue tete a tete at .
This Mrs Hamilton although I had never seen her but the
day before was one of those characters with whom I found myself
quite at my ease after the first five minutes and was now
no more reserved before her than I should be after a long
acquaintance! From her intimacy with the princess & her daughter
I know she want was already or soon would be acquainted
with all my concerns as much of them</add< as it would be proper that
any body should be trusted with, and therefore I enjoyed Mrs
H:'s company almost as much as if we had been quite alone.
After dinner we retired to drink coffee in a very comfortable
divan where the fashion is rather to lie than sit. The manner
of this country and of England were by turns the chief subjects of
our conversation when we formed a trio and it the time Mrs H; and
I were engaged with our respective private affairs, of which mine
being the more immediate were treated of most. In the evening
they brought me as far as Sir James's from whence after spending
half an hour with the rest of the company at his house, I walked
to town. I was then as well disposed to sleep as I had been
at dinner time to eat. I found myself in
better health and therefore <add>in in better spirits than I had been for some
weeks. I have walked a great deal this summer and by that
means have kept under my melancholy and at the same time
have visited my friends without expence. Walking however is
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Correspondence |
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Samuel Bentham |
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