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high spirits whether they are produced by music or any
other cause (unless it be Adagios) The means of pursuing
my present plan occupied almost the whole of my attention and
I have thought of some promising expedients. During this
same hour & ½ which I have been walking up & down my
room in this state of mind, I have also added a line
or two to "OEconomy" and as also to "Experimenting".
I am now come to my sober sense again and therefore
I will continue from where I left off yesterday.
Tuesday continued.
It was not necessary that I should tell the D & Dss the
effect the music had on me for Baron Medem to whom
I had during the intervals expressed my extacy, told
them of it immediately they seemed much pleased at it
as it was a Compliment to their Musician. I told
them I hoped there was to be no more Adagios,
however in consequence I believe of these my hopes which were not
supposed to be real, orders were given for another to be
played soon after. The second was not quite so
touchant as the first but yet was too much so unless
I had been alone or in a private company to have
enjoyed it. You I know wont laugh at this
our great sensibility nor will you doubt the truth
of it, first because I dont much think you will
doubt the truth of any thing I tell you however extraordinary
it may appear and secondly because you
have already seen often seen me very much affected
by Music. A Card table was introduced about
the middle of the Concert and I was the Duke asked
me if I never played at any kind of game having
understood as much from Klopman. My answer
was as it always has been and ever will be that
I absolutely cannot play at any game whatever.
he told me that they played very low which I found
to be really the case however I repeated the same
swer only lamenting at the same time that I could
not profit of the honour he intended me. at perhaps
¼ after 7 the D & Dss retired and we moved off.
In the course of The D told me that Ofenberg had
wrote to him so much about the fleet Ships at Portsmouth
and with such expressions of pleasure at what he
had seen that He in answer desired him to
go out as a Volunteer for a cruize and sent him
100 guineas to defray the expences that might attend
it: but that his letter did not get to England or
at least to his hands till he had left England,
however he got the 100 guineas. His 800 500 £ a year
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Samuel Bentham |
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