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    sweetness in all his words and behaviour , as makes him exceedingly agreeable : I hope I shall- find him as he represents himself to me ; he is a fine gentleman , as well as handsome . I build jny chief hopes on him , understanding none of the family eke , which makes the

    strange p lace appear the worse to me . ] f I ask a servant for any thing-, she gives nie a contrary thing . I asked once for a little water in a glass , and when I

    went into my chamber , I found to my great surprise a boiling-pot full of hot water ; and in this manner I ' m served often , which often brings to my mind the Babc ^ l-Builders ; our language is so much confounded .

    The houses here are very large , resembing palaces , and the rooms very spacious and well furnished ; and the costly ornaments of the ceiling , which are done i * i plaister of Paris , make it chew exceeding grand . There are usually 1 or z families i © a house , none

    interfering with one another . Each of the apartments lets for threescore pounds a year , some more , of these large houses . We go up above twenty stone steps to this family ' s apartment , where I am ; and many of their outward rooms have fine stone floors , but their chambers and

    dining room , are covered with deal over the stone : fires have like to have demolished this city divers times , both f om Heaven and Earth ; so they reckon the stone some * security . How I shall stand before the cod 1 know not ! Inundations , fire , plague , and earthquakes I ' ve heard much talked of since 1 came , some

    expressing their fears of all , and others fearing nothing at all of dfther . I can ' t say which of the elements I wou'd chuse for my master , but leave it to my preserver and keeper to order the manner , the time , and die means . J . confess I desire to die in my own land- * Tis an instinct implanted in the J > rute creation to

    seek the place to die in , where they were born and bred ; and I find ' tis as much in the rational species , for all nations desire to go home and die . Here are not many English in this place , —6 married women , and about 30 men , the most of

    which are married to Swedes . I am the only tingle one here of the English women , and so , am firmly persuaded , shall remain , for many reasons I have and they may have as many . Here are very fine , clever men here to look at , both English and Swedes . The Swedes are famous for making

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    great shews of religion , fe » ut having no real regard to practise any . Here is an English church ; they have the service of the Church of England in it every Sunday morning , at the English Envoy ' s chapel ; the minister preaches French in the afternoon , and has an unhappy French accent . He always prays for

    the English wjio are in a strange country , and far from their king and home . He has about 200 I . p . an . from our government and what the Englirh g \ ve ; I think he has but threescore from his king Here is no other here that preaches Engli h . I received his compliments the last Sunday , on my coming here , as 1 did those of divers others : I am treated

    very civilly and friendly by all . Here is a vast resort of all the English , and Swed-es of fashion to this house : the women are not comparable to _ our English in lQok 3 , dress , or behaviour : there is no difference in the men of fashion between the English and the Swedes

    for they dress the Fame , and ? eem very cbmpiai . ant ; but the women want neatness in their behaviour ; for 1 was sitting by a young Countess , fas they called her ;) she not regarding where she spat made m , e watch her the mare , and by good luck I catchd up my coat just in time , or I should have had what I had trmch

    rather she would have kept to herself . Their children , I perceive , do very rarely sit before their parents till thfcy are 13 or 14 years old ; and the children always salute the lady of a house , or stranger , by taking up her petticoat to kiss it , anc } kneeling on one knee th ©

    while , and the lady at the same time keeps brushing her coat , and looks uneasy at the respect that is ,-shew'd her . Soon after I came here , a little Swede came to me in the same way ; I concluded some hi « leous thing was on my coat , and eagerly endeavoured to help her off with it , but 1 soon saw my mistake , and kissed her face in return .

    . All the provision here is very , indifferent to what is in Kngland ; their mutton as big as our small lamb , and their lamb just as big as your cat , Blacky ; and a great deal of Cow beef they kill here is a standard for beef , but the

    English have better beef , and give more in private . They eat a vast deal of salt meat of all sorts ; and have good fish , only make it all so salt , and have such filthy butter , that I've never tasted bit nor drop since here I came . They have a g reat many dishes both , at dinner and

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    The Say Papers . —Original Letter of Mrs . itf . ShtpparcVs ^

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1809, page 305, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1737/page/3/