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nofc told J me that you were now the mitiki Let Pitt be Pitt aiid Perceval bef Perceval ( arn ' t they dead tho ?) neither of them could ever feather his nest like
sensible men of your profession . An old master , an old mistress , foil confidence , full larder , ready money , range of market , grocer , butcher , fishmonger . . East arid West Indies shrink ,
as the man in the play says , like a shrivelled scrole , before your blazing fire , blessed Isaac ! You desired me , at parting , not to put myself to any inconvenience : and indeed I found
not the least in slipping my hand again into my pockets , not to hurt your feelings . My mother used to say , < Q That child always does as he ' s bid . " I forget whether she said it of me or my brother Ned . I am inclined to think it was of me ;
and I had always a great regard for my mother , and cherish her memory . She died the other day in the hospital , poor woman , after lingering two or three years . . or more , for what I know . I had not time
to look in upon her before I left London ; and Lady C . in whose service I was then living , said that such sort of things were very distressing to both parties , and do good to neither . She said that if she could have
seen me once more , ( I mean my mother . . and perhaps the other may say it too ) she could have died happy . I dare say she thought so ; but who knows wjiether she could ? and I could not get up from cards in the
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evenirig . ; and leave iny pattner . . and as for the daytime , I had only Sundays to be idle in . At all events , she is just as happy now as if she had seen me . . and so am I . And
if such sort of things are very distressing , I should have been very wrong to have thought about it , for my mother was distressed enough all her life .
I wish you plenty of fun and foxes , and am , Honest Isaac , Your hearty Friend , J . J . StivEBs .
P . S . A few months ago I was appointed secretary to master . . but upon my honour I am not much richer than I was before , which made me refer to you . . you know what business , fearing that you might have heard more than the fact .
In future be pleased to direct to me J . J . Stivers , Esq ., Secretary to Milord Raikes , Esq . at C 6 nio , where our honest , rosy-faced Queen was . I am come the day after the fair . Non e' £ rimedio ! as master ' s
tailor said , when master cut his bill sheer thro the middle , and asked him which half he chose should be paid . MR HOMFRAY TO J . J . STIVERS , ESgltE . &C .
Stivers , I can no longer be of any service to you . Let me warn you however lest you get into a scrape by offering money for certain places under gpvernment . If you do it * do it in
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High and Low Mfe in Italy * ft&l
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 1, 1837, page 331, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1837/page/35/
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