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on iforteywftti « ibst excelfent ftiend ; < # ith your' « whole family , s 6 w ishes , M $ ie ^ ctidnM « iy , ' ^ hnu t wi ytvytidfywdi itdevoted , ' < - : ¦ _ : ^) -ih : K \ y .- > * Jl UKIKE . : . fei ~ 'f » t ; , ' * r •!» " ?¦ ' !<¦> i ' . ; : •¦> ¦ . ¦ ' - ~ ¦ . ¦ , l ; ;
¦ * ^ te ^ faT fe ip !» A LitriborehT . ^ nai ^ i Hrwtyt ? rd&W'r : i ? $ '' J ®» 4 ^ 89 . *^ 5 HE » Wcifcmy earnest wish , tiiost ex-< S ^ nti tfriend ; before ; I left this
couniiMjif Jf&tf have haul ail opportunity of vi ^ ftifig my friend 3 ^ t Amsterdam ^ and ^ jpecta * iy < yoarself ; Yet every thing fc ^ proved adverse , as if on purpose to tmnittib ^ wishes . First , the frosty aira ^ heii my 1 iurrv ' : since Which the
4 Paitt ^ has >| lrevented my journey . Foi % Iaat ; Saturdayy going to the Hague tfiatl might thefre prevail on a noble laifly to accompany me to Amsterdam , wliere she had designed to go , a . very violent shower ^ overtook me on the
Toad to Delft , i and ineomimod ed me all the way to the Hague * Tho ^ I arrived wet throug&v 5 i a » d' instead- of ^ oing on to you the same « evening the f lady not" only dissuaded the , on account of th ^ e £ r ^ at danger to my health , but even forbade the J ourney .
Thus the rain ,, which before had scarcely fallen for two months , disappointed me everi of that short ' interview whi £ h I ijoyfully expected when Iset ' Offl At the court I found every thing prepared for departure , with so much impatience of delay , that it was generally believed that the Princess ' s fleet would sajl the first , , favourable
wind . * I , indeed , began my intended joqrney to ! 4 ypi | , . trijsting not so mach ^ r ^ ie wind , as to t ] he r ? Mgiorj of -fop Ppiqcjess > whicl | , I . scarcely thpu-gh ^ would suffer feer ; to : biegin thie . voyage oa a I ^ ord s day # even though an east wind-shbuJd invite her . -Bui now
ttiiywmt only for such a wind eis iriay dliit the navigation , that they iftijtt $ 0 ^ ^ btt biik rd fhe shifti ; 1 ^ . i ^^ t ^ hither ^ s ^ rd ^ HqW' * I ^* ' : l : > fi * liV . |>^ V ^ la » ecl Jiera ' ' * m * » Pt Jt ! bi ^ J f > w ^ y ? iv : ^ know w ^ ll eiiouglv ; t&at nothing ; , ist niom irksome thaxi to ^ e even fotigued with
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leisure , and yet not to conimand time for a favourite jiurpose / llo # I iBri ^ to pass an hour or twb among you ^ the countenance , the speech ^ the eitnbrdice of friends have an indescribable value , of which I long to pariakeJ -Your attachment to me , and mine to you
cannot be doubted ; nor could our mutual friendship be increased by the cercfmoiiy of a farewell . Yet I wish to see you , to shake your hand , and to repeat the declaration that I am
entirely yours * . - Should this be mow denied me , let me tobpe for it at a future time , for . Twould ? dtot augur . so ill to myself , ' as to * suppose that the diy will not arrive for us to ntefet
again . Many things have inclined me - to sei ^ e # he present opportunity of sailing homewards 5 theexpeCtktiori of my frifendsy my private concerns , now so long neglected , the frequent pfractea , ' arid especially such' a safe
conveyance , afforded jne by th ^ 1 nendship and attention of the noble lad y ^ whom I am accoinpa-nying . Yet , I trust , * ¦ * you wiA be assured , that here I have found for myself another country , and I may almost say other relations iior whatcfrer ^ most en&ears the
name- — . good-vvill , affeQtion , 5 charity , all those things , . whose ties are strpnger than those qf blopd , to connect and bind tti&ti fe ^ eth ^; tiftes ^ f have Iarg 6 l ^ eipe ^ ieneied aiiiiorig y bu . I liiave tietii ttiends ever to ¦ b £ revered by xne , and such as 1 wbirfd'feiiil ^ e-
visit ; should leisure and pbbojrtiihity be allows ! $ & ? ' < This Isu ^ * kjtow , that J depiart ^ With k dtesi r ^ of mfoirnihg ' again ; tii fih ar 6 ? with tUenfft f tbt ^ fe sfhete ^ e aiidf sdlid ^ iit 6 N (^ iehfs ; thU * ttid Influeiice M which THav ^ &&& { && s ^^ liat , ^ hil ^ faf i ^ orn ' niy ^ wtt # > iiC tii ^ kiofhs , aWd ; Wttffeting iti q ( #$ 6 thet V ^ e ^ t ; I nfevfef felt % n ' y sibknfes of ihemitid . < '" - * w- , ^ . :- ^ ¦ ¦ V * ^ " > i
'¦> . « S' ' «* yoii , ( tti # ! br jtienV ^ st mtMy ^ tid ^ l ^ ed , ) wiie ^ PTOfe ^? H 'Jg ^ W MW i ^ hte ^ iati & ® + < m ^> m ffl&w ^ mm ? Kfcwft fe »« 4 f w y w * fm * fam $° m > ( mot . sp ! e ^ k ) Of tNjre « t , ) w ^ tiaxu ^ always make me feel grateful for <^ e
ye * if « < l have passed among you ^ so pleasant arid improving ..-. Nor da J knaw how such & portion of my lifip coi ^ ld have b ^ ih ^ fel ^ wh *^ ^ Hgf ^ t ^^ MV . c ^ i ^ fal ^ ftd ^ k w ^ more improvement . - ^
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2 « S - ' The Correspondence between Lvoke and Limborchytranslated
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1818, page 228, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2475/page/4/
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