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f creaseine in it , and be sure to press him to nothing , but what he is forward in tomself to do . In your last , you seemed desirous of my coming to town ; I have many reasons to desire to be there , hut I doubt whether ever I shall see it againl ' --Take ^ not-ttik . for a spleiietic thought ; I thank God I have no melancholy on ^ that account , but I cannot but feel what I feel ; my shortness of breath is so-far from W&ktg relieved ^ by the renewing season of the year as it tised to be , kthfot It sensibly increases upon nie . 'Twas not therefore in a fit
of dispiritedness , or to prevail ^ with yon to let nie see you , that in my former I mentioned the sii [ 6 * tniEis& M the ftnrel thought I liad in this world . I spoke it then ; and repeat ft now upon sober mid sedate consideration . I have severaf tbirigs to talkto you of , land sobe of present concernmenX id yourself , and I know not whether this may not be my last time of seeing you . I shall not die die sooner for having cast up my reckoning-, and judging as impartially of my state as I can . I hope I shall not live one jot the less cheerfully the time that I am here , nor neglect any of the offices of fife whilst 1 have it ;
for whether it be a month , or a year , or seven years longer , the longest any one out of kindness or compliment can propose to me is so near nothing tvhen J c 4 iisidered ^ and in resp ec t of eternity , that rf the s | #% ^ death can . put ; an end to the comforts of life , it is always near ; enough , ! e ||| e ^ ia $ y to one of rty age , to have no satisfaction in living-. / \ : " , ** I am yout ai * fection&te $ 6 i | s&V " 7 ¦ '> ¦ > AntfiM& ^ etv ^ ;
To the same person he writes this , which was probably hfe tkstietief- ^ alni j Ost the last words of a Christian philosopher-r * -to a kind and feeling frfen ^ l r ' ,. tt is too deeply interesting , too characteristic of the best qualities tpth of the heart and understanding of the author , to be overlooked ^ r ^ ¦¦
¦ T ' : : " .. ' . " . . ' * & ^ il ^ £$ ifah ' ** TJtt ^ r ^" eml 4 no letters from you since the , 20 ^ . ... jtr ^ eni ^^ ej ^ ^^ ti ^ eiid m ; a ^ Teijfcb , a b ^ y time witn you , and you intend , tQ p $ l $$ p & $ & $ & whidii is better tl ^ an writing at a distance . Pray « be sure tQ prqer ^ y ^ u ? r ^ np ^* t ^ 8 ^ ^ " 3 dI t& spfehd ^ all tixe nekt week with le ; ifii' ^^ i l' ^ % | n 3 ^ jjjw guess , it will be tlie last week I am ever lifeelv iojh&yp yi % ^ c | u t |^ % l srl iriistake n ^ jt tery ^ ^ much ^ I have very little titne left .. & \ t %# _ i qwl ! f ? h % *^ r fdrtable , and to uie usually restorative season pf J&e ^ ye&r O ^ 6 ^ ^| e |^ jCwv on niefor the better : on the contrary , my shortness of bWath ^ ^ nd . u ^ e ^ s ^^ s ^ ef ^ eW ^ daV increases ; my stomach , without ; anf visible cause * smnbMdebavsi f
iti mat " afll appearances coffcurto warn me , that th $ di « $ q ^ utipn , W b ^ ^^ fcVgk ig / not far off . IRefuse pot ^ therefore , to help me tp pas ^ so ^ q £ S ^ i ^ t hour ^ Wtny ^ Hfe a ^ easily as may be in the qonversafiion &f 0 ^ y ^ o , feWff iitSf the nearest , but the dearest to me , of any man , in . $ { & ^ rlg * i ^ mth WWJ&fy 4 S *?! ; * $ fc to , i $ *> w % ^ f can iaflkj ty pppqjfe I , ' ^\ f % f ^^ t therefore desire vdtf again , deny not this to my affection . know nomi ^ ja ); juch a time so desirable , A and bo ^ ft * V a *> ^ ^ pn ^^ rsjati p ^ A& pJtim $ one - loVes andyeiiefl to * it fc wee ^ fr ^ frpm ^ usine ^ j Gg , jg itj ^ ere pp ^ p ^ mfe ; Make fatitel , thiteiork on $ ^ iirday ^ ari 4 ( T | > e : ter 4 eariy Ilonjy till ^ e trouble about them ; such desires are usually but the fancy seeking pleasure
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1829, page 646, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2576/page/46/
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