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<p style="text-align:right;">Derby Oct 14th. 1792</p> | <p style="text-align:right;">Derby Oct 14th. 1792</p> | ||
My dear H | My dear H | ||
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Derby Oct 14th. 1792
My dear H
I have now two pleasant letters to thank you for as that which ought to have arrived at Lichfield on Thursday fortnight followed me hither from thence two days after my return. It has no appearance of having wandered but strong marks of having been opened. However (as you say) there is no treason in it, & as it is arrived I am contented, since whatever you write is too good to be lost, & I had continued to regret it tho I had fresher assurances of health on the preceding day.
I can readily imagine how painful it must have been both for you & Cowper to part after so comfortable an intercourse The Bishop of Bristol (of whom you probably heard your new Friend speak) paid a morning visit to Miss Seward, & we rejoiced together