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Eartham
Sunday
Nov 4 1792
My dear Eliza
Accept our best Thanks for your lovely pacquet – your Irish Riddle is one of the happiest poetical Riddles I ever saw – an interesting Subject very delicately treated in Elegant Verse – Tho I agree with you & the Muse of Litchfield in yr general dislike to Riddles, I cannot fail to applaud this pleasant Specimen of Irish Vivacity ---
Poor Giovanni – I grieve to hear you say He is expected to return an Invalide from the Sea Side I fear his Constitution is wearing out apace, & \that/ the poor Muse will have the bitter Affliction of seeing