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is painting of you - the Figure should be sitting in Virgil^s Tomb by Lamp light & it would then be worthy of the subject & the Painter —– I am highly flattered by yr Father^s warm-hearted Invitation & Entertaining Letter – Nothing could inspire 73 with this animated Spirit but such a daughter —— I long to see you both & will if possible contrive to spend a week or two with you in the Course of the Winter - in the mean Time let the inclosed speak my sense of his most friendly Invitation — In return for yr Entertaining Epigrams (of which that on Cockle shells is my favourite) accept the copy of a few Verses which I lately scribbled to Gibbon who is now in our County, & is soon expected here – Pray keep them entirely to yrselves – adieu! Write to me my dr Sister

Most cordially yrs

In great Haste
WH

Eliza desires to be kindly remembered to you