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much recovered, tho having been obliged to scribble many letters this morning, I have hardly an eye left to tell you so — so excuse illegibility.
I believe there is a fatality attends preaching, for I had no sooner given you a sermon against poetical Indiscretion, that I practiced the Sin I preached against, & have suffered for it accordingly.
In spite of these mischances, I am bold enough to fix a day for my setting forth – I mean to sally like Don Quixote from my study tomorrow Fortnight, that is Monday the 10th of december, to reach Derby on the Saturday