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remembered to you with many thanks for yr obliging Letter which He would have answered immediately had not writing a Letter to an accomplished Lady been ever an object of Terror to his too modest Imagination —

you wish for a more characteristick Account of the enchanting Cowper – I must tell you therefore He is at the age of sixty one a florid healthy Figure a little taller than Sargent with an interesting Countenance that expresses Intelligence & energy of Mind with Sweetness of Manners & a certain tender undescribable [sic] Mixture of Melancholy & chearfulness, Gravity & Sportive Humour which give an admirable & delightful Variety of attraction to his Character— We have had the great satisfaction of seeing his venerable Muse gain a little Accession of Strength every day in her injured Limbs —I continue to electrify