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think amuse you – the political Lady is a phenomenon - with a large portion I think of sound sense & a little dash of Absurdity –
I have just got your polite Friend Sir Brookes new publication who does not treat Payne I think with his usual politeness He censures both the aristocratical Senator & the democratical Plebeian with great Spirit & in general perhaps with equal Justice but with an acrimonious Severity on the Person & condition of the latter that appears to me a little inconsistent with his accustomed Good Nature & his ardent Attachment to Freedom What He says of Rousseau is worthy of Himself & of that exquisite Writer, whose Friendship He had the Happiness of enjoying —
My paper is full before I was aware of it – so accept an abrupt but Sincere Benediction both from the great & little Hermit
& believe me Ever yr affectionate H