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you have had the Happiness & the Wisdom to avoid – Good Heaven^s How did I slip into this nonsensical Rhapsody – I certainly was not born for an Œconomist, for I never tried to be Œconomical, or even to talk about Œconomy, as at present, without shewing more Folly than discretion -

Forgive me & Farewell! my Eyes oblige me to throw down my Pen tho I have a thousand things to say to you – – Give our kind Love to Giovanni - Eliza is much obliged to Him for His illeg \Kind Letter & Songs/ - Harris'^s \Air/ is a great Favourite of Mine - its Festivity is enchanting– it makes the Blood dance in my veins – Eliza by the way has just got a couple of delightful new Songs, which we shall