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It is unusually long since you have heard from me,
My idlest season however is not wholly unproductive. On the arrival of the expected parcel from Lisbon I lost no time
in preparing a portion of the Cid for the printer, & have already received two proofs from them: which I am sorry they
did not pass thro your hands.in loco, – & reserve the discursive & supererogatory for the end, the sheet shall be sent
to you by & by for your perusal & annotation before their after-crop of remarks be sent off. Section by section the references
are placed in the margin, after the goodly fashion of old times, at the end of each, – & at the beginning in like manner the
argument, or contents – The notes are numbered 1, 2, 3 &c in every book. I do not think any thing which can facilitate the readers
progress has been overlooked.
Biddlecombe provokes me with his tedious delays. Whenever the wind blows
with a wintry sound I think of my books & am tempted to let fly an execration at him for having detained them till the summer is
over, & then doubled or trebled the risque of their voyage.xxxxx of the Jesuits letters from their various missions which contain matter to my purpose. Whether
these little be Cartas Annuaesn. d. – Regulae, &c. Soc. Jesu, Antv. 1635, and others on the
Jesuits together 7 vol.’. None of the Cartas Annuaes is listed as such.
A very pretty concluding chapter our wise Generals have cut out for the History of the River Plata! – I am glad of the
evacuation of a country which none but fools would ever have dreamt of keeping & am consoled for the disgrace by recollecting how
much of it rests upon the shoulders of Crauford whom I abhominate for his babbling about fortifications & his admiration of
Mack.
You have probably by this time received Palmerin.
Remember me to Mrs Rickman. I shall see her before the winter is expired, & rely upon her coming here next summer.
t. 22. 1807
I am glad to read of Tobins marriage.n eyeless <blind> husband than a brainless one.