Letters, Written, Volume 2T. Davies, 1766 |
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Adieu affairs affure againſt Amesbury anſwer Arbuthnott ARBUTHNOTT to Dr becauſe Beggar's Opera believe beſt Bolingbroke to Dr buſineſs cafe cauſe dean DEAR SIR defign defire duchefs duke elſe eſteem fafe faid fame favour feem fend fenfe fent ferve fervice feven fhall fhew fide fince fincere firſt fome foon forry fpirits friends friendſhip ftate ftill fuch fummer fure GAY to Dr give greateſt happineſs hath hear Herefordshire himſelf honour hope houſe humble fervant intereft Ireland John Gay juſt lady laft laſt leaſt letter London lord Bathurst Lord BOLINGBROKE lord Harley minifters moft Monfieur moſt muſt myſelf neceffary never occafion paſs perfon pleaſe pleaſure Pope prefent promiſed publiſhed purpoſe reaſon refpect ſay ſee ſeems ſhall ſhe ſhould Sir William Wyndham ſome ſpeak ſtate ſtill ſuch SWIFT tell theſe thing thofe thoſe Twickenham uſe wiſh writ write your's yourſelf
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