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In another part of his letter he wrote thus 'You see my letter is dated

on many different days, and, if you look back to the first, you will

perceive, that I began to write soon after your departure from France

To write was, indeed, the only employment that withdrew me from my own

melancholy, and rendered your absence supportable, or rather, it see with you on paper,

and telling you every sentiment and affection of my heart, you almost

appeared to be present This employment has been from ti off h it was certain, that what I

had written, ritten to no purpose till you received it Whenever my

mind has been more than usually depressed I have come to pour forth its

sorrows to you, and have always found consolation; and, when any little

occurrence has interested leam of joy to my

spirits, I have hastened to communicate it to you, and have received

reflected satisfaction

Thus, hts for the lastto me, while I wrote it, and I dare hope will, for

the same reason, be not indifferent to you, yet to other readers it

would seem to abound only in frivolities Thus it is always, e

attempt to describe the finer movements of the heart, for they are too