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<Q A 1761? TC WP EMONTAGU>
<X ELIZABETH MONTAGU>
[}ELIZABETH MONTAGU TO WILLIAM PULTENEY, EARL OF BATH. C. 1761. MO 4510}]
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My Lord
   A thousand thanks for my charming airing yesterday. It gave me spirits to read till one o'clock in the morning, & health to sleep from that time till this instant, a most unreasonable dose of sleep I will confess, but as my whole life [\is/] but a dream I should not much regret it, if it was [\not/] sunday morning, & I cannot be ready for Church. I sent to the Book sellers for Henry & Frances letters, but by a mistake of M=rs= Donnellans from whom I had the subscriptions could not get them. I will take care that your Lordship shall have them to morrow. I dare say the generality of men admire Frances's letters as the virtuosi do a spiders web, surprized that any animal can spin so fine a thread, & fancying some blundering, buzzing, great flesh fly, will break through all this delicate texture. But you will find sentiment & delicacy triumph at last, & M=r= Henry becomes very platonick. I think her letters extreamly pretty, more tender than the pride of the Fair Sex perhaps will allow, but where virtue receives no injury true dignity can never be hurt. I do not indeed think Henry deserves so amiable a creature, he seems to be a lively superficial Irishman, but the fair ones sentiments are charming. Many thanks for y=e= Venison &c &c. I hope to [\WORD DELETED\] [\meet/] what I think more essential stile to making a good dinner at M=rs= Veseys table to morrow. I hope your Lordship was not the worse for the airing Monsey is very jealous & vows he will carry M=rs= Vesey into a
Forrest
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[\ADDRESS\] Earl of Bath