BC_1740_EMONTAGU_AD_5

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<Q A 1740? TC AD EMONTAGU>
<X ELIZABETH MONTAGU>
 [}ELIZABETH ROBINSON TO ANNE DONNELLAN. 1740? MO 812. FRAGMENT.}]
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posteriors of the World which bear the blows kicks & Chastisment these are the idle & Lazy which are whipt for the good of the other members who sit hard upon them, & make their very rest painfull. D=r= Shaw is just come he is full of Laughter & communicates it. D=r= Clarke is with us also, he is a very agreable Companion: D=r= Young makes up the Triumvire of Divines, he is all three together he has a head of wisdom a heart of honesty, & a mind of chearfulness. Think how the hours [\WORD INTO fly\] in our Society! Oh Cruel time that seems to linger with the wretch in pain
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if she would get me a bottle of Lavender water (I had some sent me by M=r= Clark but it is not sweet enough) I should think her the most obliging Nymph in London, that you are the most patient & I am the most impertinent Person in England I really believe already, & if you forgive this fault with the ease & freedom I have committed it you will further convince me thereof. M=rs= Dewes is better, the Dutchess I hope is well, & your humble Servant is well enough, in tolerable health but [\not/] in strength & pride of Constitution. I have got rid of my cold & am much better than when M=r= Clarke was here & my face is not swell'd at all. All here are much yours
   I am intirely your
   Eliza Robinson