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Your Goodness, as to flatter myself with
a fond Expectation that you wont confine
yourself to my Number of Epistles, but em-
ploy every Interval, that is not more a-
greably engaged, in imparting the highest
Delight to your Brother, a Delight peculiar to
yourself, which every other mortal united might
in vain pretend to: Have you frequenlty
offered to apollogize for the copiousness or
frequency of your Productions? Could I
have ever mistrusted anything like this? -- Pray
rather for the future, let the most insignificant
(insignificant only in comparison) of your
thoughts supply their Place; -- If at any time
you desire to see me on a more cheerful key
write my sister! (while speach is deny'd) write
if but one Line, and you have your Wish (if any
thing can do it) give me even a Blank: as a to-
ken of your Regard and I'm happy: Many
Clauses in your demand my particular atten-
tion to which I must again desire you to look
for an Answer another Day; I wish for a nearer
intercourse, that our thoughts might have redi(???)
(???) but a Reflection on the great unexpected
Attainment I have already made Quiet every
wave. -- I have already taken up