 | Letters, by several eminent persons deceased (1772) |  |
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Written in a window at Greenhithe .
Great president of light and eye of day,As through this glass you cast your visual ray,
And view with nuptial joys two brothers blest,
And see us celebrate the genial feast,
Confess, that, in your progress round the sphere,
You've found the happiest youths and brightest beauties here.
1708.
Ince Grice (now called Ingress) a place once belonging to the priory of Dartford, very agreeably situated near the Thames. It then belonged to Jonathan Smith, esq; who, with his brother Capt. Nathaniel Smith resided there, and made considerable improvements in the house and gardens.
See “Harris's history of Kent,” p. 309. See also letter v of this collection, p. 20.
It is now the seat of John Calcraft, esq; member of parliament for Rochester.
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