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LETTER XXV.

You have given me cause to complain of you. You
have, indeed, assigned as a reason for your silence, the want
of a subject on which to write. But surely you might send
me some translation, Latin, French, or English, which

would serve to amuse a solitary hour, (for I am almost without
society or books,) and afford proof of your application.
I do most earnestly exhort you both to a proper employment
of your time—which, now misspent, is for ever lost.

When you see Hodijah, remember me very cordially to
him. I have sometimes hoped that he would write to me;
but it seems I flattered myself in vain.

God bless you both: let me know how you employ yourselves.