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Letter 15
14 June
1769
NLS: MS 25295, ff. 148-149
My dear Lord,
I had the honour of your obliging Letter of the 24 of last April: and I deferred my acknowlegment for it, till I had received, & carefully read your Preface & notes; which I lately received from your Brother,[42] to whom I have carefully returned them. I read them with much pleasure & instruction. They are written with the utmost judgment & knowlege of the subject; and enlivened here & there (tho' they did not want that help) with delicate strokes of Satire & ridicule, which these miserable times will force from every generous mind.
Your Lordship & I think alike with regard to the use of Religion to Society, and with regard to its truth. With regard to its use Ministers of State
I heartily condole with your Lordship on your domestic loss.[43] The sweet plaintive lines occasioned by this loss, would make all your friends call to mind the,
Qualis Populea mærens Philomela sub umbra Amisos queritur foetus—
Lordship's faithfull & affectionate
humble Servant
W. Gloucester [f.149 blank]
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