:,r'^K.  "With  the  Reviews,  I  have  been  much  enter-

'  ;  ,ined.    It  requires  to  be  as  far  from  England  as  I

^•:r-^'''n  torelisha  periodical  paper  properly:  it  is  like

j^f;..:>^,')da-water  in  an  Italian  summer.    But  what  cruel

'     ork  you  make  with  Lady  Morgan!    Yon  should

.f,-::'-  icoUectthatsheis  a  woman;  tnough,  to  be  sure,

'],^,jii*"  ley  are  now  and  then  very  provoking ;  still  as  au-

Z^^      loresses  they  can  do  no  great  harm ;  and  I  think

,"L«s*;isa  pity  so  much  good  invective  should  have

;';^^v^een  laid  out  upon  her,  when  there  is  such  a  fine

^'tui^^eld  of  us.  Jacobin  gentlemen,  for  jrou  to  work

pi^     pon.    It  is,  perhaps,  as  bitter  a  critione  as  ever

ras  written,  and  enough  to  make  sad  work  for

'^)r.  Morgan,  both  as  husband  and  apothecary;—

nless  she  should  say,  as  Pope  did  of  some  attack

..  ^poD  him,  *  That  it  is  as  good  for  her  as  a  dose  of

^SlP'  artihom,'

^  <*I  heard  from  Moore  lately,  and  was  sorry  to  be

to^    aade  aware  of  his  domestic  loss.      Thus  it  is—

medio  de  fonte  leporum  '—in  the  acm^  of  his  Same

,  /-^ind  his  happiness  comes  a  drawback  ss  usual.
ict^r^     •  *^*^  .  •      •      •      P


been  made  the  father  of  a  very  fine  boT.*<*ttothsr
and  child  doing  very  well  indeed,  dj  tins  tim«
Hobhouse  riLOuId  be  with  you,  and  also  certain  poek*
eta,  letters,  ftc,  of  mine,  sent  since  his  departare
I  am  not  at  all  well  in  health  within  this  last  elgh
days.  My  xemembranoea  to  Gifford  and  all  fii^s.
"Yours,  &c,,

"B.
