. Epistolae Ho-Elianae. The familiar letters. Edited by Joseph Jacobs. of years have now passd oer my head, and someWinters more (for all my life, considering the few Sun-shines I have had, may be calld nothing but Winters), yet,I thank God fort, I find no symptom of decay, either inbody, sense, or intellectuals. But, writing thus extra-vagantly, methinks I hear you say. That this Letter shewsI begin to dote, and grow idle; therefore I will displaymyself no further to you at this time. To tell you the naked truth, my dear Tom, the highestpitch of my aim is, that by some condition or other, I m
. Epistolae Ho-Elianae. The familiar letters. Edited by Joseph Jacobs. of years have now passd oer my head, and someWinters more (for all my life, considering the few Sun-shines I have had, may be calld nothing but Winters), yet,I thank God fort, I find no symptom of decay, either inbody, sense, or intellectuals. But, writing thus extra-vagantly, methinks I hear you say. That this Letter shewsI begin to dote, and grow idle; therefore I will displaymyself no further to you at this time. To tell you the naked truth, my dear Tom, the highestpitch of my aim is, that by some condition or other, I maybe enabled at last (tho I be put to sow, the time that othersuse to reap) to quit scores with the World, but never tocancel that precious obligation wherein I am indissolublybound to live and die—Your true constant Friend, J. H. Fro?n the Fleet, 28 of Apr. 1645. AD LI BRUM: Sine me, Liber, ibis in Aulam, Hei mihi, quod Domino no7i licet ire tuo ! Ovid. To his Book : Thou mafst to Court, and p7-ogress to and fro ;Oh, that thy captivd Master could do so ! Familiar. Familiar Letters. BOOK II.
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