Love and madness, a story too true, in a series of letters between parties, whose names would perhaps be mentioned, were they less known, or less lamented

9. Mifs to Mr. H. Hinchinbrook, Christmas Day. 18
Sufpicions of Omiah--cannot meet him to-day
-wishes his delicacy would permit his vifit-
ing at Hinchinbrook as ufual--fends her picture
Mr. H. to Mifs. Huntingdon, 28 Dec.
Thanks her for condefcending to remove
his groundless cause of jealoufy-lines on
her picture.

II.

12.

The Same to the Same. Huntingdon, 1 Jan. 76

On the new year-the foldier, whom the

defired him to beg off, was not punished.

The Same to the Same. Huntingdon, 8 Feb.
After having been weather-bound three
weeks by the fnow at Hinchinbrook--uneafy
at the recollection of the return he made to
Lord S-'s hofpitality.

13. The Same to the Same. Huntingdon, 16 Feb.

Praises her perfon and understanding, and

her talents for mufic-fpeaks of his ungo-

vernable paffions-fends her Ofian, and

Logan's fpeech to Lord Dunmore."

The Same to the Same. Huntingdon, 22 Feb.
On nature and fublimity in defcription-on
Robinfon Crufoe, Faldoni and Teresa Meunier
-Jerningham's poem on their story ridiculed
-begs fhe will not forget to-morrow.

15. Mifs

to Mr. H. Hinchinbrook, 23 Feb.
Alarmed at his not keeping the appointment
-fad dreams last night-thought he and
Lord Skilled each other in a duel.

16. The Same to the Same. Hinchinbrook, 24 Feb.

Lord S is called to town by business-she

goes up alone, and promises to stop a night

on the road-proposes to take a hint from

the Duke of C. and Lady G. at St. Alban's.

Huntingdon, 26 Feb.

Impatient for her journey-lines on her

birth-day-has fent his fervant off to pre-

pare things where she is to stop.

Mifs to Mr. H. Hinchinbrook, 27 Feb.

His schemes are planned in vain--it is fettled
fhe goes up poft, and goes through in a day.
Heckerill, March.

Mr. H. to Mifs

Does not thank her for contriving to stop at

Hockerill, because she enjoined him not;

and the purity of his affection will not fuf-

fer him-reminds her of a key fhe promised

him to the Admiralty, but declares Lord

S's roof fhall never more be infulted

with their joys-a fong.

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The Same to the Same. Can. Coff. Ho. 17 Mar. 44

Protefts folemnly that what he had just told

her about marrying her, came from the bot-

tom of his heart-never fhall be in his fen-

fes till fhe confents-will never more fuffer

her to make him happy, till the suffers him

to make her his wife.

The Same to the Same.

ib.

The fame date.
Infifts upon her explaining what she meant
juft now, by an infupcrable reafon for not
marrying him.

Mifs to Mr. H. Admiralty, the fame day. 49

Fate ftands between them-they are doom-

ed to be wretched-why cannot they imi-

tate Faldoni and Terefa?-she could die

with pleafure by his hand-her infuperable

reafon is the circumftance of her debts-

fhe fwears fhe will never marry him while she

owes a filing-thanks him for determining

to drop all particular intercourfe till their

marriage-begs him to tear himself away,

and join his regiment in Ireland.

23. Mr. H.to Mils, Can. Coff. Ho. 17 March,

Letter

24.

He will endeavour to take her cruel advice,

and join his regiment.

Mifs to Mr. H. Admiralty, 19 March.
Begs him not to write, nor fee her fo often--
intreats him on the bended knees of love to go.
Mr. H. to Mifs Ireland, 26 March.
Love and tendernefs on their cruel feparation

26. The Same to the Same. Ireland, 8 April.

25.

On their fituation, and a word of the Irish.

27. The Same to the Same. Ireland, 20 April.

On the wealth of poets-a poem "on the

Love of our Country."

28. The Same to the Same. Ireland, 3 May.

Written with an affectation of good fpirits-

returns a bank-note fhe had fent him-

anecdote of Mifs Catley,

The Same to the Same. Ireland, 29 May.
Refuses to let her go upon the stage for their
fupport-Boardingham murdered by his
wife and her paramour, at Flamborough-
pedigree of the word bumper.

29.

30. The Same to the Same. Ireland, 18 June.

Prophecy of Ireland--the author of Junius--

character of Mrs. ****, and of her husband,

who can do every thing but lofe at cards

-letter from Lord Gower, recommend-

ing Samuel Johnson to Swift.

31. Mifs to Mr. H. England, 25 June.

Lively reproof of jealoufy for what his

laft faid of Mrs. ****,

32.

Mr. H. to Mifs

Ireland, 1 July.

Love and tenderness-begs her to fend
him Werther."

33. Mifs

to Mr. H. England, 20 Aug.

Uneafy, diftreffed, at not hearing for fo long

a time--apprehenfive that he may have seen

Werther" (which the begs him never to

read)

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Letter

read) and may have followed the horrid ex-
ample-a distracted addrefs to any perfon
whofe hands her letter may fall.

34. Mr. H. to Mifs —, Ireland, 10 Sept.

His late filence occafioned by illness-anec-

dote of a letter in the 71st number of the

Spectator.

35. The Same to the Same. Ireland, 15 Sept.

Character of Mr. *****—Irish robbery-

anecdote of Irish history.

36. The Same to the Same. Ireland, 18 Sept.

Story of Count Alberti-poetical ridicule of

an aftrological father.

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76.

37. The Same to the Same. Ireland, 26 Jan. 1777.90
Lord Harcourt quits his vice-royalty-as an
answer to her reproofs for the tenderness of
his letters, fends her a letter to Lady Marl-
borough from her royal mistress.

38. The Same to the Same. Ireland, 6 Feb.

Extraordinary will of Jane Dixon, a Scotch

fuicide.

39. The Same to the Same.

93.

Ireland. 27 March. 96

A beautiful French- poem.

40. The Same to the Same. Ireland, 20 April.

In answer to one that does not appear, by

which he learnt she is very ill-anecdote of

the death of the Irish Chief Justice, Sir

William Yorke-determined to go to Eng-

land, in confequence of her illness, though

for that purpose he should be obliged to fell

out.

41 The Same to the Same. Cannon Coffee-Ho.4 May. 100

Distracted that he cannot gain admittance at

the Admiralty, in confequence of her dan-

gerous illness.

42. Mifs's maid to Mr. H. Admiralty, 4 May 101

Written from Mifs

-'s mouth-he is

given over, and dying

(finished by her maid) to Mr. H. The

fame date, 5 o'clock.

Her diforder has taken a fudden turn for the

The day on which Dr. Dodd fuffered-he
was prefent-obfervations thereon—almost
broke his chafte refolutions of forbearance in
their first interview after her late recovery-
defends his felling out of the army-propo-
fes to take orders.

45. The Same to the Same. 7 July.

Abfolutely forbids her keeping her appoint-

ment with Mrs. Yates, about going on the

stage.

46. The Same to the Same.

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