and made his escape. The ball wounded her but not mortally. Oh love, love, can't thou not be content to make fools of thy flaves, to make them miferable, to make them what thou pleaseft! Muft thou also goad them on to › crimes! must thou convert them into devils! LETTER L To the Same. street, 28 Jan. 1779. The short note I wrote to you laft night,.. immediately on my reaching town, you received, I hope. But why no answer to it? Why do you not fay when we shall meet? I have ten thousand things to tell you. My fituation in Norfolk is lovely. Exactly what you like. The parfonagehouse may be made very comfortable at a trifling expence. How happily fhall we spend our time there! How glad am I that I have I have taken orders, and what obligations have I to my dear B. to Mr. H. and Dr. V.! Now, my happiness can be deferred no longer. My character and profeffion are, now, additional weights in the fcale. Oh then, consent to marry me directly. The day I lead you to the altar will be the happiest day of my existence. Thanks, a thousand thanks for your tender and affectionate letters while I was in Norfolk. Be affured G. could mean nothing by what she said. She is our firm friend, I am perfuaded. About an hour ago, I called there; but she was out. Presently I fhall go again with this, in the hope of hearing fomething about you. Oh M.! every day I live I do but difcover more and more how impoffible it is for me to live without you. Don't forget the 5th of next month. We must keep that day facred together. LE T LETTER LI. To the Same. ftreet, 7 Feb. 1779. While I live I will never forget your behaviour yesterday. Were I to live an hundred years, I could never thank you enough. But your will be done. The note I rifqued yesterday you got, I hope. If you had not answered my last but one, I should certainly have thrown this bundle of papers into the fire. Since you are now a good girl again, I fend them to you. May they afford you any thing like entertainment! It was but last night I finished them.-Adieu.-Much as I dread the expedition, to-morrow I believe must be the day. 17 February, 79. LET LETTER To the Same. LII. At fea-20 February,, 1779. My dear little angel! I wrote my laft letter to you yesterday at 11 o'clock, juft when we failed. I dined at two o'clock, and, as for the afternoon, I had some mufic. I have my own fervant on board that plays, and a couple of hands from London for the fix weeks I am out. We were a good many at dinner. I had about nine people yesterday, and fhall have more when the rest of my fquadron join me. They ftaid with me till near feven. I got to fupper about nine o'clock; but I could not eat, and fo got to bed about 10.-I then prayed for you, my dearest love; kiffed your dearest little hair; and lay down, and dreamt of you; and had you on the dear little couch ten thousands times in my arms, kiffing you and telling you how much I loved and adored you; and you you feemeed pleased; but, alas, when I woke I found it all dillufion-no body by me but myself at fea. I rofe by time, at half paft five, and went upon deck. There I found my friend Billy, and walked with him for about an hour, till Barrington came to me. We then breakfafted about 8 o'clock, and by 9 I began and exercised the ships under my command till 12. It is now one, and when I finish this letter to you, my dear love, I fhall dress and go to dinner at two o'clock. It is a rule on board to dine at 2, breakfast at 8, and fup at 9-always, if nothing hinders me, I fhall be a-bed by 10, or foon after, and up by haif past five in the morning, in order to have, if there is any occafion, orders ready for the fleet under my command before I begin to exercife them-I am fure the account of this day's duty can be no pleasure to you, my love; yet it is exactly what I have done; and as I promised you always to let know my motions and my thoughts, I have now performed my promife this day to you you, |