“I congratulate your town and the country at large on their choice, and the trust they have conferred on you; it is a favourable symptom of recovery from a long lethargy, or rather, a callus in politics and legislation, which hitherto have not left it a doubt, what station was the post of honour.
“That you have accepted of it may surprise those who
know you not. You know, that at a
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“To me it is an event more immediately grateful; for though I am sensible that your new station, with its duties and attendant connections, must too frequently interfere with our mutual intercourse, yet you will inhabit London during a considerable portion of the year, when it will be in my power repeatedly to bask in the sunshine of your face, and to tell you how much I am your—Fuseli.”
