“I have prepared another edition of the Lay, 1500 strong, moved thereunto by
the faith, hope, and charity of the London booksellers. . . . . If you could,
in the interim, find a moment to spend here, you know the way, and the ford is
where it was; which, by the way, is more than I expected after Saturday last,
the most dreadful storm of thunder and lightning I ever witnessed. The
lightning broke repeatedly in our immediate vicinity, i.e. betwixt us and the Peel wood. Charlotte resolved to die in bed like a good Christian. The
servants said it was the preface to the end of the world, and I was the only
person that maintained my character for stoicism, which I assure you had some
merit, as I
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