“Since I wrote to you last week I have received English
letters and papers, by which I perceive that what I took for an Italian truth is, after all, a French lie of the Gazette de France. It contains two ultra-falsehoods in as many lines. In the
first place, Lord B. did not bring forward his play, but opposed
the same; and, secondly, it was not condemned, but is continued
to be acted, in despite of publisher, author, Lord Chancellor, and (for aught I know to
the contrary) of audience, up to the first of May, at least—the latest date of my
letters. You will oblige me, then, by causing Mr. Gazette of France to contradict
himself,
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“As I have written to you often lately at some length, I won’t bore you further now, than by begging you to comply with my request; and I presume the ‘esprit du corps’ (is it ‘du’ or ‘de?’ for this is more than I know) will sufficiently urge you, as one of ‘ours,’ to set this affair in its real aspect. Believe me always yours ever and. most affectionately,
