Volume the First: Diplomatic DisplayOxfordBodleian Library, MS.Don.e.7.
" a peculiar sweetneſs in them that I never""saw equalled & cannot describe —. Partiality"" aside, I am certainly more accomplished""in every Language, every Science, every Art"" & every thing than any other person in "" Europe. My temper is even, my virtues "" innumerable, my self unparalelled. Since"" such Sir is my character, what do you""mean by wishing me to marry your Daughter?"" Let me give you a short sketch of yourself ""& of her. I look upon you Sir to be a very""good sort of Man in the main; a drunken""old Dog to be sure, but that's nothing to me. "