Volume the Second: Diplomatic DisplayLondonBritish Library, Add. MS. 59874
has
her own way, and very lively when she isnot out of humour. She
is naturally extrava::gant and not very
affected; she never readsany thing but the letters she receives
from me,and never writes any thing but her answersto them.
She plays, sings & Dances, but
hasno taste for either, and excells in none, tho'thoughshe says she is paſsionately fond of all.
Perhapsyou may flatter me so far as to be surprisedthat
one of whom ofI1 speak with
so little affec::tion should be my particular
freind; but to tellyou
the truth, our freindship arose
rather fromCaprice on her side,herself than Esteem on mine. We
spenttwo or three days together with a Lady in Berkshire
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