Volume the Third: Diplomatic DisplayLondonBritish Library, Add. MS. 65381
James Edward Austen The Summer paſsed away unmarked by
anyincident worth narrating, save oneor any1
pleasure to Catharine save one, which arose from thereciept of a letter from her friend
Cecilianow Mrs : Lascelles, announcing theirthe2speedy return of herself & Husband to
EnglandA correspondaence productive indeed of little pleasure
to either party had been established between Camilla &
Catharine The latter had now lost the only satisfaction she
had ever received from the
lettersof Miſs Stanley, as that young Lady havinginformed her Friend of the departure of herBrother to Lyons now never mentionedhis name
— Her letters seldom containedany Intelligence except a descriptionthe accountof some new Article of Dreſs, an enumerationof various engagements, a panegirgepanegyric3 on Augusta Halifax & perhaps a littleabuse
of Sirthe4 unfortunate Sir
Peter
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- 'or any' written over erased '[?]save one'.Back to context...
- 2.
- 'the' written over erased 'their'.Back to context...
- 3.
- JEA perhaps meant to write 'panegyric'.Back to context...
- 4.
- 'the' written over 'Sir'.Back to context...