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Two Letters Written By Mr. Addison, In The Year I708, To The Earl Of Warwick,
TWO LETTERS WRITTEN BY MR . ADDISON , IN THE YEAR I 708 , TO THE EARL OF WARWICK ,
AFTERWARDS HIS SON-IN-LAW , V / HF . M THAT NOBLEMAN WAS VERY YOUNG ,
THOUGH the subject is puerile , yet , as they are full of that goodnature and humour for which Mi-. Addison was , so eminent ! } ' distinguished , we doubt not but that they will please many of our readers . MY DEAR LOUD , HAVE employed the whole neighbourhood in looking after birds '
I nests , and not altogether without success . M y man found one last night ; but it proved a hen ' s with fifteen eggs in it , covered with an old broody duck , which may satisfy your Lordshi p ' s curiosity a little , though I am afraid the eggs will be of little use to us . This morning I have news brought me of a nest that has abundance of little eggs , streaked with red and blue veins , that , by the description they
give me , must make a very beautiful figure on a string . My neighbours are very much divided in their opinions upon them : some say they are a sky-lark ' s ; others will have them to be a Canary bird ' s ; but I am much mistaken in the colour and turn of the eggs , if they are not full of torn-tits . If your Lordship does not make haste , I am afraid they will be birds before you see them ; for , if the account they give
me of them be true , they can ' t have above-two days more to reckon . Since I am so near your Lordship , methinks , after having passed the day among more severe studies , you may ofterr take a trip hither , and relax yourself with these little curiosities of nature . 1 assure you , no less a man than Cicero commends the two great friends of his age , Scipio and Ljelius , for entertaining themselves at their country-house , which stood on the sea-shorewith . pickiri cockle shells aud looking
, g up after birds' nests . For-wh'icTi reason I shall conclude this learned letter with a saying ofthe same author , in his treatise of Friendship . Ahsint autem tristilia , & in omni re severitas : habent ilia quidem gravitaiem ; sed amicitia debet esse lenior & remiss / or , & ad omnem suavitatemfacilitatemque montm proc / ivior * . If your Lordshi p understands the elegance and sweetness of these wordsyou may assure' yourself ar «
, you ho ordinary Latinist ; but if they have force enough to bring you to Sandy-End , I shall be very well pleased . I am , my dear Lord , your Lordship ' s most affectionate , and most obedient , May 20 , 170 S . -J . ADDISON .
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Two Letters Written By Mr. Addison, In The Year I708, To The Earl Of Warwick,
TWO LETTERS WRITTEN BY MR . ADDISON , IN THE YEAR I 708 , TO THE EARL OF WARWICK ,
AFTERWARDS HIS SON-IN-LAW , V / HF . M THAT NOBLEMAN WAS VERY YOUNG ,
THOUGH the subject is puerile , yet , as they are full of that goodnature and humour for which Mi-. Addison was , so eminent ! } ' distinguished , we doubt not but that they will please many of our readers . MY DEAR LOUD , HAVE employed the whole neighbourhood in looking after birds '
I nests , and not altogether without success . M y man found one last night ; but it proved a hen ' s with fifteen eggs in it , covered with an old broody duck , which may satisfy your Lordshi p ' s curiosity a little , though I am afraid the eggs will be of little use to us . This morning I have news brought me of a nest that has abundance of little eggs , streaked with red and blue veins , that , by the description they
give me , must make a very beautiful figure on a string . My neighbours are very much divided in their opinions upon them : some say they are a sky-lark ' s ; others will have them to be a Canary bird ' s ; but I am much mistaken in the colour and turn of the eggs , if they are not full of torn-tits . If your Lordship does not make haste , I am afraid they will be birds before you see them ; for , if the account they give
me of them be true , they can ' t have above-two days more to reckon . Since I am so near your Lordship , methinks , after having passed the day among more severe studies , you may ofterr take a trip hither , and relax yourself with these little curiosities of nature . 1 assure you , no less a man than Cicero commends the two great friends of his age , Scipio and Ljelius , for entertaining themselves at their country-house , which stood on the sea-shorewith . pickiri cockle shells aud looking
, g up after birds' nests . For-wh'icTi reason I shall conclude this learned letter with a saying ofthe same author , in his treatise of Friendship . Ahsint autem tristilia , & in omni re severitas : habent ilia quidem gravitaiem ; sed amicitia debet esse lenior & remiss / or , & ad omnem suavitatemfacilitatemque montm proc / ivior * . If your Lordshi p understands the elegance and sweetness of these wordsyou may assure' yourself ar «
, you ho ordinary Latinist ; but if they have force enough to bring you to Sandy-End , I shall be very well pleased . I am , my dear Lord , your Lordship ' s most affectionate , and most obedient , May 20 , 170 S . -J . ADDISON .