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LETTERS TO AND FROM
whereof, I believe, nobody alive is so guilty as yourself. In short, you deceive my eyes, and corrupt my judgment; nor am I now sure of any thing, but that of being, &c.
FROM THE COUNTESS OF ORKNEY.
Nov. 23, 1712.
YOU are extremely obliging to write how well you take my whim, in telling my true thoughts of your mind: for I was ashamed, when I reflected, and hoped I should see you soon, after expressing the value I have of you in an uncommon way. But this I write with assurance, that I am, very sincerely, sir,
Your obliged humble servant,
FROM THOMAS HARRISON, ESQ[1].
UTRECHT, DEC. 16, 1712.
YOUR thanks of the 25th of November, sir, came, before their time; the condition of the obli-
gation
- ↑ This letter is indorsed, "Th. Harrison, esq., secretary of the embassy; since dead, the same year." He owed his post of secretary to the British embassy at Utretcht to the recommendation of Dr. Swift, and was eminent for his genius and learning, was
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