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"... I am so convinced of the advantages of looking at mankind instead of reading about them, and of the bitter effects of staying at home with all the narrow prejudices of an Islander, that I {think} there should be a law amongst us to set our…

"In case of any accident befalling the letter which Mr. Hobhouse has in charge for you, I send a second merely to state that my own return will not take place for some time ..."

"I have arrived here [Athens] in four days from Constantinople which is considered as singularly quick particularly for the season of the year ..."

"Sir,—I have to acknowledge the receipt of the letter of credit."

"... I seize the occasion of Mr. Adair’s return to convey my congratulations on your marriage ..."

"... I regret that your Excellency should have deemed me or my concerns of sufficient importance to give you a thought beyond the moment ..."

"The Marquis of Sligo has informed me that previous to his departure from England you wished to forward through his means a letter to me which you stated to be of some consequence. "

"You will see by the enclosed Letter from Mrs. Massingberd the necessity of coming to some arrangement immediately ."

"As I have just escaped from a physician and a fever which confined me five days to bed, you wont expect much “allegrezza” in the ensuing letter."

"... In most of your letters, that is to say two the only ones I have received of yours, you complain of my silence, this complaint I presume to be removed by this time, as I have written frequently ..."