Sales catalogue 494: Maggs Bros

Date:
1927
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/13/51
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 494: Maggs Bros. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Burke (kdmund)—continued. death, and when he was suffering acutely from a disease which was afterwards found to be internal abscesses. 6é IT cannot charge myself with ingratitude to you for your extraordinary and successful attention to me whilst I was at Bath. I ought at least to have acknowledged it; but a very uncertain health, some occupation, much anxiety, a good deal of attempt at oblivion, all conspired together to feed that procrastinating humour which made me from day to day put off the account which I may fairly say I every day intended to give you of myself and my proceedings. At length despair induced me, and perhaps some mixture of a better principle to submit quietly, and without further struggle to the common lot of Humanity, but some of my Friends in a manner forced me to be removed to London, and to take the advice of four Physicians there ,in addition to what I received from Dr. Brocklesby for some days I may say I was very much better; but the Complaint has appeared in somewhat another shape, and accelerated still more the decay of my flesh and my strength, so that I am little more than a shadow, much thinner than you have seen me at my worst. I mean to set out for Bath tomorrow. In which place (if I should live to arrive at it) I shall tell you more fully the history of the decline and fall not of the Roman Empire, but the Kingdom of Me.’’ Ete. Burke lived until July oth, 1707. 1343 BURKE (EDMUND). MOTOGRAPH DRAFT LEIVTERCTO MR. GARRET. 2°o ovo. N:D. £1 10s Discussing certain works on husbandry; also as to other books for boys at a school; and recommending education. ee . . Pray give yr children education. It wont cost much. Whether: apm or what else, “they cannot be the worse for it.’’ Ete. The letter has been strengthened. 1344 BURNET (GILBERT, 1643-1715). Bishop of Salisbury; wrote the famous “History of his own Times,’ )* Reformation in England,’” etc. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED: Gl SARUM: L. Dage, Aten ot. jolts, 24th. April, 17 U0. £1 10s ee : IT had the favour of the present of your book for which I return you double thanks both for the present and for the Instruction I had from it. I see you are a Master in Argument you undertake tho I thought those dark ages had been: more neglected than I see they have been by you.’’ Ete. (The ink has eaten through the paper in places).
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