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178 much more ease and liberty, and accordingly her health better.

Mrs. Floyd has a cough every winter, and generally so bad, that she often frightens me for the consequences. My saucy niece presents her service to parson Swift. The duchess of Dorset is gone to Bath with lady Lambert, for her health; she has not been long enough there yet to find the good effects of the waters: but as they always did agree with her, I have great hopes they will now quite cure her colick.

In all likelihood, you are weary by this time of reading, and I am of writing such a long letter; so adieu, my dear dean.

DEAR SIR,

SUPPOSE by this time you have been informed, that Mr. Dunkin was ordained here last Thursday, and that your recommendations got the better of my prejudices to his unhappy genius; which, I hope will in some degree convince you, that your power over me is not yet quite worn out. It