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 "P.S. The half pipe of Port wine I told you of is come in, and I think it promises to be as good, sterling, stuff as ever you need wish to taste—some body in it—none of your French vinegary slip-slop. Depend on 't, Port's the wine for Englishmen—there's some stamina in it: that's the ground I stand upon."

Hargrave Grey, Esq., to Vivian Grey, Esq.

" October—, 18—

"You ought not to expect a letter from me. I cannot conceive why you do not occasionally answer your correspondent's letters, if correspondents they may be called. It is really a most unreasonable habit of yours; any one but myself would quarrel with you.

"A letter from Baker met me at this place, and I find that the whole of that most disagreeable, and annoying, business is arranged. From the promptitude skill, and energy, which