1806 Dec [5]. Trinity College, Dublin. He promises to let her see his common-place book so that she might know his thoughts. …
1806; Gale Group;
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pp 91-94 1806 Dec [5]. Trinity College, Dublin. He promises to let her see his common-place book so that she might know his thoughts. He insists that it would be quite safe to travel to England in January after the examinations and that it would be prudent to do so to make preparations for their marriage. He agrees that a book or inkstand would be a suitable gift for Louisa rather than cows. He sympathises over hereyes. Explaining that full occupation kept him happy, he writes of having obtained the history and speaking medals and that he was considering submitting a composition for another. He comments on the news of the Prussian engagement on the continent and the actions of the Threshers in the north-west of Ireland. Having witnessed a wedding for the first time, the previous day, he comments on the impression it had made on him.He warns her that he ought to visit Weymouth before going to Earlham and that his plans then would depend on his mother's wishes. He promises to tell her when he would take the sacrament because he wished her to share to some extent in such an important part of his life. He assures her that she was his first and only love. He describes the college society of which he was a member. He asks whether the two Sams [Gurney and Hoare] had received his letters introducing Finlay. He adds that he was enclosing an answer received by the friend whom he had employed to write to Cork about the Kerry cows and hoped Sam would let him know if he wished to proceed further. He promises to respect her wishes over the date of their wedding and regrets his own thoughtlessness concerning her distress over leaving home.
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