Excerpt from Letter-Books of John Hervey, First Earl of Bristol, Vol. 3 of 3: With Sir Thomas Hervey's Letters During Courtship and Poems During Widowhood, 1651 to 1750My strength returning slowly I must not yet enter into a farther detaile of my sentiments about the beautys of your book 5 but as publishing of it may mend a wicked world 81 procure credit to its author, if you'l consent to the printing of it, you shall previously have much better opinions as to its meritt than must be pretended to by, Sir, your faithful friend 85 servant, Bristol.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition.

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