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  The 1654 Prose Letters Letter 126 (p.312) |
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To the Right Honourable Sir Robert Karre, at Court. Sir, I pursued my ambition of having the ho- nour to kisse your hands some where, so farre, as to inform my self occasional- ly of my great neighbour. And I perceive he is under an inundation of uncertain commers, which he cannot devest, ex- cept as I had your leave, to speake plain to him. A second inconvenience is, that he is so deafe, that we must speake to the whole house, if we will speake to him. And a third is, that I am in a riddling, rather a juggling indisposition, fast and loose, and therefore dare not stirre farre. Yet Sir, I am not thereby unfit to receive the honor of seeing you here, if greater businesse have not overcome, or worn out, your for- mer inclinablenesse to come into these quarters. If you shall be pleased to say to my man, that you will make as though [CW: you] |
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