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Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 2 (of 2)
Though your kind impatience might make the time appear tedious, there has been no other delay in my business, than the necessary forms of Election. My new constituents of Lymington obligingly chose me in my absence. I took my seat last Wednesday, and am now so old a member that I begin to complain of the heat and length of the Session. So much for Parliament. With regard to the board of trade, I am ignorant of your friend's meaning, and possibly she may be so herself. There has not been (to my knowledge) the most distant idea of my leaving it, and indeed there are few places within the compass of any rational ambition that I should like so well. In a few days, as soon as we are relieved from public business, I shall go down to my Country house for the summer. Do not stare. I say my Country house. Notwithstanding Caplin's very diligent enquiries, I have not been able to please myself with anything in the neighbourhood of London, and have therefore hired for three months a small pleasant house at Brighthelmstone. I flatter myself that in that admirable sea-air, with the vicinity of Sheffield place, and a proper mixture of light study in the morning and good company in the evening, the summer may roll away not disagreably.As I know your tender apprehensions, I promise you not to bathe in the sea without due preparation and advice. ......Buy Now (To Read More)
Ebook Number: 42632
Author: Gibbon, Edward
Release Date: May 3, 2013
Format: eBook
Language: English
Editor: Prothero, Rowland E. (Rowland Edmund), Baron Ernle, 1851-1937
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