is married to a Miss Somebody, I wish him joy on your account, and on his own, though speaking generally I do not affect that Brood.
By the bye, I shall marry, if I can find any thing inclined to barter money for rank within six months; after which I shall return to my friends the Turks.
In the interim I am, Dear Madam,
[Signature cut out.]
The Rev. T. R. Malthus (1766-1834) published, in 1798, his
Essay on the Principle of Population
.