and
darkest
, but always most
lively
colours of my memory. Sharpe called, but was not let in, which I regret.
Saw [Rogers] yesterday. I have not kept my appointment at Middleton, which has not pleased him, perhaps; and my projected voyage with [Ward] will, perhaps, please him less. But I wish to keep well with both. They are instruments that don't do in concert; but, surely, their separate tones are very musical, and I won't give up either.
It is well if I don't jar between these great discords. At present I stand tolerably well with all, but I cannot adopt their
dislikes
;—so many
sets