his own

children,—quiet—fame—competency and friends, (I will vouch for a thousand, which is more than I will for a unit in my own behalf,) can be offended with any thing.

Do

[you]

know, Moore, I am amazingly inclined—remember I say but

inclined

—to be seriously enamoured with Lady A[delaide] F[orbes]

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— but this——has ruined all my prospects. However, you know her; is she

clever