“I am now at Mr. Whitefield’s house, where everything is neat and convenient; great care is taken of me, and a hearty welcome given me. The house is very open and airy, and has no bug, a sort of city gentry for whom I have no fondness. I hope my mother has taken care to get my parish supplied. I desire her to send me some shirts, a silk handkerchief or two, a pair of shoes, and anything that she may think necessary. I have already bespoken a new suit of clothes, and a wig. Dr. Stonehouse, when he pressed me into this expedition, put five guineas into my hand, for which I am accountable. I would not have Mary clean my study, lest she should displace or lose any papers, of more importance than they appear to be. I conclude myself, with duty to my mother and love to sisters, honoured sir, your dutiful son,
“James Hervey.”
[191] C. Wesley’s Journal, vol. 2, p. 75.
[192] Whitefield’s Letters, No. 860.
[193] This refers to his greatest work, “Theron and Aspasio,” published, in three octavo volumes, in 1755.
[194] Gospel Magazine, 1777, p. 298.
[195] Charles Wesley partly supplied his lack of service (see C. Wesley’s Journal, from June 1 to June 27, 1751).
[196] Letters to Lady F. Shirley. No. 25.
[197] In reference to this, Hervey, writing to his father, says, “The original picture, I presume, will be offered to me; and then I accept it, and present it to you. The drawing is to cost five guineas, and the mezzotinto copper-plate fifteen guineas.”
[198] Mr. Nixon was a man of considerable learning; but not a poet. The following are his limping lines:—