JUNE 8
It is mere groundless imagination that I love persons less for their plain dealing.
Letter, 1st November, 1779
Peter Jaco would willingly travel. But how? Can you help us to a horse that would carry him and his wife? What a pity we could not procure a camel or elephant!
to Christopher Hopper, 1773
I must be on horseback for life, if I would be healthy. Now and then indeed, if I could afford it, I should rest myself for fifty miles in a chaise; but without riding near as much as I do now, I must never look for health.
to Ebenezer Blackwell, 1764
