LETTER136

letter136

charleslambtothomasmanning

[datedbymr.hazlitt:july27,1805.]

deararchimedes,—thingshavegoneonbadlywiththyungeometricalfriend;buttheyareontheturn.myoldhousekeeperhasshownsignsofconvalescence,andwillshortlyresumethepowerofthekeys,soishan'tbecheatedofmyteaandliquors.windinthewest,whichpromotestranquillity.haveleisurenowtoanticipateseeingtheeagain.havebeentakingleaveofoinarhymingaddress.hadthoughtthatveinhadlongsinceclosedup.[asentenceomittedhere.]findicanrhymeandreasontoo.thinkofstudyingmathematics,torestrainthefireofmygenius,whichg.d.recommends.havefrequentbleedingsatthenose,whichshowsplethoric.maybeshalltrytheseamyself,thatgreatsceneofwonders.gotincrediblysoberandregular;shaveoftener,andhumatune,tosignifycheerfulnessandgallantry.

suddenlydisposedtosleep,havingtakenaquartofpeasewithbaconandstout.willnotrefusenature,whohasdonesuchthingsforme!

nurse!don'tcallmeunlessmr.manningcomes.—what!thegentlemaninspectacles?—yes.

dormit.c.l.

saturday,

hotnoon.

["havebeentakingleaveofo."onaugust10,1824,lambtells

hoodthathedesignstogiveupsmoking.]