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what^s. that: you happy--what^s to forbid your happiness at all times - & quoth I what the D.^l forbids the [[sun?]] to [[shine?]] at all times.  Why will the moon submit to wade through fleecy clouds when her radiance is so delightful to the love sick swain - now this is really a good idea: [[I?]] [[talking?]] of myself the sun & moon alternately & yet why not compare little things to great things if by so doing we can get the better at the desired result - Suppose I [[miss?, mite?]] [[Hart?, Hast?]] [[astare?]], this may [[hap?]] may put me in a humour with myself - quoth I - to myself 10 minutes since no objection & so here I am - and in as good a frame of mind as the reflections that naturally arise from the subject of these poor thoughts will allow ^[[for]] - I cannot suppose for the life of me, a sort of melancholy, whenever I think of you, the thoughts of the many interesting hours that we recently spent together accumulate and [[render]] [[?]] awhile my poor heart [[a scene]] of blood - this is [[aslike?]] of warfare nevertheless that I am willing at all times to bear rather than surrender the pleasure of thinking of one with whom I have spent so many happy hours - It seems a sort of [[impost?]] laid upon [[artists?]] [[strikethrough]] one for what they have [[/strikethrough]] long since consumed a sort of hex upon ones sensibilities, which nevertheless we all pay with pleasure in support of the general [[union]] of Hearts - Poor Jo  I have not had a syllable from him since he left me. [[underline]] excepting [[/underline]] what common looking man told me a few days ago in riding the road together toward Hickmans. He said he knew the gentleman [[strikethrough: illegible]] only by sight but if what the people said of him about Harrodsburgh was true he had no doubt he was a great young man -- This kind hint I laid hold on -- and in a speech of five minutes made the man believe that his likeness was on earth -- not only did I [[dilate ?]] of his mental powers but I [[display^d ?]] in a wonderful strain of enthusiasm, his great moral and [[?fied?]] honesty -- How much pleasure [[underline]] you cannot think [[/underline]] [[of?, it?]] -- I done me to bear listening to poor Jos. Honesty & mental vigour: I trust in god thank my poor efforts may do him service:  I have always had a wonderful liking in so great indeed [[strikethrough]] that [[/strikethrough]] has been my love for him that I could be satisfied never to love another better  
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