A letter from the Hon. Thomas Hervey to Sir Thomas Hanmer : containing a letter from Lady Hanmer to Sir Thomas

Hervey, Thomas, 1699-1775; Hanmer, Thomas, Sir, 1677-1746; Hanmer, Elizabeth Folkes, Lady, d. 1741

A letter from the Hon. Thomas Hervey to Sir Thomas Hanmer : containing a letter from Lady Hanmer to Sir Thomas

dc.contributor	Farringdon, Michael Department of Computer Science, University College of Swansea
dc.contributor.author	Hervey, Thomas, 1699-1775
dc.contributor.author	Hanmer, Thomas, Sir, 1677-1746
dc.contributor.author	Hanmer, Elizabeth Folkes, Lady, d. 1741
dc.coverage.placeName	London
dc.date.accessioned	2018-07-27
dc.date.accessioned	2019-07-04T11:05:53Z
dc.date.available	2019-07-04T11:05:53Z
dc.date.created	1741
dc.identifier	ota:2268
dc.identifier.citation	http://purl.ox.ac.uk/ota/2268
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12024/2268
dc.description.abstract	Three letters from Hervey to Hanmer concerning the latter's treatment of Lady Hanmer, with Hanmer's reply to the first, and a 1739 letter from Lady Hanmer to her husband
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dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	University of Oxford
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dc.subject.lcsh	Letters -- Great Britain -- 18th century
dc.title	A letter from the Hon. Thomas Hervey to Sir Thomas Hanmer : containing a letter from Lady Hanmer to Sir Thomas
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identifier.ee	Hanmer, Thomas, Sir, 1677-1746 http://dx.doi.org/10.13051/ee:bio/hanmethoma005353
identifier.ee	Hanmer, Thomas, Sir, 1677-1746 http://dx.doi.org/10.13051/ee:bio/hanmethoma005353
identifier.lccn	Hanmer, Thomas, Sir, 1677-1746 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85217703
identifier.lccn	Hanmer, Thomas, Sir, 1677-1746 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85217703
otaterms.date.range	1700-1799

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<A HANMER> <T LETTER> <E LONDON 1742> <P 11> ((A LETTER FROM LADY HANMER TO SIR THOMAS. SIR,)) <L 4> THO' I THOUGHT THAT ALL COMMERCE OR CORRESPONDENCE WAS FOR EVER AT AN END BETWEEN US, YET I FIND MYSELF UNDER THE NE-+ CESSITY / OF ONCE MORE WRITING TO YOU; NOT TO REMONSTRATE WITH YOU UPON ANY THING THAT IS PAST, NOR TO EMBARRASS YOU WITH QUESTIONS TO WHICH I KNOW YOU COULD GIVE NO ANSWERS; FOR I HAVE NOT BEEN AT ALL AFFECTED BY OUR SEPA-+ RATION, / OR ANY APPEARANCES IN THE CIRCUM-+ STANCES / OF IT, EXCEPTING IN LOSING THE SOCIETY OF SOME OF YOUR RELATIONS WHOM I TRULY LOVED, AND BY WHOM, IF I DO NOT GROSSLY FLATTER MY-+ SELF, / I WAS A LITTLE BELOVED; BUT YOU SAY, THAT YOUR SISTER ONLY WAS TO BLAME IN THAT INJUNC-+ TION, / AND THAT YOU WAS INNOCENT. I HAVE, AND DESIRE TO HAVE SO LITTLE INTERCOURSE WITH THE WORLD, THAT I HAD RATHER SUFFER THE INJURIES IT HAS DONE ME, GREAT AS THEY ARE, THAN DO MYSELF JUSTICE AT THE EXPENCE OF RECALLING SO MELAN-+ CHOLY / A TRAIN OF THOUGHTS, AS MUST . . .