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I have been here one day; have seen much already; have been proposed as an honorary member of one of the clubs, and cordially received by Earl Fitzwilliam,—one of the first peers of the realm.
As yet, however, I have not presented one of my letters of introduction; that I shall not do till I have selected lodgings.
After these I am in full chase; but I wish my letters even more than lodgings, though I despair of comfort until I have both.
Send back my letters, then, my dear George; send back my letters, and believe me
As ever, affectionately yours,
Chas.
To Judge Story, Cambridge.
my dear Judge,—. . . My pulses beat quick as I first drove from London Bridge to the tavern, and, with my head reaching far out of the window, caught the different names of streets, so familiar by sound, but now first presented to the eye. As I passed the Inns, those chosen seats of ancient Themis, and caught the sight of ‘Chancery Lane,’ I felt—but you will understand it all. I send now my memoir of your life and writings, which I have prepared to be laid before the Institute with an accompanying letter. Of course, I was very much cramped by writing in a foreign language; but yet I have contrived to say one or two things which, I hope, are as just in fact as they are appositely introduced. Writing in the country of Cujas and D'Aguesseau, I could not forbear making an allusion to those great minds. As ever, my affectionate recollections to all your family and to yourself.C. S.
P. S. London teeming with interest will naturally form the subject of many letters.