To his grandson William (1795) [ Practices ]
… 11, 1795 I received your letter, my dear little William, about the wild beasts in the tower, and was much pleased with it; because it shewed you took notice of what you saw, which is the only way of making your eyes useful to you. I … running through it. I would have 2 or 3 pleasant little houses built in different parts of it, on the higher grounds, with safe roads to them, either in the form of bridges, or under ground, as it may happen. I would make also proper … gambol about my park. But the best of all, will be to spend a night in one of my houses. You may ask Tid if she will go with us. If not, you and I will go alone and it will be very nice to hear them roar at night. Sometimes we heard a …
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