LETTER 127. TO MR. MOORE.

"July 27. 1813.

"When you next imitate the style of 'Tacitus,' pray add, 'de
moribus Germanorum;'--this last was a piece of barbarous silence,
and could only be taken from the _Woods_, and, as such, I attribute
it entirely to your sylvan sequestration at Mayfield Cottage. You
will find, on casting up accounts, that you are my debtor by
several sheets and one epistle. I shall bring my action;--if you
don't discharge, expect to hear from my attorney. I have forwarded
your letter to Ruggiero; but don't make a postman of me again, for
fear I should be tempted to violate your sanctity of wax or wafer.

"Believe me ever yours _indignantly_,

"BN."

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LETTER 128. TO MR. MOORE.

"July 28. 1813.

"Can't you be satisfied with the pangs of my jealousy of Rogers,
without actually making me the pander of your epistolary intrigue?
This is the second letter you have enclosed to my address,
notwithstanding a miraculous long answer, and a subsequent short
one or two of your own. If you do so again, I can't tell to what