We reported this to those two, I mean to his lordship and his uncle, and they acquiesced in it.

Now I find you have finished that piece.

I ask nothing but what you grant in your letter of July 23d, viz.

That your friend shall read it to me, and forbear sending it to the press, till you have considered the objections, if any should be made.
"In the meantime, I shall only observe to you in general, that three and twenty years, for so long it is since the death of Queen Anne, having made a great alteration in the world, and that what was sense and reason then, is not so now; besides, I am told you have treated some people's characters with a severity which the present times will not bear, and may possibly bring the author into much trouble, which would be matter of great uneasiness to his friends.

I know very well it is your intention to do honour to the then treasurer.