Southey, whom I never saw much of before, I liked much: he is very pleasant in his manner, and a man of great reading in old books, poetry, chronicles, memoirs, &c., particularly Spanish and Portuguese....

My sister and I often talk of the happy days that we spent in your company.

Such things do not occur often in life.

If we live, we shall meet again; that is my consolation when I think of these things.

Scotland and England sound like division, do what we can; but we really are but neighbours, and if you were no further off, and in Yorkshire, we should think so.