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He continues: \"When I took to my Bed, I felt equally willing to live or die, as the Great Giver of Life & Death might determine --- the latter appeared to me probable from a case that I had seen in this village very similar to my own - But lest the Fates should be very expeditious with me, I resolved to anticipate them in finishing a ludicrous Composition, which I had begun many months ago\". Hayley is referring to \"A Philosophical, Historical, and Moral Essay on Old Maids: by a Friend to the Sisterhood\" (see https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/aphilosophicalh01haylgoog\/page\/n8).\n\nHayley concludes with praise for Seward's \"delightful performances -- yr Verses to the new poetical wonder of the Peak, & yr account of this genuine Poet of Nature are both enchanting -- yr poetical Picture of the Peak is equal to the grandest Landscape that I ever saw of Salvator -- Sargent & I read yr Verses together with infinite delight -- We admired also the production of yr Friend, [William Newton] contrasting his propitious Lot with the cruel Destiny of Chatterton\"."}]},"identifier":[{"accession_number":"Hayley\/XII\/44","primary":true,"type":"accession number","value":"Hayley\/XII\/44"},{"priref":"110005634","type":"priref","value":"110005634"},{"type":"uri","uri":"https:\/\/data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk\/id\/object\/110005634","value":"https:\/\/data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk\/id\/object\/110005634"}],"institutions":[{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"agent-149638","uid":"adlib-agent-149638","uuid":"7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8"},"summary_title":"The Fitzwilliam Museum"}],"lifecycle":{"creation":[{"date":[{"earliest":1785,"latest":1785,"value":"1785-04-24"}],"maker":[{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"agent-198487","uid":"adlib-agent-198487","uuid":"4dbae6db-a725-3bfd-b34e-5d215b1a85e6"},"summary_title":"Hayley, William"}]}]},"measurements":{"dimensions":[{"value":"1 sheet, folded."}]},"summary_title":"William Hayley to Anna Seward: letter","title":[{"value":"William Hayley to Anna Seward: letter"}],"type":{"base":"object","type":"OBJECT"}}