1592997951000 1570704317000 Standard Record object-110005710 1747159751853 1570706956000 1747159409017 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-110005710 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110005710 d010b648-7888-34f5-a108-42a3b79b7a03 4 person reference agent-198502 adlib-agent-198502 b67bd5fa-4f2a-302b-afaa-81f4c4f45ec8 Hayley, Eliza person reference agent-116992 adlib-agent-116992 ef3205d8-6794-3a6e-aae6-922ee555a7fb Romney, George person reference agent-60281 adlib-agent-60281 eb950ea2-c7cf-31ca-86c5-6e18f0e39f92 Hayley, Thomas Alphonso content description 1 sheet folded Hayley writes that he's sorry that Eliza's sea-bathing has been interrupted [see Hayley/XXI/67], and "Bathing is I think most serviceable & most agreeable when the Mornings begin to be animated by the little Sharpness of Autumn – I am just returned from an early Plunge today". He adds that he is writing quickly so as to avoid delaying the courier whose return is "always most eagerly expected by my Guests [William Cowper, Mary Unwin, John Johnson and retinue] & indeed by myself from our impatience to hear of some grand Event that may afford us more & more sanguine Hopes for the endangered Liberty of France so arrogantly assailed by the despots of the Earth." He adds that he is unsurprised that Eliza complains "of Aristocratical sentiments in the Party assembled to Eat – Those who devote themselves to the pleasures of the Table are generally of that Cast --- - - our little Group in my Hermitage are democrats indeed but of a mild & tolerant Spirit yet heartily disposed to wish the destruction of those who attempt to crush the new born Freedom of a brave & courteous People – We lament the sanguinary Ferocity that has lately infected our Gallic Neighbours but rather think it arises from bravery hurried to distraction than from native Barbarity ---" He writes that Romney "the most ardent democrat of our little Circle has recently left us after receiving much benefit from a few regular dips & the moderate use of opium which I & another medical Friend have warmly recommended to Him whenever his feeling Nerves are shaken with Excess of irritation". Hayley/XXI/16 1 accession number Hayley/XXI/16 110005710 priref 110005710 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110005710 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110005710 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum 1792 1792 1792-09-09 reference agent-198487 adlib-agent-198487 4dbae6db-a725-3bfd-b34e-5d215b1a85e6 Hayley, William 1 letter Hayley/XXI/16 object OBJECT