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Leigh Hunt letter to Marianne Kent Hunt, August 26, 1835

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Title	Leigh Hunt letter to Marianne Kent Hunt, August 26, 1835
Creator	Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859
Date Original	1835-08-26
Description	Concerning his travels in Wales and an encounter with Mrs. Dashwood.
Personal Name Subject	Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859 Hunt, Marianne Kent, 1788-1857
Geographic Subject	Wales -- Denbighshire -- Rhyl
Chronological Subject	1830-1840
Type (DCMIType)	Text
Type (AAT)	Correspondence
Type (IMT)	jpeg
Digital Collection	Leigh Hunt Letters
Contributing Institution	University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept.
Archival Collection	Brewer-Leigh Hunt Collection
Collection Guide	http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/resources/Brewer-LeighHunt.html
Location	bound MsL H94hum11 leaf 16 (one of 6 letters in MsL H94hum11)
Rights Management	Educational use only, no other permissions given. This letter is owned by The University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections Department, and is provided here for educational purposes. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission of the Special Collections Department.
Contact Information	Contact the University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections Department: lib-spec@uiowa.edu
Height (cm)	22.3
Width (cm)	18.1
Number of Pages	2 + 2 blank
Number of Sheets of Paper	1
Digitization Specifications	Scanned with Ricoh Aficio 2335 scanner at 600 ppi, 24-bit color. Archival tiff image available.
Date Digital	2009-04-27
Transcript	Rhyll near St. Asaph , Wednesday-August 26 . My dear, dear wife, What a pleasure it is to write to you, though mixed with what a pain! It makes me terribly sensible of the distance from home; but then I seem to mix in a still more headlong manner with your heart, --like falling bodies that come with the greater velocity, the farther the the place from which they set out. I reckon upon receiving a letter from you here on Saturday; or perhaps I shall get one on Friday, in answer to that which I sent from St. Asaph. I did not give you any direction; & indeed I knew not what to give; so I concluded you would address to the "Post-Office" or "to be forwarded" to this place, if I had left St. Asaph. St. A., though a city, appears to be a very small place; & Rhyll is a far smaller; so that the post & I will easily find each other. Besides, the post calls at the inn where I am stopping, --the Mostyn Arms. I have got my morning gown on, but would not have put it, it seemed so domestic; only I wanted my coat well brushed; & to resume the traveling jacket is not so well for morning occasions. I told you how very useful the jacket has been. So has been every thing, which your dear care provided. My heart gets up into my mouth as usual; so I must talk of other things; and I have the pleasure of telling you that I spent a very quiet, agreeable evening yesterday, according to the appointment to tea which I spoke of in my last. I saw her first, & had a most hearty, goodnatured reception, such as you would have liked to see; and then she took me from the parlour, & introduced me in the drawing room to her aunt, who also received me most kindly, though, you may guess in more venerable fashion, and we had tea & sat chatting upon all sorts of subjects till10, at which hour I had luckily told the lad who drove me there in one of the little Welsh cars, to come for me & fetch me back; for it seemed to be their hour for going to bed; or perhaps it was the old lady's. The latter (whose face, by the way, my blind eyes have not yet seen! though I sat but a very little way from her) is not at all /---/ precise in her manners, nor apparently in her general ideas. At least she tolerates the praise of very liberal people, Shelley among them. She sits in a chair with a green shade before the candles, very gentlewomanly; and Mrs. D. chiefly talks. Her deference to her aunt appears to be quite that of a superior understanding, deferring to another out of family habit of acquiescence & regard,--like a daughter. "But what, what, what" cry you "of Mrs. D. & her appearance? and why do you keep me so long, dearest Henry, on the tenterhooks?- "Well; I did not do it on purpose; so give me the dearest kiss I have had since I have been away, & I will tell you. Fancy a sort of mixture of Mrs. Gliddon & Mrs. Orger, not so handsome as either in the abstract, but more intelligent & full of movement. Her person is something like what you guessed it, only of the best of that class, /with/ & not without bosom, though there is not much of it; and what there is comes from a good chest. She shews her teeth when she laughs, like Statia; and laughs much, & had bright dark eyes, though not so black and gliding as my Molly's. She shews her age much in the same way as Statia, & I guess is just about as old. She wears her hair without a cap, & long drop earrings, & her waist has a very broad band. But what would interest you most in her, & almost startled me to hear, is a high voice, full of breath and emotion, which reminded me of Shelley. Was it not pleasant to find a resemblance to him in this respect, as in generosity? She seems to speak always at the top-end of her breath; & often catches it, something in the way of Francis Edgeworth. Her laugh is the going backwards & forwards of this high breathing voice, short and quick, like the end of another person's laugh who has been tired with merriment, I guess however she can be very serious and vehement; & shall carefully observe her in that respect: but I am not yet sure. I shall be very sure at all events, in everything, if need be. She seems to live in great habitual family restraint, the result of habits formed most likely when she was a child; & the cottage they are in is small, for them; yet I noticed a footman, & three female servants in it, [page break] I am to make my morning call after the evening visit, this /morning/ day at one; & shall write again tomorrow. Indeed I shall write every day, as you see; --I must, whether I would or no, for how could I otherwise endure even as well as I do to be so long without you,-- you, my day-by-day, dearest, dearest friend & wife? But should there be any omission, do not be alarmed; for you know I might be accidentally prevented from writing at the only times suitable to the post. I have got the parlour of a new inn here all to myself. Two gentlemen had a brief dinner in it yesterday, & were very pleasant & chatty. I think I can discern that there is a double portion of attention shewn me on account of my great acquaintance in the neighbourhood. And now, dearest Molly, you know almost as much of every one of my movements as I do myself; & if I could recollect another of any importance of course you would know that. So heaven bless you, till you hear from me again, & then, & ever afterwards, --prays night & morn your beloved & loving husband. Kiss darlings; & send me, if I remain long enough here to have an answer to this, a little word from every one. I know nothing of time yet, You remember she spoke of "a week"; & with all my true regard for her, & the pleasure of shewing my gratitude, I cannot hope it will be longer, the thought of home is so very, very strong within me.-A million blessings on you.-You will not stop any answer you may be inclined to send, for fear I should be on my return; for you know it could be sent after me to London. The weather is better but still threatens.
Transcript By	Brewer, Luther
Transcript Location	University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept.

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Relation - Is Part Of	Leigh Hunt letter to Marianne Kent Hunt, Aug. 26, 1835
Digital Collection	Leigh Hunt Letters
File Name	h94hum11-16_Page1a.jpg
Transcript	Rhyll near St. Asaph, Wednesday-August 26. My dear, dear wife, What a pleasure it is to write to you, though mixed with what a pain! It makes me terribly sensible of the distance from home; but then I seem to mix in a still more headlong manner with your heart, --like falling bodies that come with the greater velocity, the farther the the place from which they set out. I reckon upon receiving a letter from you here on Saturday; or perhaps I shall get one on Friday, in answer to that which I sent from St. Asaph. I did not give you any direction; & indeed I knew not what to give; so I concluded you would address to the "Post-Office" or "to be forwarded" to this place, if I had left St. Asaph. St. A., though a city, appears to be a very small place; & Rhyll is a far smaller; so that the post & I will easily find each other. Besides, the post calls at the inn where I am stopping, --the Mostyn Arms. I have got my morning gown on, but would not have put it, it seemed so domestic; only I wanted my coat well brushed; & to resume the traveling jacket is not so well for morning occasions. I told you how very useful the jacket has been. So has been every thing, which your dear care provided. My heart gets up

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