207 - Draft Letter from Ralph Thoresby, probably to Richard Cholmley, 43d

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Most Honoured & Dearst Madam
I write with what Courage you entertain this dismall Providence I long to know but cannot tell
I xxxxx {^{?happened}} to have copd very poorly bemoaning my sad &excessively disconsolate state unto you but my grief I find
is insupportable & so must ye more dismall in yt I am not able to vent it, the very thoughts of being
deprived of ye vertuous Lady I am writing to ye whose {?aid} & Compassion I implore is so intollerable
that it {?silences} Dearest Dearest Madam
Your half dead & {?disconsolate} Servt
R.T.
Most Honoured & Dearest Madam
I write with what Courage you entertain this dismal Providence I long to know but cannot tell
I xxxxx {^{?happened}} to have coped very poorly bemoaning my sad &excessively disconsolate state unto you but my grief I find
is insupportable & so must ye more dismal in yt I am not able to vent it, the very thoughts of being
deprived of ye virtuous Lady I am writing to ye whose {?aid} & Compassion I implore is so intolerable
that it {?silences} Dearest Dearest Madam
Your half dead & {?disconsolate} Servant
R.T.
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Draft Letter from Ralph Thoresby, probably to Richard Cholmley, 43d

A letter from Thoresby, presumably to the object of his affections after he has been spurned / after the courtship has fallen apart. He discusses his sadness and low emotions.

Thoresby, Ralph Papers

YAS/MS6/43d

Brotherton Library, University of Leeds

168

True

Leeds [Yorkshire, England]

[England]

reporting

  • negative
  • religious

throughout (inconsistent)

41-60%

People
Person: Ralph Thoresby
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primary author

  • melancholy
  • separation

  • grief
  • love (romantic)
  • low
  • regret
  • sorrow

  • faith
  • mind
  • self

courting