914 - Martin Madan to Judith Madan, 25 March 1725
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Yr Welcome Letter, My Dearest Life, came
to me yesterday. it was doubly Welcome, for it
inform’d me of yr Welfare yr Health & tranquillity
are the greatest Blessings Heaven can bestow on
me, tho’ I am malicious enough to wish you {?uncane}
in one state, & but in one, wch is to repine at my
absence, this I wish because I woud have you always
sympathize with me – you tell me you saw
my Picture at Zemans, it cannot be for you say
the Eyes did not smile upon you, if it was the
Sketch design’d for me, He shall not finish it, for
you have given me a very sufficient proof of its
being unlike – next Sunday I shall be blest
in the arms of my eternal Joy, my ever new de
=light, in the arms of my Dearest Judy, adieu till
then,
yrs for ever –
M. Madan
to me yesterday. it was doubly Welcome, for it
inform’d me of yr Welfare yr Health & tranquillity
are the greatest Blessings Heaven can bestow on
me, tho’ I am malicious enough to wish you {?uncane}
in one state, & but in one, wch is to repine at my
absence, this I wish because I woud have you always
sympathize with me – you tell me you saw
my Picture at Zemans, it cannot be for you say
the Eyes did not smile upon you, if it was the
Sketch design’d for me, He shall not finish it, for
you have given me a very sufficient proof of its
being unlike – next Sunday I shall be blest
in the arms of my eternal Joy, my ever new de
=light, in the arms of my Dearest Judy, adieu till
then,
yrs for ever –
M. Madan
Yr Welcome Letter, My Dearest Life, came
to me yesterday. it was doubly Welcome, for it
informed me of yr Welfare yr Health & tranquillity
are the greatest Blessings Heaven can bestow on
me, though I am malicious enough to wish you {?uncane}
in one state, & but in one, wch is to repine at my
absence, this I wish because I would have you always
sympathize with me – you tell me you saw
my Picture at Zemans, it cannot be for you say
the Eyes did not smile upon you, if it was the
Sketch designed for me, He shall not finish it, for
you have given me a very sufficient proof of its
being unlike – next Sunday I shall be blest
in the arms of my eternal Joy, my ever new de
=light, in the arms of my Dearest Judy, adieu till
then,
yrs for ever –
M. Madan
to me yesterday. it was doubly Welcome, for it
informed me of yr Welfare yr Health & tranquillity
are the greatest Blessings Heaven can bestow on
me, though I am malicious enough to wish you {?uncane}
in one state, & but in one, wch is to repine at my
absence, this I wish because I would have you always
sympathize with me – you tell me you saw
my Picture at Zemans, it cannot be for you say
the Eyes did not smile upon you, if it was the
Sketch designed for me, He shall not finish it, for
you have given me a very sufficient proof of its
being unlike – next Sunday I shall be blest
in the arms of my eternal Joy, my ever new de
=light, in the arms of my Dearest Judy, adieu till
then,
yrs for ever –
M. Madan
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Martin Madan to Judith Madan, 25 March 1725
Martin was pleased to receive a letter informing him that Judith was well – his happiness is intrinsically bound up in her health and welfare. She has seen his portrait in progress at Zemans, and has complained that the eyes did not smile upon her like his do – he concludes it can’t be a very good likeness. He is looking forward to his return and being in her arms again.
Madan Family
Eng Letter C.284 f.67
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
1725
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Ehthrope, Buckinghamshire [England]
[England]
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Person: Martin Madan
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- eyes
- face
embracing
aesthetics
separation
- happy
- hopeful
- love (romantic)
personal blessings
marriage
Person: Judith Madan
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arm
- embracing
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separation
- health
- well
- happy
- love (romantic)
marriage