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To [[underline]] Mrs [[/underline]] Delany. Without appearing imprudent towards [[underline]] Mrs [[/underline]] Delany, and indiscreet to her Friends who wish to preserve her as her excellent qualities well deserve, I cannot have the pleasure of enjoying her company this Winter with which our amiable Friend the Dutchess Dowager of Portland has so frequently and politely indulged me.