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it with the Cloaths, which did not even interrupt his conversation so habituated was He now to the new system. By what I have lately observed I expect an Explosion soon among the Faculty, who are evidently already shy of each other. Dr. Willis has confirmed me this day in my conjecture by what has dropped from Him. He was talking of Dr. Warren's having been angry about the Kings having had King Lear given to Him. He said He knew not whence He got it. It was not among the Books He had given Him from the Library but added He [[underline]] "I "suppose Warren will tell everyone that I have given it "to Him" [[/underline]] * I begin to think Dr. Willis is rather too incautious a man for his present conspicuous & responsible situation. At the least He is certainly unguarded & imprudent, & too much so for a man who strongly leans to a Political Party. He does not appear to confine his Politics to the approbation of present measures or to the admiration of Mr Pitt, but He attacks Mr Fox & the Opposition with as much zeal as any Partizan I know. He lately detailed to our small [[underline]] but mixed [[/underline]] Society an anecdote which He told us He had just picked up from Mr Pitts [[unclear]] & who had mentioned to Him that He had overheard the conversation of 2 Blackbuards in the Lobby of the House of Commons about * Dr. Willis since this, on his examination before the Committee of The House of Commons has Himself owned it