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He has been for some time. While playing this Evening with Dr. Willis at Backgammon He asked Him many questions respecting his House in Lincolnshire. If his Terms were not high, & what his Patients gave Him-- The Doctor told Him that none gave less than four Guineas a Week, besides other expences & that for Lord Leigh He has £1300 a yr. He then asked if Mrs: D_n_by had not been with Him, & He was curious to know about her having destroyed Herself while there. H: My: then asked who it was that kept another house like his at Leicester. He was told Dr. Arnold. This reminded Him of Doctor Arnold Canon of Windsor, & of whom He now talked much & related many anecdotes, particularly alluding to the beginning symptoms of his Illness. All this He did with much accuracy & recollection. Dr. Arnold died under confinement. H: My. talked afterwards of [[underline]] Button [[/underline]] the Musician who He called a Vain Empty Man & [[underline]] half mad [[/underline]] & He ridiculed the march He had composed on seeing some French Soldiers returning from the heat & Exercise of a Feild day. & He now recollected the Expression of Sir John Dyer (of the Prince of Wales's Family) who having heard Button giving this preface to his Composition, & the March Exclaimed dryly [[underline]] "Some Comfort for a tired Soldier" [[/underline]] -- I was present myself at this time, when Mr. Burton was in the Music Room at The Queen's Lodge, where He made this display, & I can