I should be most
truly glad to comply with
any request of yours. But
I really am so much occupied,
or rather overwhelmed by
business of different kinds
that it will, I fear, be quite
out of my power to
write any thing you your
friend's collection. I have
no fragment by me which
would be of the least use
to her.

I am truly glad to hear that
your cough has departed
and that you have
had so long and so quiet a
holiday. What do you
think of Sir Andrew Agnew's
Lord's Day Bill? The Lord's Day Bill... And
what does Mrs Rawson think
of it? We had an argument
on the subject, I remember,
at Hanover Square. I am
favorable to temperate legislation
on the subject. But this
measure seems to have
been framed by persons very
much of the temper of
those who forbade the
disciples to rub the
ears of corn in their
hands.  Allusion to Luke 6.1: 'And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands.'

Remember me kindly to all
your family, and believe
me ever,